Allie McCormack - Romance Novelist

Hi, I'm Allie McCormack. Come on in and browse around, and check out my first romance novel, Truck Stop, available now on CD-ROM and paperback. It received a four-star review from Romantic Times magazine, as well as great reviews/ratings from a number of romance review sites! I have 3 finished manuscripts seeking a publisher; the first 2 of a 4-book sheikh series, "Sons of the Desert," and the first of a 3 or 4-book genie paranormal series, "Wishes & Dreams." I also have a Live Journal, where I blog various thoughts and my progress :)

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Teri Campbell is on the run, on a bus ride to nowhere. An unscheduled stop on the wind-blown plains of Wyoming leaves her at M&J's Truck Stop... and in the arms of Mike Gallagher, the young trucker who appoints himself her protector, who understands her as no one else could. But will her new life and her new-found love be enough, when her events take an unexpected turn? ...and can even Mike keep her safe from the past that threatens to reclaim her?

Click here to read an excerpt from the first chapter of Truck Stop

THE LATEST REVIEWS!

FOUR STARS from Romancing the Web:
    Truck Stop is a sweet, romantic story. One that will leave a smile lingering on your face for the innocence of the young love the hero and heroine feel for each other, and a catch in your heart when they face their greatest trial, and their greatest danger.
     The story was well written, and brings to mind the intensity of passion, and fierce determinations of youth. It takes the reader back to those wonderful years of a woman teetering on adulthood, innocent, yet wise in the ways of love as she confronts the man she knows she's destined for.
     Four stars to Allie McCormack for a wonderfully endearing romance and characters very true to life.
    --- Shadoe Simmons, Romancing the Web , March 2002

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DANCER is my second completed novel... I'm trying to find a home for it amongst the traditional publishing houses for this one and its sequel, CASTLES IN THE SAND It is also the first of my "Sons of the Desert" series; four wealthy, powerful men, each torn between two cultures, two countries... two women. Their father is Sheikh Rashid, head of an old bedouin tribe deep in the heart of the Arabian desert. Their mother is the lovely Elyse, an independent American artist. They've been raised in both worlds, and now each must make his choice.

He was from Saudi Arabia...
She was everything he'd ever wanted. But could he make her understand that she was the only one for him?

She was a belly dancer...
He was everything she'd dreamed of, and more. But would he leave her when he discovered she wasn't the exotic creature he thought she was?

About Dancer:

Dancer is a contemporary romance written in first person. Yuck, you say. I agree. I personally don't care for romances written in the first person (unless it's Anne McCaffrey, of course!). I'm not even sure why it came to me to write it in first person; none of my other (100-something) premises and half-plotted stories are in first person, and in fact I have never even considered writing one in the first person! But somehow, that's just what happened... Sarah showed up one day and needed to have her story written in first person, so... obedient to my Muse at all times, that's how I wrote it :) Silhouette has currently shown interest in DANCER for their Special Edition imprint, so clearly my Muse knows something that no one else does! :)

Update: As of October 2002, Dancer is also written in the third person, and that's the version which I'm now presenting to agents and publishers. See my Journal if you're interested in all the gory details of how I came to rewrite it :)

Quick synopsis:

Sarah is a young woman who has escaped the privileged world she was born into, to forge her own way in life. She belly dances at an ethnic cafe in Santa Barbara, California for the sheer joy of the dance. Sheikh Khalid, a visiting university professor from the Middle East, sees her dancing and instantly determines that she must belong to him. Sarah believes it is only the belly dancer that he desires rather than the shy social worker beneath the exotic costume; even so, she has to resist not only Khalid but her own strong attraction to him. Khalid persists, however, determined to win her. In this he is aided by the charming matchmaking efforts of some of the Saudi students in his charge who befriend Sarah. Just as Khalid and Sarah finally overcome the barriers between them, however, a jealous woman threatens to destroy their newfound relationship, claiming Khalid as her own.

CASTLES IN THE SAND is my third completed novel, a sequel to Dancer and the second in the "Sons of the Desert" series.

Bennett. The patriot. A proud fighter pilot, fiercely loyal to the land of his birth, Bennett's heart belongs to the desert, to his bedouin roots. But would he have to give up his birthright to win the woman he loves?

Quick synopsis:

This is a spin-off of Dancer, taking place about six months after Khalid's marriage to Sarah. Khalid's angry and bitter younger brother Bennett arrives from Riyadh to undergo rehab after almost loosing his life to a landmine a few months before. A proud fighter pilot, Bennett will never fly again. Bennett resists his therapist, the feisty, red-headed, Tanya, but she perseveres, absolutely determined to get Bennett out of his wheelchair and walking. In the meantime, we have all heck breaking loose in the Al Mansour household: Sarah is recovering from an assailant's attack and Khalid is sick with worry over her and the child she carries. Their best friend, the gentle and modest Fatima, elopes with nightclub owner Andy, and Bennett's brother-in-law, supposedly killed during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait years years before, shows up late one night, scarred and crippled, on Khalid's doorstep. A part of Tanya's past also shows up one day on the doorstop, and Bennett loses all hope that he will ever win the spirited woman who has become an integral part of the new life he is building for himself.

A GIFT OF JACINTH is my fourth completed novel. It's the second in my "Wishes & Dreams" paranormal romance series, although I wrote it first, before WISHES IN A BOTTLE

Quick synopsis:

Jacinth is a Jinn, and perfectly content to be so. She enjoys helping people, and likes knowing that the wishes she grants have made a difference in their lives. One thing she never wants though: To fall in love with a mortal man and spend the rest of her immortal life in mourning, the way her mother has done. Then she meets Douglas and his children, and finds herself wanting to stay... just a little longer. Douglas McCandliss considered himself a regular guy living a normal life. There’s only thing he wants: His children. He’s been searching for two years since his ex-wife disappeared with them. Then one day, on impulse, he buys a silver tea pot from an antique store and brings it home. The next thing he knows, his normal life is turned upside down! He not only has his kids back, but he has a 900-year-old Jinn who’s fond of 60's television shows acting as nanny to Benny and Molly, and charming the socks off everyone she comes in contact with, including Douglas. What with Jacinth’s oozing-sex-appeal Jinn mother languishing in his living room, his ex-wife trying to steal the kids again, and dealing with the lovable Jacinth’s Jinn-wrought havoc, Douglas’ life is spinning out of control. Strangely enough, though, that’s all suddenly less important to him than expanding his little family to include Jacinth... if he can convince her to stay.

Here's an amusing little momento I brought back from Saudi Arabia in 1991... a little Saudi humor in regards to Desert Storm. click on the picture to see it full-size.