Long and Short Reviews


Allie was born and raised in a very small town in upstate New York, which probably explains her fascination with the magic of small town life. She spent most of her youth reading anything and everything she could get her hands on, and it was only a matter of time before she began writing as well…poetry, short stories, pieces of screenplays, and the beginnings to lots and lots of novels. She earned her B.A. in English, with a minor in Education, from the University of Rochester in New York and then moved to Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, where she earned her M.A. in English Literature. After two years teaching in the Ohio community college system, she spent a summer in Providence, Rhode Island, and finally landed in downstate New York, where she currently lives. Since 1997, Allie has enjoyed life in the northern NYC suburbs, where she teaches English and Education full-time to high school students. In her spare time, she and her husband travel extensively (favorite vacation spots include Hawaii, the Outer Banks, and Western Europe, especially Germany). When she finds a few extra minutes to breathe, she is also a runner, a musician, an animal-lover, and a union activist. She has published novels with both Samhain Publishing and The Wild Rose Press, along with a short story titled "Blue Circle Books" that will appear in the anthology My Mom is my Hero, releasing on Mother's Day 2009. Allie loves to hear from visitors at her website or her blog where she writes every day about the ups and downs of the writing biz.
Allie's Available Books
One Night In Boston from Samhain Publishing
	Can anything really change in 24 hours? Can everything? Maggie Doyle is about to lose her home, her business, and her last grip on sanity unless she comes up with fifteen thousand dollars to pay off the bank. Her only option? Forget the pain of one life-altering night, find the stepbrother she hasn’t spoken to in years and ask him for help. Everything in Jack Major’s life is going according to plan. He’s rich, powerful, and about to marry Boston’s most successful attorney. There’s just one problem: he can’t seem to forget his first love, the one who left him in college after a whirlwind trip to Vegas with a secret she couldn’t trust him to keep. When Maggie and Jack meet up at a high-profile charity ball, past collides with present and the sparks fly. But is it too late for a first love to ignite again? And if Maggie reveals the reason she left Jack all those years ago, will he be able to forgive her? A single night in Boston takes Maggie and Jack from the glittering lights of the ballroom to the windswept city streets and back through the years to relive old memories. Will morning light bring new hope for their future together? Or are some secrets too deep to ever truly overcome? Available in eBook format -- Available in print ♥ Watch the book trailer here ♥
Lost in Paradise from The Wild Rose Press
	Ashton Kirk, youngest daughter of a prestigious senator, fiancée of a hotshot attorney, and fresh Harvard graduate, is headed for a promising law career when scandal breaks apart her family. Suddenly, she finds herself newly single and ashamed of her name. To escape, she rents an apartment in the sleepy town of Paradise, New Hampshire, where no one knows who she is. Ashton hopes for solitude, but all bets are off when Eddie West, the town’s most eligible bachelor, moves in downstairs. The brawny auto mechanic loves his women and his cars shiny, sleek, and fast, and when he meets his new housemate, he wastes no time getting friendly. While Eddie is looking for a no-strings romance, though, he gets more than he bargained for in Ash, who sees through his bravado to the pain of a loss too fresh to mention. Can two people from different worlds find common ground, a place to fall in love and build a future together? Or will Ashton’s past and Eddie’s scars keep them apart just as the summer heat brings them together? Is it possible to find your soul mate in the place you least expect to? Available in eBook format -- Available in print ♥ Watch the book trailer here ♥
One Night In Memphis from Samhain Publishing
	What if a woman, tired of broken hearts and bad choices, traveled a thousand miles to the heart of Memphis, Tennessee, and spent a night forgetting her past in the blues clubs of Beale Street? What if a man who lost his wife to cancer ventured to Beale Street's social scene for the first time in over a year? And what if they met and realized love was still possible for them both? Dakota James and Ethan Meriweather have both given up on finding happiness in a relationship. When they meet in downtown Memphis, at a crowded nightclub, neither has romance on the brain. But as the evening unfolds, and small talk turns to the stuff of hopes, dreams, and shared loss, a kinship grows that surprises them. Before the night is over, though, Dakota's past will catch up with her in the form of a violent ex-boyfriend. As dawn approaches, and tragedy threatens to tear Dakota and Ethan apart, both will have to make a snap decision that could change their lives -- forever. Available in eBook format on July 8th!