Stella's first book, 'How to Train Your Knight,' (formerly Dyed in The Wool), was Denver's RWA's Molly Contest Winner in the historical genre. It also won in the 'Show Me the Spark' contest.
It was a finalist in the , The Joyce Henderson, the 'Magic Moments', the Melody of Love, and the 'Heart2Heart' Contests.
In it, a Renaissance-minded noblewoman must convince a crusader she’s neither murderess nor witch or she’ll surely hang.
The widow Lady Ann screams, curses, and knifes one of the intruders. All for naught. One moment she’s sound asleep and the next she’s marrying a Templar, aptly named ‘the beast’. He accuses her of sorcery and murder. The King says she’s to be hanged. No matter what the lies, her wealthy town is now his. The people she loves; his. She bolts herself within her chambers to ponder the smell of his cloak when he covered her near-nakedness. Surely his gentle touch when his finger slipped over a breast would bode well. If not, how would her town survive without her? What could a beast-knight possibly know of sheep and wool?
The moment Sir Marcus Blackwell lays eyes on the raven-haired beauty, fighting like a wild gypsy, he is under her spell. There is no wall he would not climb to have her willingly accept his sword in her sheath. When she finally surrenders onto his pallet, his war-weary soul knows its salvation. Her passionate nature is beyond heaven itself but she is covered in scars, both body and soul. She may well have murdered the old knight, her first husband. Will he lie to his friend and king or will they both swing from the gallows?
Stella's got three more books in the works and a whole lot more stories waiting in the wings. 'A witch to Die For is almost ready!
Stella's got three more books in the works and a whole lot more stories waiting in the wings. 'A witch to Die For is almost ready!
