What inspires you?

I must say that my first book was semi-inspired from a trip to San Francisco last year about this time. That book turned out to be a bestseller at Cobblestone Press and Fictionwise. Just last week I took another trip. One to Cancun and learned about the Myans... ask me am I inspired?

I bought books but nothing beats being there and seeing the history. There are some things you just can't read in a book. I think this picture is one that my five year old took while on a tour of Chichen Itza.

Cancun was a wonderful place to visit. It was full of history and stories. And I don't think I have ever been a place where everyone...and I do mean everyone had a tip jar! I took 100 ones and used all of them.

So look for a Myan or Aztec inspired story coming soon!

The Dating Scene...

Yeah, I know I'm married but I have a few friends who aren't. I live vicariously through their stories. From the guy who took my friend to the Monkey Bar and was hitting on the waitresses in bunny, monkey, and elephant unitards. Then he drove home after trying to tongue her down. Ummm....that was their first and last date.


So when Changeling Press let it be known that they were looking for short hot stories for their Summer Heat Wave series, I knew what material I had to use.

I also like to do Super Heroes...or people with extrodinary powers. So a Super who is new to the dating scene was my inspiration. And hey if you haven't read me this is the perfect book to try to wet your whistle ...so to speak.






Isis Jones is a woman plagued by her new powers. Every time she gets aroused her body drops to subzero temps. Do you know how hard it is to have sex when your body freezes your vibrators? Let’s not even mention how fast your boyfriend drops you when you give him frostbite of the cock. She's desperate. Desperate enough to use a speed dating service to find a man who can withstand sex with her. Kenneth Strong, aka Fire, can withstand her icy passion. And he has every intention of showing her just how hot sex with him can get.

Check it out Aug 1st. 2008

Hancock....or the romance that's not a romance

I will not spoil the movie for you. I won't tell you the ending but I will say that it is more of a romance than anything else.

Watching this movie raised a question for me.

When is being mates not enough?

I mean we all love our romances. Our soul mates. But when is destiny just not enough. I mean if you read a romance where the hero or heroine did not end up with their supposed mate would you throw it against the wall.

I find the idea intriguing. I mean I'm not saying that they don't find love...but they don't find it with each other.

Let me know your thoughts...how do you feel about romances that might not end with the hero and heroine together..

What makes a Dark Romance?

I have three books out now and still don't know what it is. Do I write it? Am I even close?

Honestly I don't think so. My books although a good story I think they lack the sense of hopelessness you find in many darker romances. I can't seem to get rid of every chance of hope. It's just not possible. For me to write a romance I need that hope, that one glimmer of what could be, what should be, what will be. I need it and I think my readers need it.

Does that mean that my romances are just fluffly bits of entertainment. I don't think so. Even romances that appear fluffy can still carry a dark element. Something to catch your heart and send it on a mad dash. I think every romance has a dark element. It has to in order to make the happily ever after truly worth it.

So I am asking readers what do you like a bit of dark or a lot of dark. I think you know my answer to this question. And also please let me know who your favorite dark author is.

Right now my favorite is Gena Showalter with her Dark Series. It is a bit dark but the payoff is so worth it I can't seem not to buy these books!

Leila Brown

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~Addictive Erotic Romance You Can't Resist~

Happy Fathers Day!

Too all the men who make our lives wonderful and to all those men make us want to bang our heads against the wall...

Happy Father's Day!