Odessa has a passion for writing stories that rivet and excite readers and aims to create stories that feel like an escape from the mundane. She is a recipient of the Pencraft Award for Literary Excellence. She is also an award-winning filmmaker, artist, film industry grip, and cancer survivor. She spent over a decade working on high-budget films and television shows. She's enjoyed writing fiction since she was young, scrawling scripts into spiral-bound notebooks in her parents' basement. Though born in Wyoming and spending most of her adult life in the deep American South, she now lives on the beach in Connecticut with her boyfriend, various small pets, and rambunctious jack russel terror. When she isn't writing or reading, she's usually partaking in a masochistic puzzle, tending to her massive vegetable garden, fumbling through an escape room, or kayak fishing.Odessa Alba is a romance pen name (an easy way to keep her genre fiction separate for readers) & has published award-winning extreme horror under her real name, Erica Summers, and also has an upcoming hilarious cozy mystery series under the pen name Trixie Fairdale.
""A well-written story of a young Amish woman leaving her small world to become a temporary cook for Ansel Wolf a surfwear mogul. Velda sees and experiences the forbidden things she never dreamed possible. In the end Velda must make a hard decision to stay in this new life with a man she has developed feelings for or return to her former life in her Amish community. Romance, fun and adventure lead Velda to the only decision she could possibly make. A very entertaining story with likeable characters."" - Amazon reviewer ""Rumspringa was so good. This is the first book I have read from the author and she blew me away. The storyline is original and well written. You can feel the chemistry between Velda and Ansel."" - Amazon reviewer ""This is an entertaining age, gap billionaire romance, book that grabs your attention and holds it from beginning to end. The storyline is intriguing as the elements unfold. The characters are well written with steamy chemistry together."" - Amazon reviewer ""I loved this well written and captivating romance. Our main characters Ansel and Velda are worlds apart in so many ways, but I love their connection. I also loved some of the education of how the Amish live as I'm not well versed on many of their traditions. I quite enjoyed that. A wonderfully addictive read and I can't wait for more in this series!"" - Amazon reviewer ""Ansel finds himself having to undergo a life change. He connects with Velda who has the skills to make it possible and offers her a job away from everything she has ever known. Away from her community Velda gets an eye-opener, and her small world will never be the same. Will she grab hold of everything that Ansel has to offer leaving behind her Amish roots? This intriguing story blends two cultures together for an overwhelming experience that has love unfolding for Ansel and Velda amidst the surfing waves where the wealthy rule."" - Amazon reviewer