Awake

Sleeping is overrated. How much could you get done if you didn't have to sleep? Dean and Madison are two scientists who have created a drug that makes it possible for people to stay awake. Only, they haven't. When the two discover that the drug causes dangerous side effects, they try to stop it from going on the market, only to end up on the run from the drug company that wants that drug available for purchase at any cost. Falling in love and losing could be the price Dean and Madison pay in Awake.

Shirley grew up in Baton Rouge, LA and started writing at an early age. Always talkative, when she was eleven she began to put her thoughts on paper, writing stories inspired by some of her favorite writers, Laura Ingalls Wilder and Madeline L’Engle. As she grew older, she developed a love of romance and in 2009 she decided to try her hand at paranormal romance. The result was The Smoke and the Flame and its sequel, The Wind and the Fire. The Smoke and the Flame is the first novel she has ever completed, although she has written several unpublished screenplays. Shirley graduated from Nicholls State University where she majored in History and minored in English. Since graduating (she doesn’t like to think about how long ago that was) she has worked at some of the best libraries in the Baton Rouge area. She makes her home there and enjoys spending time with family members. She also loves seeing movies, reading, and going to the park with her niece in her free time. Currently, Shirley is hard at work on her newest venture, titled If the Shoe Fits, a re-imagining of the fairy tale, Cinderella.