BOOK DESCRIPTION:Escaping an arranged marriage, Leigh Jones flees her southern hometown for Harlem's vibrant jazz scene to pursue her dream of becoming a singer. She finds more than she expected, namely Miles Cooper. The smooth-talking musician walked out on her three years ago, taking her music and her heart with him. Leigh has no intentions of falling for Miles or his charms again, until he tempts her with the one thing she can’t resist: a recording contract. But when her past comes calling, she realizes Miles is the one person who can save her from a man who won’t take no for an answer. Miles isn’t one for putting down roots or staying in one place for longer than a season. Yet, memories of Leigh's sultry voice, beauty and sass make him long for the life and love he forfeited. Having walked away once, but never again, Miles sets out to prove he's a changed man willing to go to any lengths to protect his woman. He's determined to show Leigh, one passionate note at a time that the music they make together will last a lifetime.ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sheryl Lister is a former pediatric occupational therapist with over twenty years of experience and has enjoyed reading and writing for as long as she can remember. She’s been nominated for an Emma Award, RT Reviewer’s Choice Award, named BRAB’s 2017 and Black Pearls Magazine’s 2017 Author of the Year. When she’s not writing, Sheryl can be found on a date with her husband or in the kitchen creating appetizers. Sheryl resides in California and is a wife, mother of three daughters and a son-in-love, and grandmother to two special little boys. For more information, visit her website at www.sheryllister.com.

This is a near term Science Fiction Dystopian Novella. It is the stories of a group of survivors that live through a species ending series of global catastrophes. They are clustered around the shores of a great Inland Sea above what used to be called the San Joaquin Valley in California. This Novella started developing in my head shortly after publishing BB-39. I had planned to complete another long delayed book, but this one, prompted by current events, would not let go. Finally, I gave up and started writing. I hope it is only fiction…

They stand before a vicar as the ceremony proceeds. Diana’s parents have arranged for her to marry the Duke of Rothford. What should be the happiest day of her life goes by in a blur. It isn’t until afterward, when the newlyweds are alone together, that she realizes what it means to be married to a man she hardly knows. The silence is deafening. They have opposing views about life. The words ring in her ears… Till death do us part. Rothford is filled with extravagant stories about the magic he sees in the world and the possibility of true love. Diana has never experienced love and doesn’t believe that anything fantastical exists at all. Can they reach their fairy tale ending before their differences tear them apart?

Jane has been thoroughly prepared for her first, London season. Her aunt has told her of all the trouble that a girl may get into and how to avoid that nastiness entirely. So how on Earth does she find herself whisked away from the main ballroom, meeting Lord Brisby in secret, and getting into a most compromising predicament? The scandal that erupts from the impromptu rendezvous will haunt her, nearly ruining her life. But through the years, she keeps running into the man who was branded a rake. Is Brisby the one Jane is destined to spend her life with, or the one destined to destroy it?