With staggering student loans to repay, CC Carlson is determined to please her new employers. The first assignment as a real estate lawyer is easy: deliver an eviction notice and make it clear that it will be enforced.
She delivers her notice and ultimatum and only then realizes that the nearly 70-year-old occupant is the inspiring creator of a series of books that had filled her childhood with stories of love and courage.
Love and tragic secrets are part of every inch of her land, and Vivian Battle is prepared to live up to her name, as she always has. Her fiercely loyal tenants will also protect her. That includes the far-too attractive Penn, also a lawyer, who is only too happy to tell CC what she can do with her eviction notice.
Ann Roberts is the author of numerous books, from romance to mystery to general lesbian fiction. A native Arizonan who should’ve been born near an ocean and a lighthouse, Ann and her family go to a coast as often as possible. She and her partner have celebrated two decades together, and she wonders how such a wonderful woman would tolerate living with a writer for so long.
For many years she was an English teacher and was thrilled every time a high school student found the joy of writing. While many of her budding author protégées promised to split the royalties of their future best sellers with her, she has yet to see a check from any of them. She’s still hopeful. Currently she is the principal of K-8 school and while she was used to unruly high school behavior such as profanity and rebelliousness, she’s still getting used to the biting, kicking and raspberries that are typical of seven-year-olds.
Ann enjoys a good joke, excellent red wine, watching movies, going to plays and spending time with friends. What she loves most is language and she continues to be fascinated by words and their power. And she is very grateful to her readers for their support!