THREE AND A HALF WEEKS
This is the story of Willow Archer, the free-spirited daughter of an Oscar-winning actress, who finds herself homeless for three and a half weeks after her latest house sitting job is canceled. Her knight in a shining SUV is Alex Benson, friend of the family and uptight software company owner. He trusts facts and reason while she thrives on emotion and the here and now. They don’t quite see eye to eye, but some of their other body parts match up just fine, and they each have something significant to learn from the other before they can find their happily ever after.
Status: Completed
Word Count: 60,300
Target: Harlequin Blaze
Awards: Second place finalist, 2007 Windy City Romance Writers Four Seasons Contest (full manuscript requested by agent judge)
A WOMAN IN RED
At the age of five, Laurel Archer learned she could bend men to her will with wide eyes and a bright smile. Now at age twenty-eight she’s had countless shallow men fall under the spell of her lucky genetics and she’s tired of it. She wants a real man. Unfortunately, the only one who sparks her interest also signs her paychecks. And it’s a paycheck she very much needs if she’s going to live up to her promise to do without her trust fund for six long months. Jackson Winthrop III is the richest man in Texas, but that doesn’t mean he’s the happiest. When Laurel comes to him for a job, he immediately senses that she’s the one that can help him take his life in the next direction. But how to convince her that he sees more than skin deep, especially after their less-than-perfect beginning?
Status: First draft completed; in revisions
Word Count: 58,000 current
Target: Harlequin Blaze