Catica Island Inspired Romance Series

Island Promise - Prologue book: The Beginning... Ethan Shamsi, an autistic savant with the Midas touch, and Hasana Bennett, a sharp witted, cutthroat business woman, are the most unlikely pair you will ever meet. Thrown together through circumstances, they are forced to make the best of a bad situation, each finding the other somewhat infuriating. Yet they must find a way to work together to continue the smooth running of Catica Island, a place full of romance, new beginnings, and second chances.  However, both Ethan and Hasana have been burnt by love, which has affected their views on finding true love. Ethan still believes true love exists, he just hasn’t found it yet whereas Hasana is cynical and has sworn off love. Nevertheless, they must sell the fantasy to the tourists that come to the island. Is it possible these two poorly matched characters can pull it off, when they do nothing but fight? 

This is a sweet and clean gay romance story about men who find love… Leigh Patterson and Ethan Shamsi grew up together and believe they know all there is to know about each other. However, Leigh has a secret he has never shared with anyone -- a secret he believes will tear their friendship apart if Ethan ever found out. Leigh is smart, handsome and rich, so why does he work for Ethan, as his personal assistant, when he doesn’t have to? The answer may lie with the red-head, Neil Manning whose life Leigh saves by fishing him out of the ocean on his first day on Catica Island. Ethan tells Leigh that by saving Neil, Neil’s life is now bound to Leigh’s. Neil’s presence stirs emotions, feelings and desires Leigh has worked hard to keep hidden. But when Leigh starts doing things out of character, like placing a complete stranger’s needs in front of Ethan’s, he has to step back and reflect on his life and the fact he has been denying his true self for over two decades. Not only had he been lying to his best friend, but to himself. It is time to come clean and become the man he was meant to be, but in doing so will he lose the only person in his life he called friend?

“The devil is in the details” When autistic savant Ethan Shamsi proposed to the unsuspecting Hasana Bennett, he’s unfazed by her rejection of his proposal, and convinced he’s winning her over. Her use of the words ‘apocalypse’, and ‘hell freezing over’ didn’t register with him, that maybe she wasn’t interested in forging a lifelong relationship, outside of their current arrangement as co-owners of Catica Island. Two failed relationships have left Hasana Bennett cold and bitter. She’s sworn off romance, and men in general. She’s stunned by Ethan’s backhanded marriage proposal after he highlights all her faults as the reason she doesn’t have a husband, and wasn’t likely to get one if she turned him down. He also hinted, he thinks she’s getting old. Hasana’s need for revenge leads to a startling course of events. 

"A Life of Despair, Dreams, and Hope."  Pearl Mazanec had a tragic beginning, a life filled with disappointment and self doubt. Everyone she cared about taken from her, thrusting her into instant parenthood when she’d only just started her adult life. The man of her dreams lost, having to take a backseat to the responsibilities she’s faced with. Pearl always suspected fate had a hand in the cards she was dealt, and she played them anyway. But she hadn’t realized how twisted, and cruel fate could be. Even though she’d experienced it first hand on her entry into the world.  Death, stole her chance at love, and it’s through death—and six degrees of separation that brings the man of Pearl’s dreams back into her life. Only to drive home how impossible her love was. The gap between their class, status, and power was designed to keep them apart.  It seems Pearl was destined to never receive her happy ending.