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October 1932. At the beginning of the Great Depression, universities all over America were cutting back and even closing their campuses. Raji and Fuse were cut adrift. Having concentrated on nothing but academics for the past four years, they were not pre

n her first book, Martin structures a family visit to the beach around a clever inversion of ``The Little Red Hen.'' Nobody helps Sara make her soup of seaweed (two kinds), snails, and ``smelly stuff'' from a beachcombing--her parents are busy putting on

A woman hiding from her future. A man running from his past. Welcome to Bluebird, Texas where two damaged people with secrets, discover trust can lead to passion.

My Writing Life tells the humorous, poignant, and honest stories of why ten diverse men and women were compelled to write. It chronicles the pain, happiness, and frustration and served as the inspiration for their words. You will see how writing changed t

Tizzy Donovan is having a run of bad luck. A bakery delivery gone wrong. A bar fight with an old classmate. And, the discovery of a dead body in the cemetery.

A grisly murder introduces detective Simon Goodyear to the less salubrious underside of Barrettsport, Nova Scotia. Simon and constable Diana Jackson embark on a search for a devious manipulator who entangles the town in his nefarious schemes. Along the wa

A unit of the Seventh Cavalry is on a mission over Afghanistan when their plane is hit. The thirteen men and women bail out of the crippled plane, but when they reach the ground, they are not in Afghanistan. And it seems they have descended two thousand y

A journey full of history, suspense, intrigue and action!

One of my short stories, "Warm Fuzzy," is included in this fine collection of oddly enjoyable stories.

314 pages. Kindle available now; softcover is in pre-release until August 28. The man many people call "The REAL Forrest Gump" ran the distance of 75 marathons in 75 consecutive days in 1996 at age 57. He ran to get media attention on the plight of single

"Do not leave today on your trip." Four hours before her vacation flight to Spain, young mother Rachel Katz receives an anonymous text warning her not to go. Thinking it a prank, she and her husband, struggling hedge fund manager Zeke Katz, decide to

Jack Lansing, M.D. is a widower who’s now ready to get on with his life when a chance meeting with a beautiful young woman changes everything – but not in the way he hopes. After a one-night tryst with the enticing vixen, the unsuspecting surgeon finds hi

Former surgeon Jack Lansing has become a bestselling mystery writer. At a book-signing event he meets an old colleague who, unbeknownst to him, has carried a grudge against Jack for thirty years. Then murders start popping up in and around Jack's peaceful

Gina's not having a good day. She's up against a deadline, and her short story contest submission has to be perfect. Unfortunately, there's a nit plaguing her work--a two-letter word that's gone missing. She's pretty sure it's loose in her room. All she h

In the 1930s, a German anthropologist researching a primitive people makes an amazing discovery. Eighty years later this leads to the development of a miracle drug that could be one of the biggest breakthroughs in the history of man's fight against diseas

Be apart o f My Pharafaneelya series. A new series original fictional world that will take your mind through a roller coaster of thriller throughout the pages, suspenseful shockers and so, much more....

OMG! No cell phones, no computers—what did teenagers do in the 1950s? Roberta’s on her way to growing up in Rockdale, Texas. She has big plans—to see Hollywood and the Pacific Ocean, see herself on the movie screen, and wear a long evening dress just to

A double catastrophe has altered the world—one astronomical, the other man-made. A moon-sized chunk of antimatter slams into the sun, causing Earth’s icepacks to melt and flood coastal regions. Unrest in the Middle East causes the unthinkable: nuclear ter

Fuse returns to Burma in 1941. Raji stayed behind in Virginia to recuperate. It has been eight years since Fuse and Raji left Burma on the training mission to Ethiopia. He has not heard anything from Kayin, but he has to find her, to be sure she’s all rig

While Texas Ranger Ridge Cooper investigates his latest murder case, his wife has problems of her own. She's joined forces with first cousin and local PI, Jinx Monroe to follow a possible cheating husband, confront her grandmother about baking Boom Browni

A young boy’s life is torn apart in 1973 Vietnam when U.S. soldiers assault his fishing village, mistakenly thinking it’s a Viet Cong base. The scary image of a tattoo on the arm of one of the soldiers haunts Nguyen Chinh over the years as he rises to a p

For years, Luke Elliot has been a respectable businessman. But he’s also had a secret life no one knows, and he’s given that up to settle down completely. But when his world is torn apart by tragedy, he flees in despair from all that could evoke painful m

The groom is missing, clowns are angry, and don't get me started about gnomes.

Rising from the ashes of pos-war Germany, CHEF TELL became America's first syndicated-TV chef. His mercurial life, quick-cooking, and humorous personality captured the hearts and minds of his 40-million Baby Boomers fan base. 452 pages. Hardcover, Kindle,

Stronger verb choices listed in alphabetical order for everyday verbs such as enter, walk, ran, took, etc.

Pharafaneelya Gretchen's Story is the II edition to the Pharafaneelya series. A must read thriller and very suspenseful story.

Book #2 of Dark Space Fantasy Series: Plan8 Slaves

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Oxana operates an illegal amber mine in the Amazon. Her excavation is on land owned by Tosh Scarborough. He discovers Oxana’s pit on a satellite photo and goes to investigate. When his plane crashes, Amber Bravant organizes a search for him. Oxana will pu

Humans have searched the cosmos for decades looking for evidence of intelligent life elsewhere in the vast reaches of space. Finally, a signal from a planet well outside the solar system arrives. The message is shocking enough, but soon after, the world f