This excerpt is from near the beginning of the book, and it is a telling, from Erik the Phantom’s point of view, of meeting Sylvie Bessette for the first time.  I have to be careful what I show my readers from the second book, because of spoilers!  But since these interactions are already told in the first book, ‘Disfigured’, I’m not giving any secrets away.  In the second book, the story is being told from both Sylvie and Erik’s points of view, not just hers as in the first book.  In this way, I have a chance to… Read More

Even though National Reading Month is in March, I wanted to share with my readers the birth of my life-long love of reading books.  Whether you prefer an ‘old-school’ proper book you can hold in your hands and turn the pages, or you prefer to use an e-reader, book-lovers the world over share a bond in the love of reading.

As long as I can remember, I’ve always loved to read.  I was one of those kids (and adults) who can tune out everything when my nose is buried in a book.  Reading… Read More

I remember thinking, naively, when I was writing ‘Disfigured’, how freeing it would be for me when I finished and could move ahead, into uncharted territory. I had always planned on it being a series, and there were all sorts of ideas running around in my head. Ha! Easier said than done, as it turns out.

As anyone who has read it knows, ‘Disfigured’ begins prior to the events that take place in Phantom of the Opera, and ends some time after.  The story is narrated by my heroine, Sylvie Bessette, and it is her story that we… Read More