Tag: historical romance

  • Red River Radio Presents Dellani’s Tea Time with Amanda, CD and JM!

    JOIN US MONDAY, JUNE 11 – 4-6 PM EASTERN ON BLOG TALK RADIO It’s officially summer and time to kick back and relax by the pool, on the beach, or wherever the mood takes you! Not hot enough for you? Well, our authors can certainly turn up the heat. All these ladies are known for…

  • Notable Narrative – Indian Summer Shark Attack!

    Sometimes, it isn’t just dialogue or a steamy love scene that captures the interest. This particular scene is one I wrote when I first started Indian Summer nearly 20 years ago. I began the novel, but couldn’t capture Gabriella’s voice. Discouraged, I put the notebook in a drawer and left it. One day, I was…

  • I Love Dialogue! from Under the Western Sky Chapter 9

    Under the Western Sky is a retro-romantic suspense set in Western Nebraska in 1976. Though somewhat under the radar, there is a great deal of racial tension, partially due to the events that happened at Wounded Knee, South Dakota three years prior. Bobby and his best friend, Danny, are on opposite sides of the racial…

  • I Love Dialogue! from Indian Summer

    Indian Summer is my first published novel. An historical romantic suspense, Indian Summer is set in St. Augustine, Florida in 1739. Gabriella Deza is the youngest daughter of Spanish Governor, Ferdinand Deza. Headstrong and intrepid, Gabriella has just turned 15, the coming of age of a young Spanish woman. Manuel Enriques, her father’s aide de…

  • Conduct Unbecoming – Excerpt Chapter Seven

    Not everyone is a fan of Teague McMurtry. In fact, some people thoroughly detest him. One such is Major Victor Quartermain. Once a rival for Isobel’s hand, Teague maintains that the better man was the one who gave her up—himself. He and Quartermain hate one another, and not just because of Isobel. Victor has a…

  • Conduct Unbecoming – Excerpt

    The following excerpt is from Chapter Eight of Conduct Unbecoming. The men in my books talk like my sons, as that’s the example I’ve seen on a daily basis. That being said, they aren’t always nice to one another. In fact, at times, they are down right mean. The same applies to the men in my…

  • Presenting Conduct Unbecoming!

    Did you fall in love with Teague McMurtry in The Ninja Tattoo? Well, he’s back and sassier than ever! This time, he’s got help from his family as well as his good friend, Jasper Waters. Jasper’s a former Marine who is now a cop. Quite by accident, he’s involved in helping Teague find an old…

  • New from Dellani Oakes Conduct Unbecoming – A Teague McMurtry Mystery

      Dellani Oakes makes her home in Florida, but she grew up in Western Nebraska. Before that, she lived in Tennessee, Ohio, Massachusetts and Texas. After graduating from high school, she added Mississippi. The diverse locations gave her a unique perspective on life. Always a people watcher, Dellani put that talent to use when she…

  • Scenery of St. Augustine

    Scenery of St. Augustine.

  • Indian Summer Revisited – by Dellani Oakes

    A few years after writing Indian Summer, I decided to write a contemporary romance, also set in St. Augustine. The interesting twist here is that the two many characters, Carina and Malin, are distantly related to Gabriella and Sailfish from Indian Summer. Though they never consummate their relationship, Gabriella and Sailfish love one another. I…