Susan Stoker currently lives in Texas, but over the last
fourteen years has also lived in Missouri, California, Colorado, and Indiana.
She met the love of her life on "Hotmail classified" before such a
thing as online dating and sites like match.com even existed!
Being the spouse of an Enlisted Army man was an experience,
and spending four years apart while he was stationed in Korea and then sent to
a different State then she was living was not fun. But now that he's retired HE
gets to follow HER around the country!
Susan and her husband are passionate about adopting dogs
from rescue groups and shelters. They've had a total of nine
"rescued" dogs in their brief 14 year marriage. Mainly basset hounds
and bloodhounds, but they've recently branched out and adopted a basset/terrier
mix.
As a type A person, Susan has two master's degrees and her
PhD, but tells people that all having a PhD means is that she can write really
long papers. She's been reading romances since middle school, even once
crossing out all the names in a book and changing them to her own and to the
name of her crush. She's been writing scenes for years, thinking about what she
likes, and recently tried stringing the scenes into a book.
Her first series, Beyond Reality, will be a trilogy, with
all three books in the series having HEAs.
Start the Beyond Reality Series with Outback Hearts
Sam never thought she’d actually be chosen for a reality
show--but next thing she knew, she was whisked away to Australia. Dealing with
a producer willing to do whatever he had to do make the show a hit, other women
ready to cheat and lie to gain the attention of the bachelor, and a camera
operator ready to catch her at her worst every time she turned around,
absolutely nothing was as simple as it seemed on TV. Not to mention the pigs,
killer rattlesnakes and shoveling manure. Sam wasn’t sure she was going to make
it through filming most days--never mind find true love. Alex never thought
he’d be on a reality show, but how hard could being surrounded by beautiful
women be? A lot harder than he’d thought. The producer changed the rules of the
show behind his back, the women were nearly clawing at each other for this
attention--and that one contestant he couldn’t get off his mind…
Can two people who are meant to be together manage to fight
the catty contestants, crazy producer and find true love on a reality show in
the Australian Outback?
Outback Hearts (Beyond Reality Series)
“Sammi,” Alex said, still holding on to her arm, firmly, but
not hurting her. “Don’t do that.”
“Do what?” Sam asked a bit peevishly.
“Don’t lie and tell me what you think I want to hear rather
than how you really feel.” After a beat where Sam didn’t say anything he
continued. “If you want to tell me to piss off, tell me. If I do something that
hurts your feelings, tell me.” His voice suddenly lowered and he took her hands
in his. Sam had to lean into him to hear him over the noise of the barn.
“For the love of God, you’re the only real person here. If I
can’t rely on you to tell me like it is, who will?” He paused. “Now, please
tell me what upset you.”
“It’s just that…..” she paused, finally continuing when Alex
squeezed her hand. “I don’t fit in with the other women here, and I don’t want
you to see me as…less…then they are.”
“I don’t see you as less.” Alex immediately said, not even
pausing to think about what he wanted to say. “We don’t really know each other,
but when I’m lying in my cot at night I find myself thinking about you and what
you are thinking about.” He brushed his knuckle over her reddening cheek and
continued, “I would never intentionally insult you like that. I just have to
learn how I can tease you and not have you take offense.”
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