What It Takes is a CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE and the first book in the Rocky Creek Series. Set in the fictional community of Rocky Creek, Virginia, the series explores life in a SMALL TOWN.

Kelsey Morgan is our heroine from this small town, and we join her as she stars in her first major motion picture. Her co-star is none other than Patrick Lyons, Hollywood's current CELEBRITY Playboy. Kelsey has secrets she wants to keep hidden, so the last thing she wants is to be featured on his arm on the cover of the tabloids. Her brother-in-law, Richard, knows these secrets and BLACKMAILS Kelsey, threatening to expose her if she doesn't pay his gambling debts. In Rocky Creek, we see the DYSFUNCTION of her family and learn more about why Kelsey tries so hard in her career. When Patrick confesses his love, Kelsey must tell him the secret she's been keeping and why. But when Richard threatens their HAPPILY EVER AFTER when he kidnaps his son and demands Kelsey rescue him, Patrick becomes the hero she didn't realize she needed.

What It Takes is a FAMILY saga and the FIRST IN A SERIES.