I write from the heart, and when I write, if I can’t
FEEL my characters hearts beating, then I put it away. Everything I’ve written
thus far has had some basis in my own life. My story, Alex’s Christmas Present,
was based on the life of someone I lost, and how he coped with the devastating
loss of a lover. Gracie, well, what woman doesn’t want TWO handsome strong men
wanting her forever? And Governmental Affairs was a labor of love with a
fabulous co-author, Ava Snow. Now, my story The Arrangement is out. I wrote
this one in four days, so in love with Joe and Maggie that they kept talking to
me telling me to write faster! This one
is very special to me for a number of reasons. My wonderful editor compared it
to a reverse Beauty and the Beast, and I suppose she was right.
I may never get rich writing, I may never be on the
New York Times best sellers list, and like any author, I would certainly love
it if that happened. I write to fill a hole in me, a black space where for too
long I was told to just shut up. I write the kinds of stories that I like to
read, and I hope that others do as well. I’m working on a new Series called The
Spanking Bench Series. So far, two have been accepted for publication and I am
almost done with number three. I am sure there will be more to follow. I have an idea for my first full length
novel, and its proving harder than I thought, but not impossible. I never thought, that me, a fifty-one year
old grandma would ever be a published author. But I can say this, even if I
never published another thing, at least my obituary would read “author of ten
books.” That’s enough for me.
ABOUT CLEO:
Born in France to an Army Sergeant and his wife,
Cleo grew up in the great state of Ohio, where she spent her time reading and
studying. Her mother demanded she read for an hour a day, and then be prepared
to discuss what she read. That was where she discovered romance books, those
little pocket stories that could be read in an hour or so. After she grew up
and raised her daughters as a single parent, she concentrated on stories more
child centered. Once her children were on their own, she started reading the
kinds of things she read before, with a decidedly bigger kink factor involved.
She writes across the spectrum, it just depends on who is in her head at the
moment. She ABSOLUTELY believes that everyone has the right to love and be
loved in return, and nothing makes her angrier than closed minded people who
think marriage is a man/woman thing. A
tireless advocate for battered and abused women, she fights for stronger laws
protecting women and kids from those who would do them harm. Cleo LOVES to talk
to fans, and when someone tells her a story has touched them, it makes her
heart swell. Her bucket list is full,
she wants to return to France to see her birthplace, head for the Outback of
Australia, and sit and sip a pint at the bar her distant family owns in
Ireland.
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