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Author: Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy | Website

Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy is a full-time romance author. A native of the old historic city of St. Joseph, Missouri she now lives and writes in the beautiful Missouri Ozark region. She is a member of RWA, the Missouri Writers Guild, and the Ozark Writers League. Her romance novels include Love Never Fails, Witness Protection Program, Sing We Now of Christmas, and A Patient Heart from Rebel Ink Press, additional titles including In Love’s Own Time, Miss Good Samaritan, In The Shadow of War, and Guy’s Angel coming in 2012 from Rebel as well as two novels from Champagne Books and the paranormal Love Covenant series from Evernight Publishing. Lee Ann’s work also appears in more than twenty anthologies as well as multiple websites and print publications.



Published Works & Book Reviews

Love Shadows

Cara couldn’t be happier now that her sexy vampire husband Will Brennan located his long lost brother Seamus. Her new found brother-in-law even has a theater where she can sing—until a vampire named Henri shows up in the audience. He covets Cara, but not for a happy ending. The old vampire, far more powerful than Will or Seamus, has a bad reputation among the undead.

Back in Memphis Henri demonstrates he can make them suffer at will. A cat and mouse game begins and takes them back to Missouri, then onto Texas for what they hope will be a happy family holiday.

A last minute grocery store run puts Cara in Henri’s hands and leaves Seamus near dead. When Henri takes Cara deep into the mysterious back waters of Caddo Lake, it’ll take more than just Will Brennan and his brother to save her—if they can.


In Loves Own Time

There may be no place like home and nothing like love….

When Lillian Dorsey inherits the family home from the grandfather who banished her pregnant mother decades earlier, she travels to see the house and sell it. Instead, she is captivated by the Edwardian beauty and intrigued by the ghost. When the original owner manifests himself, he’s both charming and witty. Lillian can’t hide her attraction to Howard Speakman especially when she learns it’s mutual. Since she’s alive and he’s long dead, however, there seems to be no way they can ever be together.

But where there’s a will there may be a way….

One afternoon, while pretending to visit the past, the impossible becomes real for a short span and they realize that if they visited 1904 once, they can do it again. If Lillian can return to Howard’s time, then maybe she can prevent his death and they can manage that happily ever after anyway. With just enough pluck to try, they attempt to bend time to their will and if they succeed, then they may find a love to stand the test of time.


Stockings and Suspenders

As the temperature drops, the women in this collection of stories find naughty and delicious ways to warm up for the holidays.

A boss with a proposal to make her sweat, a promise from an Italian assistant, a cabin in the middle of nowhere with two men waiting to cater to her every desire, a special surprise for a lonely solider...

All of these encounters and more from ten talented authors. Get ready for some holiday loving...Evernight style.


Sing We Now of Christmas

When Jessica Martin met Johnny Devereaux that December, holiday magic filled the air. But their love was no enchantment. He was without doubt the love of her life and by summer, they were happy newlyweds with their life and many more holidays ahead.

But when Johnny failed to return home from a fishing trip on the Fourth of July, Jessica's world was rocked to the foundation. When the authorities tell her that her husband is missing and presumed dead, Jessica refuses to believe it.

As the months and seasons pass, no one holds out hope but Jessica believes.

She knows he'll be home for Christmas. Her family calls her crazy and Johnny's family tries to help her find closure but Jessica's heart refuses to surrender.

And when Christmas comes, the truth will shock them all.


Midnight Seduction

No matter what your fantasy, these sinfully naughty tales are certain to keep you reading late into the night...

Midnight Seduction is an exclusive collection of erotically charged stories by thirteen talented authors. From dark angels and vampires, to ghosts and kelpies, this anthology is sure to please paranormal romance lovers everywhere. Fulfill your wanton desires and escape into a world where anything is possible.

Reviewer: Emma
Review: Nov 29, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Erotic Romance, Anthologies, Vampires, Werewolves, Shapeshifters
Witches, vampires, demons, shifters and more can be found in the anthology, Midnight Seduction. This book contains 13 sensual and erotic short stories of the paranormal kind. I found these stories to be well matched and very interesting. There isn't a bad one in the bunch. That's fairly unusual for a larger anthology. There are the common paranormals; witches, shifters and vampires but there are also tales ab

Love Knots

After surviving the wrath of a wicked she-vampire bent on revenge, Will and Cara Brennan have a new task – finding Will’s brother that Sallie Hawkins made a vampire centuries ago. Both bear the scars of their battle but they’re glad to be alive and together.

Cara wants to find the only family Will has in this world and so they set out on a search for Seamus that takes them from Memphis to the rough bars of Oklahoma, Las Vegas casinos, to Hollywood Boulevard and to New Orleans. Along the way, their love deepens and the sensual connection they share heightens.

Whether or not they find Seamus isn’t the only issue – they have no way of knowing whether he has gone wicked or if he’s an average vamp like them. The journey defines their love as the story begun in Love Tattoo, advanced in Love Scars, and continues in Love Knots.


Love Scars

After marrying her sexy undead husband Will Brennan, Cara Riley Brennan thought her happy ending would last forever but she soon learned that the course of true love doesn’t ever run quite that smooth. Just when she thought they were settling into eternal bliss, Sallie Hawkins, the woman who made Will into a vampire in the past, intrudes into their lives. She’s wicked, she’s jealous, and she won’t stop till either Will or Cara is dead.

When the three meet for battle, they all may not survive and in the end, who lives and who dies is up to Cara who will do anything to keep her chance at a permanent happily ever after ending intact.


Love Tattoo

One unexpected late night encounter and one titillating kiss detours Cara Riley from reaching Nashville for her last shot at a singing career and lands her in Memphis.

Dark, mysterious truck driver Will Brennan oozes sexuality and Cara finds herself drawn to him. He brings her to a higher level of sensual pleasure than she even imagined could be possible. As their relationship explodes into something real, she learns he has more than a few quirks—he sleeps by day and prowls by night.

At his home—a castle—nestled in a wooded area just outside Memphis, she learns just what his sweet love tattoos really mean and must decide if she wants another. Whether or not they find their happy ending is all up to Cara.

Reviewer: Ursshebear
Review: May 4, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
What a fun read! I really enjoyed reading "Love Tattoo." Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy knew how to move her story along, keep the romance fresh and new, as well as develop the characters. I thought back to my late night truck stops while traveling. I wondered what I would do if I had been Cara and I encountered a handsome truck driver who made the move on me. Hmmmmmmm........... Will's and Cara's relationsh

Wolfe's Lady

Stella Raines was looking for a change. She moved to the small town of Riverville to begin her first year of teaching history. She quickly learns that teaching in such a rural high school is no picnic, but the math teacher in the class down the hall makes her first week all the more intriguing….

Darien Wolfe is a staple of Riverville High School, with his rule-breaking hair and attire. He seems to have taught there since, well, forever. However, Darien never knew how much his long life might change until he notices the new history teacher down the hall.

Their attraction is instant and for eternity, like the stars under the full moon. But can Stella survive Darien’s secret? 

Reviewer: Ursshebear
Review: Feb 23, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Werewolves
Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy's novelette, "Wolfe's Lady," takes on the topic of a werewolf rather than a shifter. I found the story to be quite interesting, but the feel of the story could have been built upon. Wolfe's Lady felt too short and too quick to end for my tastes, thus I would love to see this story turned into a novel. I feel Lee Ann is a good author and I look forward to more of her writi

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