Marianne Arkins

Biography

Marianne is originally from California but currently living in much colder New Hampshire with her husband, daughter, dog and cat, as well as a few hundred wild birds, chipmunks and a backyard bear that keeps trying to grab the feeders. She can’t imagine a world without romance or not having stories rattling around in her brain, and she uses comedy to get her through the obscenely long winter.

Books and Stories

“One Love for Liv”

Genre: Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy

ISBN: 1-59998-325-7
Length: Category

Publication Date: February 12, 2008
http://www.samhainpublishing.com

Liv is out to prove her high society fiancé is cheating on her. Can she do it without breaking a nail—or falling in love with Mike the mechanic?

Olivia “Liv” Leigh, wealthy socialite and spa owner, suspects her fiancé of cheating on her. Drastic steps are required to discover whether appearances are deceiving. And if those steps require a bit of stalking, a change of appearance, a hippo-sized dog named Spike, and sacrificing her manicure to clean house for a sexy-but-sloppy man whose neighbor is determined to break several of the strangest Guinness world records, why should that be a problem?

Mike, a happily single auto mechanic, is more than content sharing his bachelor pad with piles of laundry, dirty dishes, and a sneaky ferret. But when a half-crazed woman in a bad wig shows up on his doorstep, what’s a nice guy to do?

Why, invite her in, unknowingly help her in her search for the truth and, in the process, fall head over heels for a woman who’s never been less his type.

On The Web

Website: http://www.mariannearkins.com
Blog: http://www.reading-writing.blogspot.com
Newsletter: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MarianneArkinsNews
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/mariannearkins
Cre8Buzz: http://beta.cre8buzz.com/profiles/769
Romance Lovers: http://romancelovers.ning.com/profile/MarianneArkins