Brokenhearted over the death of her big brother, famously private pop star Jessie Raina is barely managing to keep her career and family together, until little brother Luca's latest screw-up gives a notorious paparazzo a free pass to expose the most intimate details of her life. But this photographer is far more than he seems, and Jessie may soon find that her most hated enemy is the best friend she'll ever have... War photojournalist Neil Carter can't believe his luck--unrestricted access to the world's biggest pop star. Once he sells his latest batch of candids of the reclusive Jessie, he'll have more than enough money to fund a trip back to the latest hot zone, to take the pictures that actually mean something to him. But Jessie gets under his skin in a way no woman ever has, and cynical Neil discovers that love can blossom in the most unexpected places...in FREEZE FRAME *A twist on the enemies-to-lovers trope. No cheating, no cliffhangers...a real romance, with some steam.
A career performer and storyteller, Mary was the keyboardist and lead vocalist in an all-female rock band for a number of years, and has acted in leading roles in plays and musicals across the globe.
Her first screenplay, Common Ground, was a finalist in the Moondance International Film Festival competition, and she is a member of the Screen Actor’s Guild/AFTRA and the New York chapter of Women in Film and Television. A novelist of futuristic thrillers and contemporary romance, her writing has also appeared in Expanded Horizons and the Los Angeles Review of Books.
As an avid gamer and unrepentant nerd, Mary’s been a fan of romance, science fiction and fantasy novels since she was old enough to hide them between the pages of her textbooks during geometry class in high school. She hopes you enjoy her stories!