"Bed of Thorns" is a short thriller with an ending you won't see coming!

Callie is over forty, rich, attractive and bored. Her latest boy toy has taken her into dangerous territory and that's okay with her. At least until she realizes her life is at stake.

Full of twists, turns and intrigue, "Bed of Thorns" will keep you guessing.

Free on Kindle November 14 - 18. 

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I'm so excited! Bouquet of Lies is scheduled for released in September. This sassy page-turned is all about love, murder and family secrets ripe for discovery. Not a paranormal this time, and published under the name Berta Lee Smith, Bouquet of Lies is a change of pace for me. I hope you'll pick up a copy when it's available. You'll find yourself on quite the thrill ride. Here's a quick synopsis: 

Wealthy, young, party girl Lacey Bouquet has never taken life or love too seriously. But all that changes when three things happen:  A man she would never think was her type enters her world and steals her heart. An ex-boyfriend and golden boy of her father’s company charms his way into her fragile younger sister’s life and turns the once-close sibling against her. Their father is murdered. Lacey, is heart-broken. She will never be able to mend the emotionally-distant relationship she had with him. 

What now? She can’t sit back and do nothing.  Especially when a private investigator comes to the house and she overhears him blackmail her grandfather. There are family secrets to be revealed and Lacey is determined to uncover every single one. What she discovers is unsavory and if that isn’t disturbing enough, the people she seeks out in order to learn the truth are murdered soon after she meets with them.  Then to make matters worse, the detective on the case seems to be suspicious of her! 

As Lacey struggles to find common ground with the love of her life, she implements a plan to expose the killer before it’s too late. She can’t share her idea with anyone, especially the man she loves or he’ll try to stop her. The stakes are high. If she succeeds, life is certain to be better than ever. But if she fails, all will be lost, including her life.

I had a nice publicity piece in the paper come out about me on January 8th.  Here's the link:http://www.applevalley-review.com/node/977

I was interviewed for the Redlands Daily Facts on the 8th and this story came out on the 9th. It appeared in the Daily Facts and The Sun. http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/sports/ci_21274363/u-r-grad-writes-paranormal-mystery

It has a lot of inaccuracies. I didn't attend Redlands High, I attended the University of Redlands. The White Lady wasn't killed during a performance. She supposedly died after a performance. The little theatre wasn't demolished, it was renovated.

Still. A fun experience.