It’s a Hot Scots Christmas! Sometimes the best Christmas presents are the ones you never expected. When I started writing a contemporary erotic romance featuring a Scottish hero, I couldn’t have imagined what would happen. I love spending Christmas with family, but my big surprise came in the form of Dangerous in a Kilt. The book […]
An even feistier American. A wickedly hot Scot. Passion ignites. Calli Douglas has avoided romance for five years, bound by a promise she never should’ve made to a man she doesn’t love. Now, he refuses to let her go. When she leaves her backwoods hideaway to attend her cousin’s wedding, Calli has no intention of […]
A pragmatic human thrown into a world of magic… Lindsey Porter fled from her traumatic past, determined to lay low, but now someone has framed her for murder. The quest for answers leads her into a parallel realm where magic reigns, and with a hostile sheriff and a shapeshifting assassin on her trail, she must […]
A feisty American. A hot Scot. Passion ignites. Good-girl Erica Teague is out on bail, charged with a crime her ex-lover committed. A lifetime of sticking to the rules has left her broke, burned, and facing a trial and certain conviction, thanks to the evidence planted by her trust-funder ex. Desperate to experience one wild […]
It’s a Hot Scots Christmas! Sometimes the best Christmas presents are the ones you never expected. When I started writing a contemporary erotic romance featuring a Scottish hero, I couldn’t have imagined what would happen. I love spending Christmas with family, but my big surprise came in the form of Dangerous in a Kilt. The […]
An even feistier American. A wickedly hot Scot. Passion ignites. Calli Douglas has avoided romance for five years, bound by a promise she never should’ve made to a man she doesn’t love. Now, he refuses to let her go. When she leaves her backwoods hideaway to attend her cousin’s wedding, Calli has no intention of […]
A short erotic romance Mel Thompson just dumped her cheating ex after two years together. Now she’s determined to understand the allure of casual sex by having a steamy fling of her own at a notoriously raunchy underground club. When her best friend, Adam Caras, catches on to her plan, he makes a surprising offer to […]
Get ready for a steamy excerpt from Dangerous in a Kilt (Hot Scots, Book 1)! Finalist, 2017 National Readers’ Choice Awards (ongoing) 2nd place, 2017 Sexy Scribbles contest 1st place, 2016 Great Beginnings contest Top Pick, The Romance Reviews 5-star seal, Readers’ Favorite An enthralling and entertaining read…Durand’s erotic writing is lovely, respectful, and entirely […]
Music is always a huge part of my writing process, from orchestral film scores to recent pop hits. While writing Dangerous in a Kilt, the first book in the Hot Scots series, I found one song that had such an influence over the story it has, for me, become the book’s theme song. It’s called “Mr. Mysterious” […]
Romance has remained the most popular fiction genre for decades, far outselling all other genres. Why do we love romance so much? The obvious answer is the happily ever after at the end of every story. Happy endings may be the hallmark of romance, yet I don’t consider it the main reason so many readers […]
