The Smoke and the Flame
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In The Smoke and the Flame, Colleen O’Banyon longs for love and adventure until she encounters Darius McLinnin, one of the fabled race called the Jinn. In each other’s arms they find all the passion, all the love their hearts desire. But there is a ring, ancient and powerful, and only it can control the Jinn. As the ruler of the Jinn and their kingdom, Kaf, Darius is sworn to keep his people safe from it. Willing to protect the man she loves and guard his kingdom with her life, Colleen vows to aid him. Alaster, an evil sorcerer, will stop at nothing to make the ring and Kaf his. The battle begins in The Smoke and the Flame.
The Wind and the Fire – 2014
In The Wind and the Fire, the search for the ring of Solomon continues with Ian, the prince of the Jinn, and Sarah, the woman who released him from his imprisonment, as he prepares to find the ring and save his people. The ring, hidden and kept safe for 1000 years by a spell that is waning, is also sought once again by the evil sorcerer Alaster. Ian will never allow Alaster to take his kingdom, his subjects or his lover. He and Sarah will pit themselves and all of their power against Alaster and find the ring before it falls into the evil sorcerer’s hands.
Awake – 2014
Sleeping is overrated. How much could you get done if you didn’t have to sleep? Dean and Madison are two scientists who have created a drug that makes it possible for people to stay awake. Only, they haven’t. When the two discover that the drug causes dangerous side effects, they try to stop it from going on the market, only to end up on the run from the drug company that wants that drug available for purchase at any cost. Falling in love and losing could be the price Dean and Madison pay in Awake.
If the Shoe Fits – 2014
Three women, two bound by blood, one destined to be queen.
Ella: The magical night she met her prince ended in tragedy instead of happily ever after. Now she is held captive by her own stepmother and stepsister while the fate of her kingdom and the life of the man she loves hang in the balance.
Ana: Without her knowledge or consent Ana’s mother, Lucinda, used magic to make the glass slipper fit. Lucinda intends Ana should take the throne and rule. With no choice but to go along with the ruse for awhile, she looks to escape or fight. Will she manage it? With her bodyguard Robert inclined to help, perhaps.
Dru: Left at the family estate to make certain Ella doesn’t ruin her mother’s plans, Dru finds she rather likes it. Running the home she’s come to love alongside an incredibly attractive steward named Patrick, what could possibly be better? She soon discovers, however, that she must choose sides, either support the true king or take what power she can for herself.
Rediscover the classic fairytale, Cinderella, in If the Shoe Fits.
Shirley grew up in Baton Rouge, LA and started writing at an early age. Always talkative, when she was eleven she began to put her thoughts on paper, writing stories inspired by some of her favorite writers, Laura Ingalls Wilder and Madeline L’Engle. As she grew older, she developed a love of romance and in 2009 she decided to try her hand at paranormal romance. The result was The Smoke and the Flame and its sequel, The Wind and the Fire. The Smoke and the Flame is the first novel she has ever completed, although she has written several unpublished screenplays.
Shirley graduated from Nicholls State University where she majored in History and minored in English. Since graduating (she doesn’t like to think about how long ago that was) she has worked at some of the best libraries in the Baton Rouge area. She makes her home there and enjoys spending time with family members that live in town as well as with those that live out of town. She also loves seeing movies, reading, and going to the park with her three year-old niece in her free time.
Currently, Shirley is hard at work on her newest venture, tentatively titled Awake. It is a departure from her first two novels, as it is a contemporary romantic suspense.
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