About Donna Steele

Women strong enough for love. I write about strong women in lots of areas - science fiction, paranormal and contemporary fiction romance - women coming into their strength and having the courage to find and accept love. As an empty nester with my beloved best friend and husband (who actually encourages this mad passion of mine) I write all the time – whether or not I have a pen or keyboard handy. Ever since I learned to read—from Superman Comics, Dick, Jane and Sally held no appeal—I’ve wanted to write. The possibilities of science fiction have always drawn me and I’ve read them all. There just needed to be a little more romance in them. I finally got up the courage and I’m delighted that I’m able to share these stories with you. My small town romance novels - Homecoming, Welcome Home, Red Shoes, Nowhere for Christmas, Christmas Present and Dance Partner are available at all eBook vendors. My paranormal romance eBooks Learning Trust, The Melting Series, and Wraith's Heart are now available at all eBook sellers. Wraith's Heart and Learning Trust are now also available in paperback through Amazon. I’m a member of Romance Writers of American, the Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal Chapter of RWA and the Heart of Carolina Romance Writers. www.steelestories.com https://www.facebook.com/DonnaSteeleAuthor http://goo.gl/dH6PAA

New Books You Might Have Missed –

It’s a new month! Check out some new books that are now available for you –

Do you read MC?  BL Harris has a new one out – Cutting Edge, in the same universe as her best seller – On The Brink in the Devil’s Seed MC romance

   

And PK Corey has a new Cassie book out – Undercurrents on the River

   

CL Hadyn’s latest – Two Wishes is available now as well, and Leslie Ray’s – Division.

And my latest Survivors came out in February – sci fi, time travel, dystopian. The newest  in the Changing Hearts series – Growing the Change will be on pre-order shortly. A wide variety for you to chose from – don’t miss them!!

  

Okay, Let’s see what happened in 2023

Well, important stuff first, I got to see the grandkids several times. Since they live 7 hours away that can get iffy at times. Held our annual Camp Granddar and attended the 3rd birthday of the youngest and 8th for the oldest. They’re both growing like weeds so I need to step up my visits. We had a great and crowded Christmas with them! Got to keep the granddog a couple of times, which helps me keep my weight down with the walking!

     

Finally got to see some performances at the Tanger Center and got season tickets. Have seen Le Miz, Chicago, and Aladdin so far. Hadestown is up next!

Did some more counted cross stitch (not as much as 2020 and 2021 but more interruptions now)

   

Got new floors for the condo, new HVAC system, and replacement windows for the bedroom.

Published four books – Brown Mountain Lights, the Changing Heart series –Hearing the Change and The Family You Choose, and Home for Christmas. Wrote a few more that are in various stages of editing and I hope will be out soon. The third in the Changing Hearts series – Growing the Change and Survivors should be out next. I also released my first audio book – Wraith’s Heart!

     

A few got new covers as well – Red Shoes, Hazardous to the Touch and Christmas with Family.

   

My everlasting thanks to my Writer-2-Writer crew that helped with this process and wrote a few books themselves – Division by Leslie Ray, Homegrown by Laura Browning, Two Wishes and The Cuckoo by CL Hadyn.

 

 

Other new books written in 2023 I’d like to highlight are – Return of the SunRunner by Linda Sedgwick, The Rogue’s Ring by Nancy Lee Badger, Shambling and Shadows by Samantha Covington, and The Whisper seriesWhispers in the Dark, Whispers in the Night, and Whispers in the Wind and Unwrapped in Love by Linda Tiffin

   

    

Here’s hope for a great 2024!

Check out some new works!

There’re some new books out recently you should check out!

Linda Sedgwick’s long-awaited sequel to Voyage of the SunRunner, Return of the SunRunner is now available.

 

Linda TIffin’s 3rd in the Whisper series – Whispers in the Wind came out in September!

and C.L. Hadyn’s latest Two Wishes will be out shortly.

You’ve met all these authors here before – I’ve worked with them formatting and editing. Feel like a proud Mama when I see them out!

And then there’s my 2023 Christmas Novella – Home for Christmas

Cover Reveal 📣 !!

The Family You Choose – book two in the Changing Heart series will go on pre-order today for release September 5!

Willa has a job and familial obligations. That’s all she needs. Her stint in the military cured her of needing or wanting a man in her life, other than her younger brother. However, this new assignment is intriguing, except maybe for the man assigned to train her.

Clint is happy with his new role now that he’s separated from the military. He’s with his friends, getting the job done under less hazardous conditions. Well, less hazardous until he meets the woman he needs to train for this new assignment.

Excerpt

Willa Landers stepped out the shower and grabbed her towel. The water pressure had been almost adequate this morning. Unusual for this dump. She thought again about cutting off her long red hair, it was thick and drying it took forever, but she didn’t have the time or money to keep that up. This way she could wrap it in a bun and go. At least the place fit her budget and was private. Maybe no one else in the building was up. It wasn’t like she really knew any of them anyway. She’d had a good workout this morning. Saturdays gave her time at the gym that she couldn’t seem to carve out of the rest of the week.

She wasn’t lonely. No time for it and besides, she had Gavin. The people she worked with were enough for the most part. It wasn’t like she spent a lot of time alone here. Just at night.

Her job kept her on her feet more than being in an office, but not quite enough to feel like a real workout. As a security guard at Beaton Industries, Covington Plant, she got in the steps but keeping herself toned was important too.

She jerked when her cell phone buzzed. She had no plans today, other than laundry and housecleaning before she headed over to the rehab center. Please don’t be about Gavin. Looking down at the notice, her heart both slowed and sank. What would Dennis want today? Her supervisor wasn’t her favorite person to begin with. To mess up a Saturday was above and beyond. She forced a smile so her dickwad of a supervisor wouldn’t be able to hear how pissed she was.

“Everything okay, Dennis?”

“Good morning to you too. I need you to come in for a couple of hours.”

“Is there a problem?” She managed not to grit her teeth. “I’m not on the schedule for today.”

“I know. It’s for some special training. That new security group the bigwigs hired is going to put some software into beta testing for us.”

Willa shut her eyes, shaking her head. Today?

“We’re all going to have to take the training.” Dennis spoke again, his voice a little more insistent.

“On our days off?”

“I’ll expect you here in thirty.”

“Make it an hour. I just got back from the gym.”

“Nice. Keep those buns tight. An hour. Be here.” He broke the connection before she could respond, and Willa took a deep breath attempting to hold onto her temper. She liked her job, for the most part, but Dennis kept edging closer and closer to the line. She wasn’t the only female security guard. The bigwigs, as he called them, were great about diversity that way. However, the supervisors for all three shifts were male. One was a nice guy, David, married with kids, daughters, but the other two, Dennis and Greg, were less than ideal.

She better get moving.

Hearing the Change – Book 1 of the Changing Heart series on sale for $.99 to get you started!

(Check out all my $.99 books here!)