I was asked to write an article for USA Today when I released my book Without You, One of the questions they asked was why I wrote Without You? It was hard to open up and explain where Without You and my main character Roxanne come from. Here is what I had to say.


My decision to start writing began as a joke. After I finishing a book that I had no clue why I even forced myself to read till the end. It was laughable how bad that book had been. Joking around I told my husband I could write a book and it would be way better than the one I had just finished reading. He looked at me and smiled. Then said “Do it.” I laughed and brushed off what he had said. But that night I laid bed thinking. What if I did write a book? Maybe, just maybe I could.


But the doubt crept in and I decided that I couldn’t.

Although my decision had been made, the thought wouldn’t leave me alone. For weeks it consumed my mind. Finally, I pulled out a notebook and started to write. I wrote about how much my pain birth mother had caused me. I was in tears. I couldn’t continue to write about something so personal.

I turned the page and I wrote down a lie.

I had a great mother. She loved me. She died.

I then made up a world full of happy people. Roxanne was one of those happy people. I created a life for her that many would envy. But her life wasn’t perfect. She would have to learn how to survive after losing so much. Without You is her story. I hope that people love her as much as I do.

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Without You Blurb

Roxanne Daniels was supposed to be spending her summer getting ready to head off to Julliard. That was the plan. But that was before– Before she found her mother’s lifeless body– Before she walked in on her boyfriend in bed with someone else. Before she knew what heart shattering pain felt like. Now all she wants is for the pain to go away. But it never does. Until him. A complete stranger who could end up being much more. But letting go and moving on is easier said than done.