Cassie is perhaps the central character of Tamed Hearts, Wild Souls. It is her actions which bring the werewolf power struggle over Graycliff to a head. Other than being a tall, pretty, curvy, busty redhead, she's utterly normal. She's not a witch, she has no special abilities, she's not the scion of some ancient bloodline. Cassie … Continue reading Let’s Talk Characters, Part Three: Cassie

Aaron is the last point-of-view character to make an appearance in Tamed Hearts, Wild Souls--but he was actually the first to take shape. After listening to Florence + The Machine's song "Howl"--which isn't about a werewolf, but it uses lots of werewolf imagery--the idea popped into my head that I wanted to write a werewolf … Continue reading Let’s Talk Characters, Part Two: Aaron

Tamed Hearts, Wild Souls has four point-of-view characters, and the first the reader meets is Karla Ramsey. Karla is a Hunter werewolf. After suffering a humiliating social setback in the Chicago pack where she was turned, Karla has sought the freedom of her own Pack, bringing her mate Drake along for the ride. Karla knows … Continue reading Let’s Talk Characters, Part One: Karla

First things, you'll notice the site change as I mess around with it--hopefully all these changes will be improvements. Beyond that, it's getting to the point where I ought to get a head start on talking up the book. As I've said before, I don't think I'm writing the next Great American Novel--Tamed Hearts is … Continue reading Let’s Talk Werewolves

I have news! No, it's not bad. Well, maybe slightly. First, I have a cover designer--the art, as you may know, I arranged for several months back. We still have some things to finalize but the designer I hooked up with through 99Designs has put together something I really like. It was actually terribly difficult coming to a … Continue reading On to the Next Thing