Written by J. Morgan and Paisley Kirkpatrick

J.MORGAN
I've always been a character. Being introverted might be the explanation for it and the reason why I became a writer. It's easy to hide who you are behind a mask. I'm not saying I'm living a lie, but all of us keep a piece of ourselves back from public consumption. As a writer I found it helped to have these secret me's lurking under the surface. They gave me excellent fodder for the people populating the worlds within my books.
Since becoming a writer, I've had the opportunity to make the people in my lives part of my books. As I meet other authors and joined them to my extended family, I in some small way became part of their worlds by becoming characters in their books. Writing really is a closed ecosystem. Only other writers can understand the fragile balance it takes to co-exist inside two worlds, the real world and the one inside their heads. So we tend to cross pollinate our worlds with nods to each other through the characters we give birth to from these friendships.

Like I said, along the way I've played minor roles in the literary lives of my friends. Quite frankly, I was content with being a character actor. Then something happened to change my life as Gabby Hayes and suddenly, I found myself cast in the role of John Wayne, okay, Bob Hope in Son of Pale Face. The point is, I was the hero of this tale and thanks to the vision of my good friend Paisley Kirkpatrick I could actually see myself in that role. That's the magic of reading, your imagination comes to life. Paisley has a definite talent for that and in her new book, Stealing Her Heart, that talent does something truly awesome. It makes me the hero and I invite you to come along for the ride with me.

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BLURB
In Paradise Pines, real men didn't read romance much less write it. That is until Liam O'Toole comes to town. Unfortunately using a woman's identity to write under might get him hung. Because of a misunderstanding, a murder charge could put a rope around his neck for his own murder.

Margaret Hennessey's homemade biscuits have homesick miners flocking to her table. To her utter frustration a misguided thief is stealing her biscuits only to pay with a romantically written IOU. When the town cook dies, the townsfolk need her to take over the cafe kitchen.

An intrigue involving hidden gold and a band of renegade outlaws drives Liam to become the hero he's always written in his books. How else can he save not only his muse but the fiery redheaded biscuit maker who's not only his muse but the woman he just might call his happily ever after.

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PAISLEY KIRKPATRICK
My characters aren't just bits and pieces of my imagination. They are real people to me and I listen to how they want to be treated and live their lives in my stories through my muse. When they grow quiet, I know they aren't happy where my plotlines are going. Their silence tells me to stop the direction I'm taking them, and rethink their lives. In a way, it's exciting because I know they are paying attention.

I like to take people from my life and use them, or parts of their personalities, to create my stories. J. Morgan was so much fun to put into the role of Liam O'Toole. He's Irish. He's a romance writer. He can be a rogue at times. Yep, a lot of bits and pieces of this man worked perfectly into how I saw this character.

I hope that you'll step into the world I carved out for Liam O'Toole and Margaret Hennessey. It's the story from my heart. I loved bringing these characters and the people around them to life.