Is Shay Sommers, in The Secret Life of Bryan, the same Shay from your Harlequin Temptation novel, Fantasy?
Yes she is! Fantasy, a Harlequin Temptation that features Shay’s sister, Brandy, as the heroine, was published in March 1998. At that time, I wanted to sell Shay’s story to Harlequin as well, but they repeatedly rejected it for being too “over the top” for the Harlequin Temptation line.
After I published with Kensington, I offered the books to them and they bought it! That explains the length of time between publications on two stories.
And the good news, for those of you who don’t have Fantasy but would now like a copy, is that Harlequin has reissued Fantasy a couple of times. A bit of a wait, but it is now available again.