Olivia Gaines – författare

A full length Slice of Life Novel.Grayson Broche led a simple life and was a man of refined taste. At the end of the day, he wanted to come home to his wife, his children and his dog. Currently, he had none of those things. The closest he had come to a stable relationship was his ten year friendship with his best friend, Charlize.Dr. Charlize Filleman was a busy woman with no time for men with no ambition or jokers who wanted to ride her coat tail. Her last date was three years ago and she was fine with that! The closest thing she had to a relationship was a weekly cooking date with her best friend Grayson, whose luck with love had also run short.Grayson proposed a plan to add a few additions to the friendship as they worked on her new cookbook. Adding in a pinch of reasoning, a dab of logic and stirring in some spice, these two to create a great recipe for an ideal relationship.And that is why Grayson Broche proposed they become friends with benefits.

The first day Ethan Strom met Janie Cimoc he could not stop staring at her chest nor the goofy tee shirts she seemed fixated upon wearing.  Ethan soon finds that the tee shirts are as quirky and loveable as the woman fate has thrown in his lap.The laughs are plenty as Ethan and Janie work together to create a fresh store that the residents of Venture will love as much as they adore Janie & Ethan. As the two turn the page on a new chapter in their lives, they learn the true meaning of understanding and acceptance.

What the hell just happened?In this episode, two phone calls arrive at the same time, one in Houston, the second in South America with the news that Kevin has been kidnapped! Again.Roget tries to help, but he too is taken. Saxton is called into action to make a rescue attempt, but Odessa has calculated the odds that not all of the men will make it home alive.The adventure continues to evolve as Bobby Ray Blakemore makes a request that changes the storyline completely.

Cabrina Roberts flew to Las Vegas to have a face to face conversation and get a possible lead on her friend, Aisha Miller’s disappearance.  What she finds instead is Gabriel Neary, codename Buckeye, a CIA Agent that is too handsome for his own good.Add in two free tickets to a hypnotist show, a bottle of cheap champagne and the pair wakes up the next morning to find themselves married.Throw in a road trip to Georgia, loads of laughs, and a couple who are simply too perfect for each other to ignore, Buckeye and his babe, begin a not so traditional romance across the miles.

Khloe Burgess was having a bad week. The last entry into her week long journey down the slope into Hell, ended with her standing in the rain on a sidewalk in New York. The nice lady took her inside and began a conversation which changed her life.In Tennessee, Beauregard Montgomery was tired. The lonely mountain existence he lived needed a shake up. Against his better judgement, he placed an ad for a mail order bride. His criteria, so specific, he highly doubted the woman in New York would find him the right wife.He was wrong and Khloe Burgess was just right.Saddle up for a new adventure as we head to the Smoky Mountains to spend time falling in love with Khloe and her Beau, the Tennessee Mountain Man.

David Devonshire has struck again, this time he has turned the tables on his sister.Vanity Devons wasn't pleased that her big brother David had set up a meeting with Nigel Strathmore, a stodgy British textile manufacturer for an exclusive line of silks. But there was something about Nigel.The problem was she liked him. A great deal.Nigel Strathmore proposed to Vanity Devons over the phone, laying a carefully thought out plan to make her his wife. "e;If you truly want me, come and get me,"e; she told him in jest, knowing that he did not like to fly. Especially over water.The surprise was on her when he showed up at her brother's wedding, to accept her offer.

The only thing Saxton Blakemore hates more than shopping is dancing, and running a close second in things he doesn’t like is Odessa’s little brother Kevin Jr.The Blakemores find their hands full in this adventure as Ryanne, Odessa’s sister prepares for her wedding. Odessa has the perfect gift for her sis, a Caribbean cruise, which will also serve as their cover. The ship sails out of Puerto Rico, but there is some pre-work to be done and Kevin Jr tags along, causing more trouble than he is worth, especially with an old nemesis, Mateo.Between the dancing lessons and dancing around Kevin Jr, Saxton Blakemore just wants to shoot someone.

Thurston Cromwell the IV was in trouble. He was twenty minutes away from giving the most important speech of his life and the bad sushi he had for lunch was about to take him down. An angel of mercy appeared to get him through the evening who asked for nothing in return.TataLavisha "e;TaeTay"e; Brown was an enigma of a woman that was nothing like she looked or comparable to the strange name she was given.  Something about her stuck with him.Two months later they both found themselves in a precarious position.  One in which Thurston needed a wife and TaeTay needed to get out of Compton.In a Fed-Ex envelope complete with a printed, cut out engagement ring, Thurston Cromwell the IV asked a special lady to be his wife.She agreed with a few stipulations. His mail order wife was about to change his life in ways he had never imagined.

In this episode, the Blakemores have a great deal to be thankful for and Saxton is ready for both sides of the family to sit and break bread. In every family there are ugly secrets and the Blakemores are no different.  Everything floats to the top of the punch bowl as well as Big Sarge trying a large serving of Grandma Patsy's chili.  Get the answers you need, the danger you crave, the love that is made, and all the laughs you enjoy in one hearty serving in this episode of the Blakemore Files. Are you ready to have dinner with the Blakemores?.

In one night, she lost everything she loved.In one man she learned to love everything she lost.Starting over, never felt so damned good.