If you've been with me since my steamy romance days, first of all — thank you. Genuinely. Those books were a blast to write and they're still out there if you need them. No judgment. I certainly have no regrets. 

But something shifted when I started writing A Very Texas Christmas. Elena Reyes, my archivist heroine, kept insisting she had a best friend named Olivia Cuellar who had her own story to tell. Olivia was loud about it, frankly. Heroines can be like that. 

So I followed Olivia back to Madison, Texas — and straight into the world of historic courthouse preservation, Texas records law, bat colonies, and the kind of bureaucratic chaos that only makes sense if you've ever worked in Texas government. Which I have. For years. With a master's degree in history and everything. 

What came out the other side was Blueprint for the Heart — the first book in the Restoring Madison, TX series — and a genuine pivot to women's fiction. Same Laura. Same Texas. Same dry humor about government red tape. Just fewer closed bedroom doors and more open records requests. 

If you loved Elena in A Very Texas Christmas, she shows up in Madison too. She knows things. She's an archivist — of course she does. 

Welcome to Verde County. I think you're going to like it here.