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BOOK: Heart of the Warrior

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"We're perfect together, babe." He closed his eyes
and let his forehead rest against Ari's as they held each other gently. It was
the oil come to life, the two of them still and holding each other, foreheads
resting one against the other as they savored the love between them.

Hmm. His mom was right about her favorite portrait. He could
feel the love in it, too.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

I have always loved to write. I don't remember a time when I
wasn't writing, reading, or dreaming up stories to keep me entertained in
boring situations. I would lie in bed at night and conjure up all kinds of
worlds and stories. My mind never turned off and was always filled with
daydreams and fantasies, and I often wrote them down. When I was in junior
high, my stories turned to more romance, and I filled notebooks with romantic
escapades my friends and I took with our favorite band, Duran Duran. I always
got John or Simon. LOL. At any rate, my friends ended up unofficially voting me
as Most Likely to Become a Romance Novelist. Ha ha, right? But here I am, doing
just that, writing romance novels. Prophetic, right?

I actually worked in the corporate world for over twenty
years in office management and as an executive assistant to the owners,
presidents, and vice presidents of corporate America, but in July 2010, I lost
my job. Thus began a year-and-a-half journey of finding myself and what my
future held. That's when I discovered role playing and met my co-author, who I
work with now under the pen name, Jem Stone. Role playing (RP) served its
purpose, and I met some truly wonderful people, but I eventually realized it
prevented me from accomplishing what I wanted: Getting published. So, I hung up
my RP hat and focused on writing, and my first short story, Moonlit Hearts, was
published in September of 2011 in an anthology called Evernight.

Silver linings are things I always try to find in every bad
situation, and now I realize the silver lining in losing my job was seeing that
I was supposed to become a writer. My journey in the corporate world had been
over for a long time and I had only been putting off my true calling by forcing
myself to stay in the workforce. Losing my job was Fate's way of telling me I
needed to get on with what I was really meant to do, the business of becoming
an author. So that's what I'm going to do, and I have several projects in the
works, including several stories in the AKM series. I hope you all continue to
follow me along this very exciting journey, and I hope I can continue to give
you stories you enjoy and which will give you a pleasant break from reality
when you need it.

Donya Lynne

BOOKS BY DONYA LYNNE

All the King's Men (AKM)

Rise
of the Fallen (Book One)

Heart of the Warrior (Book Two)

Anthologies

Evernight
– Romance in a World of Darkness

Published by XOXO Publishing

Short Story: Moonlit Hearts

Coming Soon

The
Arms of Winter

Published by Silver Publishing