I never thought I ' d be a writer , much less publish a book some day . I always wanted to be a veterinarian . I guess life just had other plans for me . When my husband and I decided to start a family , vet school pretty much went out the window . I used to work with a vet who had three children while going through vet school . To this day , she is my hero .

I live with my husband and two teenage sons in southern California . I have a Welsh pony and a miniature horse ( down-sized from a barn of six horses ). A crazy Labrador retriever who is a food vacuum , three cats , a Holland Lop bunny , two parakeets , three bearded dragons ( my compromise with my sons when they wanted a snake ), and a small flock of chickens complete our menagerie of critters . I can ' t imagine my life without my animals . My dream is to live in Montana some day .

Three years ago , I began writing a story that , for whatever reason , was stuck in my head for almost a year . I have been an avid romance reader for a long time , and the idea took hold to - why not ? - write my own ! What a simple idea , right ?

It has been a long and difficult journey from my first sentence to a completed , and hopefully polished , manuscript . Today , I have a completed series of 5 books and a novella in what I called The Yellowstone Romance Series , a first book in my new Second Chances Time Travel Romance Series , and I am currently working on a trilogy set in the Grand Tetons .

I hope you enjoy this excerpt from Yellowstone Heart Song ....