Biography

Award-winning author

Cheryl Brooks

A native of Louisville, KY, I graduated from the Kentucky Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in 1976 and then went on to earn a BSN from Indiana University in 1986. Horse crazy from the time I knew what a horse was, my family moved to rural Indiana in 1989. Since then, I've managed to accumulate a number of animal friends, but am currently holding at one horse, two cats, and one crazy little dog named Peaches.I have been married to the same wonderful man (aka Budley) for more than thirty years, and we have two grown sons, Mike & Sam. I've been working full-time as a critical care nurse for more than thirty years, and while this has been an exciting and rewarding career, I resigned from my position August 13, 2012 to allow more time for my writing. As a writer, I find that any fantasy you have can come true if you simply write it down. I've been keeping my friends entertained with my books for a number of years, and self-published a book in 2006, If You Could Read My Mind, writing as Samantha R. Michaels. Slave was the first of my Cat Ster Chronicles series to be published with Sourcebooks Casablanca, and has since been followed by Warrior, Rogue, Outcast, Fugitive, Hero, Virgin, Stud, Wildcat, and Rebel.Rebel won the 2015 Prism Award for Best Futuristic Romance. Wildcat placed second in the same category in 2014.
I have since written a spinoff of the Cat Star Chronicles called Cat Star Legacy, which features the grown-up children of some of the characters from the original series. Maverick (which was originally titled Champion), and Captive. Valkyrie is the first book in the Avian Clone Chronicles. I have two indi-published stand-alone novels, Sex, Love, and a Purple Bikini, and Out of Bounds. I have also published two short stories, Midnight in Reno and Pontoon. I have one contemporary romance series, Unlikely Lovers, which includes Unbridled, Uninhibited, Undeniable, and Unrivaled. I also have a self-published paranormal romantic suspense trilogy, Soul Survivors, which include Echoes From the Deep, Dreams From the Deep, and Justice From the Deep.The Cowboy Heaven series (published by Sourcebooks Casablanca) consists of the Cowboy Delight novella and two full-length novels, Cowboy Heaven and Must Love Cowboys. With my Sextet sisters, I've contributed to five erotic anthologies published by Siren/Bookstrand: Sharing, Dirty Dancing, Occupational Hazards, Entanglements, and Mistletoe & Menage. I also have three solo novellas with Siren. The Sextet Presents... Small, Medium, & Large; A Toy Story is a contemporary MMF menage. The Sextet Presents... The Lady Takes a Pair: In Days of Olde is a Regency MMF menage, and The Sextet Presents... A Tale of Two Knights: Legends is a MFM retelling of the Arthurian legend. I am currently working on the first book in the Avian Clone Chronicles, Valkyrie, based on a character from the Cat Star series. I'm a member of RWA and the Indiana RWA chapter. My other interests include cooking, gardening, and mowing my 25-acre pasture. Constantly...

Novels

  • If You Could Read My Mind 2006
  • Slave 2008
  • Warrior 2008
  • Rogue 2009
  • Outcast 2009
  • Fugitive 2010
  • Hero 2010
  • Virgin 2011
  • Stud 2012
  • Wildcat 2013
  • Rebel 2014
  • Unbridled 2014
  • Uninhibited 2014
  • Undeniable 2014
  • Unrivaled 2014
  • Cowboy Heaven 2015
  • Echoes From the Deep 2015
  • Dreams From the Deep 2015
  • Justice From the Deep 2015
  • Sex, Love, and a Purple Bikini 2015
  • Must Love Cowboys 2016
  • Maverick 2018
  • Mystic 2019
  • Out of Bounds 2020
  • Captive 2020
  • Valkyrie 2023

Novellas and Short Stories

  • Double Desire (Sharing Anthology) 2011
  • The Boys in the Band (Dirty Dancing Anthology) 2011
  • Windfall (Occupational Hazards Anthology) 2011
  • A Delicate Procedure (Entanglements Anthology) 2012
  • Angel on Broadway (Mistletoe & Menage Anthology) 2012
  • Small, Medium, & Large 2012
  • The Lady Takes a Pair 2012
  • A Tale of Two Knights 2012
  • Midnight in Reno 2012
  • Cowboy Delight
  • Pontoon 2016
  • Anything But Flowers (Lucky Valentine Anthology) 2023

My Photos

A few places I've been, things I've made or grown, and some of my animal pals, past and present--and a human or two...
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