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I wanted to do something fun to celebrate the new cover release of


We came up with a fun game that uses your birthdate. Don't share your full birthdate in the comments, but I do hope you'll share your very story after playing this game.
We'll have someone post their story in the comments so you can see how it works.


What happened?
Birth month (use your birth month to start your story.)


Jan. I ran away with

Feb. I’m lifemate to

Mar. I’m shocked to be with

Apr. I caught feelings with

May I just fell in love with

June I went from enemies to lovers with

July I have been kissing

Aug. I swam (swimsuit optional) in a lake with

Sept. I dreamed that

Oct. I celebrated with

Nov. I learned something new from

Dec. I had the perfect date with







(Match your #day to find your lifemate)



Where you went and what you did

Birth year


1920 � 1950 : to/in the jungle to study exotic animals…and each other.

1951 � 1961: to/in experience the Carpathian Mountains to learn the history, meet the people and enjoy the night.

1962 � 1970: to/in walk through Paris to see what the French consider romantic.

1971 � 1981: to/in hike the Andes Mountains to see Machu Picchu where he took me to be alone in beautiful caves.

1982 � 1989: Visit unique caves and swimming in hot springs. Clothing optional.

1990 � 2003: to fly through the night sky to see Europe. And make memories.




CHOOSE OR FILL IN THE BLANKS
Test your knowledge of the Dark series by showing you know the details.


There we met - (Name a villain or type of villain).

I used my special ability - (name an ability you have as the lifemate to the person you’re matched to. For example � If you’re lifemate is Mikhail that means you are Raven. What are her abilities?)

In order to - (what did you do to help your lifemate?)




Multiple Choice

We defeated them and - (needed to rest/needed to feed/needed to be close to one another/needed to leave immediately/needed to tell the others).

That night we - (rested in each others arms until the next evening/didn’t sleep at all, if you know what I mean/talked until time to go to ground/nursed our wounds with healing earth until we were better/continued on like nothing had ever happened/completed the Lifemate bond/parted as friends.)


The end.

Share your story in the comments!

First I want to thank all of my readers who went out and got the first week of release! Dark Hope was #12 on the New York Times and #6 on the Apple Books list.
Dark Hope was also my 100th published full-length novel! Can you believe it? I started in 1999 with .












I am excited to share that several of my Dark Series books are on $1.99 on Kindle right now! It's like Valentine's Day came early! lol






















I'm curios to know what your first Dark series book was, or your favorite.

I'm celebrating the release of this week with a fun word search puzzle! Could these words be hints to what you'll find in ?
I hope you have fun playing!
You can play online


You can download a PDF or print the puzzle

Getting excited about the release of got me thinking about my own journey with dragons.

I have always loved fantasy, paranormal and romance. I love reading it. I love writing it. When I started writing my I knew this would be more than just vampire stories. In my world vampires were truly evil. Carpathian warriors, immortals of a sort, fought evil, including vampires, but if they didn’t find their lifemate the males could turn vampire. What else was different? All of my Carpathians could shapeshift. They could use the earth and elements to heal themselves or create things, like clothing.

It didn’t take long to introduce psychics, mages, monsters and dragons.






And just wait until you see what's in store in !

Because Carpathians could shapeshift, many of them chose the form of dragons. But, like other animals they can shift into, dragons existed on their own. They were rare, but they existed.

In we meet a real dragon that gives over his magic, and form, to a Carpathian warrior named Danutdaxton (Dax).

The series has some Carpathians known as “Dragonseekers�. Razvan in , Dominic in , Tatjiana in and the list goes on. Dragons will always be part of this series in some way.

In my real life I’ve always loved dragons and I have some that are crystals and some that are drawings. Most people who know me, know I love them as well as I love wolves and leopards. So, when I learned about 3D printing and got a printer it was a natural thing for me to learn to print dragons.



First, let me say that I am not the most technologically knowledgeable person. If you’ve watched any of my Facebook Live events, you know that. Lol

I took the time to teach myself how to use the printers. Although in learning, and even now, I come out with some beautiful but slightly imperfect dragons. Still I love it…most of the time. So, I got another printer and talked to my daughter, Manda, about it and she got one. This was going to be something we could together and talk about. It would be fun.

As time went by, I made more and more dragons, most of which went to charity events. But, when it was suggested that I make some for San Diego Comic Con I realized that I wanted to make unique and exclusive dragons that would be solely mine and that I wanted to create a dragon for each of my characters in the Dark series.

You can imagine my surprise when the 70 dragons I sent to ComicCon sold out in three days!

Since was already selling merchandise for my series and that of my son , I thought it might be fun to sell the dragons there.




Each dragon represents a character in one of my Dark series novels. I started with the first four books in the series � Dark Prince, Dark Desire, Dark Gold and Dark Magic. Most recently, I created the dragons for all of the tarot-themed books. You can see all of the dragons here on .

I hired two 3D print artists to create print files using my concept ideas for dragons. We started with “Stone Dragons� of which there are 3 types � Large standing dragons, long dragons and baby dragons. But once I got to Gregori’s book I knew he had to be a “Wolf Dragon� so I sent concept ideas to the artists and had those created.



and are both from Brazil and are the two artists I worked with to help bring my dragons to 3D printer life. They are amazing and so willing to work with me and answer all my questions.

We are working on Leopard Dragons now and I’m so excited to see them.

I created a lily dragon and peony dragon as well. And of course, Dax would be special since he is merged with a real dragon. And finally, for Dark Hope, we have a very special .



Tatijana and Branislava were already ice and fire dragons so I had those created specifically for them. If you look at the Feehan and Co landing page you’ll see some of the special dragons including Tatijana and Branislava.
It was exciting to see the dragons go up on the site. And equally as exciting to see them sell out so fast! I can honestly say that I wasn’t prepared for that, though I was hoping they would be popular.

Now I’m making more and starting to add additional characters. Since will be out in January, I now have included all of the characters from the tarot books- .

I’ll continue to add new dragons/characters every couple of months or so. After the tarot book characters I’ll go back to doing them in chronological order. So the next four books would be � Dark Challenge, Dark Fire, Dark Dream (out now) and Dark Legend.

There are 38 stories in that series and by the end of January there will be 12 books that have dragons assigned to the characters.

The great thing about having this hobby is that I can start the print and then go and write for hours at a time. Once they get going it doesn’t consume my time but it still ties in with my imagination and stories. It feels like an extension of the stories and I’m so happy to share that with readers.

I hope people enjoy the dragons. They come with a collector card and a certificate of authenticity. Each one is imprinted with my logo. I make them myself and their design comes from my imagination.



Let me know if you have any questions. I’m always happy to know what interests you!

is out and although I feel any of the books would be interesting to discuss, is one that I hope people will talk about. Betrayal is something that changes us. It could be a parent, sibling, best friend, spouse or even a community. Betrayal touches on trust and acceptance and can change you forever.



This novel looks at both sides � the betrayed and the betrayer. When Maestro goes undercover the last thing he expects is to fall in love with his mark, Azelie, a woman who already knows betrayal well. And because Maestro has known betrayal most of his life he knows what he’s doing can’t be undone.


Unfortunately, he has to choose between saving the lives of women and children who have been taken to be trafficked, and betraying a woman who has claimed his heart. He can’t betray his brothers and sister of Torpedo Ink. He won’t. He’s in a position where he feels the weight of the betrayal he must commit.






During the time I was writing this book I was dealing with a situation that kept me focused on the that theme � betrayal. A child in my family was being bullied, not only by other children, but by their parents. A child on the spectrum who didn’t fully understand why or how this could be happening. Her friends turned their back on her and so did adults. I couldn’t fathom it. She was different. Like the characters in my book. Maybe not exactly, but being different set her apart and made her a target. And although she didn’t have Maestro to swoop in and fix it all, she has her family.

Families can be heroes.

Sometimes those families look different for different people. They might be traditional. They might be chosen families. They might be the elderly ladies in the coffee shop who encourage you.



In the end I wanted this story to take a long, hard look at what betrayal is and what it does. And to know that if you are betrayed there can be someone who cares about what that does to you. Someone who will be there for you.

I try to always make each book different. This one is definitely that. And Maestro is the hero who surprised me all the while I was writing this story. I hope readers enjoy it.


Tell me how you deal with betrayal or any words of advise you find helpful.

How well do you know the villains of the ? I thought it would be fun to do a word search puzzle using villains. Not every single one is listed. Some are descriptions and not names.




Or you can play online

Who do you feel is the best villain in this series?

It’s always both humbling and exciting to know are being read all over the world. Hearing from readers in Germany, France, Italy and so many other amazing places allows me to really feel the importance of stories. Of books. Of the written word.



I write paranormal romance, fantasy romance and romantic suspense but more importantly I write about hope. We all, all around the world, want to be surrounded by friends, family, support, acceptance, hope and of course love. I like to believe that my books show that we all deserve that.

I have been so blessed to meet so many of my readers here in the U.S. And it’s amazing when readers come from countries all over the world to meet me at events. My U.S. readers love meeting readers from abroad and I love to listen to them talk about books and reading and their favorite authors. I’m so happy to be among those authors.







Tell me where you’re from and what book or series you love most!

I've had book trailers done for my books since Dark Symphony and because my readers love them, I continue to have them made.



This week I'm celebrating the release of , from my shapeshifter romance .


I wanted to share the book trailer with you in case you've not seen it.
Watch the

I also enjoy hearing from my readers about the audiobooks. Many of you have favorite narrators. I asked my audiobooks publisher to send me a snippet of Leopard's Hunt audiobooks for you to hear!





I've been excited to see the number of wonderful blogs featuring Leopard's Hunt as well! I don't read reviews since that's such a personal thing, though I sincerely appreciate them, but often blogs are sent to me and I really am grateful for those as well. Here are a few links that were sent to me.













And if you want to know what the name of the next Dark book is listen to my interview on

is the 15th story in my series about leopard shapeshifters. I love shapeshifter stories and was excited when my first leopard story, which was in an anthology called Fantasy with a novella titled The Awakening in 2002.



Throughout the many leopard books there have been story threads that weren’t ready to be completed or that I wanted to address again so it felt complete to me. Leopard’s Hunt has given me that opportunity.

As an author I’m so happy to be able to go back and address those things. If you’ve not read all the books, you’ll not miss out on anything. If you have, you’re going to love this extra aspect of the book.

My readers have waited for Gorya’s book and finally his story demanded to be told. And it wanted to be unique.



I have always loved the idea of having these animalistic traits blended with human traits. In this story the leopards of both Gorya and our heroine, Maya, play a significant role. I wanted readers to feel connected to the leopards and see them as the hero and heroine they are.

Gorya has been keeping a secret. Something so dangerous he has hired someone to kill him in order to keep others safe. Then, Maya and her leopard, Wraith come into his life. And the world changes.

Gorya has been given a very dangerous territory where he is challenged and threatened constantly. The old guard won’t fall in line so Gorya must put them in line or take them out completely.



Gorya is dangerous. His situation is dangerous. And now, his leopard has found a mate. There’s no going back. Hunt. Or be hunted.

I’d love to know which book has been your favorite so far.

There was a time in history where all stories were spoken. People would sit around the fire and share stories of heroes, tragedy, and myths.

As children our parents or caregivers would read aloud to us. Sometimes there would be pictures we would look at as the story was read, and sometimes we used our imagination.



I know so many of my readers love to listen to the audiobooks. Some even have their favorite narrator(s).
Currently, there are nine of my audiobooks that are under $15.00 including my latest Carpathian release � Dark Memory! And, the author’s cut of Dark Prince which has 100 more pages than the original release. Normally that one is $38.99 because it’s such a big book, but for the next week it’s only $4.99! I don’t know why, but I’m excited for readers.



I don’t get to choose which audiobooks go on sale and I don’t always know when it happens. But, it was pointed out to me today so I thought I’d share the information.



















I see this questions time and again � Is listening to an audiobook the same as reading? Have you read the book if you listened to the story? If you listen to an audiobook the book is being read to you. What do you say? Can you count listening to an audiobook as having read the book?

Do you have a favorite narrator?