<p><strong>Close your eyes,</strong></p><p><strong>Fall in love.</strong></p><p><strong>Stay there.</strong></p><p>~ Rumi</p><p><br></p><p>Rumi knew everything about love. To me, this quote is the perfect description of how I write and how I fall in love. It's a mystery, a thrill, an adventure - every time.</p><p>You never know who you'll fall in love with, or why, or whether it's a good idea - ask Rowan in <strong>A Star, A Stone.</strong> How could you ever anticipate the wonder, the inspiration being in love can bring - <strong>An Unbearable Brightness</strong> explores that light. A sudden rainstorm - <strong>Stormy Weather</strong> - or even an exercise class - <strong>The Queen of Heaven</strong> - can be the spark that creates abandon and passion between two lovers. In <strong>Dolce</strong>, a full-course Italian meal prepared with love whets . . . other appetites. And in <strong>Beginning Again</strong>, Andrew and Beckett discover that you CAN go home again.</p><p>My stories are explorations of what love and passion can become, how they can affect two people for a moment, or for a lifetime. When they close their eyes, literally or not; when they tumble into a love they never expected; when they decide it's worth the risk to stay . . . or not.</p>
