Kate Shugak has joyfully stepped down from her position as
chair of the Niniltna Native Association, the tribal group
her Emaa headed for many years. To help the new chair stand
on her own, she needs to get out of Niniltna and the Park
completely. As it happens, Alaska State Read more...
Cal's voice in his head has gotten a bit more persistent
since his monstrous half merged more thoroughly with the
human (Blackout) but that was to be expected. Living
with yourself when you are half Auph, top of the food chain
where supernatural creatures are concerned is Read more...
When a tempting rogue accosts, well, kisses her practically
on the eve of her shipboard wedding Miss Annabell Wheaton
just knows he's going to be trouble. Her father was a man
just like him and left her mother heartbroken. Annabel
firmly believes in holding her own destiny between her Read more...
When her late husband's foul traitorous ways endanger her
life, lay Evelyn Renshaw is glad to hire a strong and
handsome footman, even if this particular footman has no
sense of his proper place in the household. More important
is that she protects herself from the ominous Frenchman who Read more...
Kim has done her best to bury her love for Alec behind the
routine of a plebeian teaching job in the Pacific Northwest,
when a chance encounter with a spirit has her reevaluating
her choices. Kim abandoned Dobrenica, leaving her cousin
Ruli a clear field to marry Alec and thus Read more...
Fresh from A Play of Piety Joliffe is off to Coventry
to join his own family of players in time to prepare
performances for the Corpus Christi festival. Joliffe's
secret duties for Bishop Beaufort, his worship the Cardinal
Bishop of Winchester, accompany him everywhere, despite his
best Read more...
Hunter Greymere has left for his honeymoon, leaving Meara,
his twin sister with the perfect two-week opportunity to
rent out the pack's cabins to healthy Alpha males and enjoy
choosing men without her brother's interference. Too bad
Finn Emmerson shows up and starts laying down the law Read more...
Emily Murphy has lost her marriage, her mother and her sense
of identity. She has determined her best choice is to sell
the last remaining asset she has; a building once housing a
restaurant and apartment in downtown Valentine, Colorado. It
should be enough to fund her delayed return to Read more...
This gory horror-thriller opens immediately after book one
in the Vampire Federation series, Uprising. Detective
Joel Solomon is less than pleased to wake up and find he has
become one of his hated enemies, a vampire.
Vampire Federation Agent Alex Bishop knows it is only a
matter Read more...
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because
rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would
do them harm." George Orwell
The Task Force was devised to meticulously identify specific
terrorist threats then move swiftly to end their potential
to harm the rest of the Read more...
When Jilly came to Newford she was a young woman on the
edge,
in recovery from drug addiction and holding on to normalcy
by
her fingernails. When she encounters her closest and perhaps
only friend from those nightmare days she is led into a
world
beyond the ordinary and offered Read more...
Fiona MacAvery has moved to Salmon River, Virginia with her
10-year-old son, Sean. Sean is being bullied. Fiona wants
Sean to avoid violence, ALL violence, so she is less than
comfortable with her new neighbor who will be helping at the
local dojo. To her self-defense is Read more...
Rachel Martre is slow in overcoming her capture by a twisted
serial killer, but who could get over such a thing quickly?
Wanting a relationship, but being unable to reach sexual
completion without the presence of spirits in her lake she
has kept the man closest to her at arm Read more...
Lady Eadyth of Hawk's Lair had a son out of wedlock, but her
reputation is the least of her worries. The boy's nasty
father is now attempting to claim him, and Lady Eadyth's
lands along with the child. Her only recourse is to find a
man willing Read more...
Greville Anders, home in England after being press ganged
and wounded fighting pirates is grateful to be allowed to
recover in the home of a friend of his fathers, near his
potential new posting along the Cornish coastline. His
unique position as a titled lord serving as a simple seaman Read more...
Four never-before-published stories set in Robin D. Owens'
beloved ten-volume Celtia series:
Heart and Sword
Aboard Nuada's Sword Kelsey Bounty is awakened from
cryogenic sleep more than a century after the trio of
colonizing Ships were to have made planetfall. The situation
is dire Read more...
Chelsea Enright is still sharply grieving the death of her
beloved Gran, Brooke, when she receives an unexpected
inheritance along with mysterious instructions.
Brooke has requested that she visit the lakeside cabin and
seek out a hidden space, reading all she finds there before
making any final decisions about whether Read more...
Jennifer and Pike have started a cover organization useful
to the Task Force. Ostensibly it exists to provide support
to archaeological teams heading into marginal areas. They
are on a benign cover - creating trip when suddenly
indicators in several intelligence agencies spike red. There
is something big coming down and Read more...
At night Abby Sinclair is still mourning her breakup with
the incubus Brystion but studying her dream skills each
night with his sister, Sonya while her days are kept
occupied with Dear Abby letters with a paranormal twists and
being a nanny.
Abby is left holding the baby while Moira Read more...
Samantha Northrup is holding on as best she can. The
daughter of the late Vicar of the village of Sproule, it is
past time for her to move out of the vicarage as a new vicar
(the son of a local family) is eager to move in. Although
she has Read more...
I am working toward adding exercise to my daily schedule. I have a number of disabilities that make that a pretty big challenge, but even if all I do is wiggle around in my chair to get my blood moving several times a day it is better than sitting still :-} I have an ergometer (like an 'arm bicycle')that I can use on good days, and I am shooting for using it three days per week, twice each day. If I can do MORE days a week, I am thrilled :-}
Doubtful that there is a cure. Once you start down that path, imaginary friends and using any intriguing moment of real life as book fodder is pretty much S.O.P. Whether or not you actually write that novel, writer's brain is here to stay, in my experience. :-}
As a resident of Canton (about 20 minutes form downtown Detroit) this fascinates me! What a great setting and character for gritty noirish detective stories!
Absolutely! Brain trumps brawn for me. Unlike the Julie Brown song (I Like 'em Big and Stupid) I like them smart enough to converse with, and more importantly, emotionally able to grow.
I have to say I hope I win! Yes, after college, I traveled to Japan and eventually became an ESL teacher and stayed for almost 3 years. Changed my life dramatically.
I think the biggest tip you already covered: Awareness. Being aware of your surroundings gives you a bit of a head start when trouble intersects your life. There are circumstances where nothing you could do would have made a difference, but in those instances, it is important to have at least a mental list of who to call first and what to do next.
I love that you have brought the descendants of the Ives into today :-} I have been a huge fan of yours for years, and I'm delighted you are continuing with your terrific books! Paranormal abilities exist. Paranormal events happen. Events in my life have proven that to me despite my best efforts to explain them away with current logic and science. Magic is defined differently depending on personal belief. I don't discount anything, keeping an open mind (but not so open that my brains fall out.
I love that Half-price Books is reaching out! My husband is a victim of the economy in a different field, and we know first-hand how much having a chance at a job means!
Oh yeah, I can pinpoint many crucial points of decision, but the one that really changed most of my life was swapping dormitory roommates in college. That one decision connected me to a single person who introduced me to a group of people, who literally decades later introduced me to the perfect man for me, my current husband.
Good to meet you Bonnie! I bow to those authors who write great books full of grim, deep and tortuous plot, but what I LOVE is when there is also a thread (or, 'heck' a full skein) of humor to contrast with the life-changing elements. After all, life is chock full of irreverence, just the way I like it.
The probably sounds strange, but when I finish publishing a new knitting or crochet pattern, I allow myself to knit something with little or no pattern at all. Yeah, I reward myself for knitting, by knitting. For BIG rewards though, a meal at our local Japanese restaurant works great too.
I would love to attend readers (and writers) conferences. Is there a way to find out which are most (handicap)accessible? When we win the lottery I plan to travel a LOT. I am lucky in that we live in an area that has many fascinating conventions (a Steam Punk Con is only one town away from home) but no local readers/writers cons I have been able to discover.
I have loved the myths and lore of the British Islands since I can remember. I even pursued a degree in Anthropology, mostly to explore the myths that persist to this day in many parts of the world. I believe the myths DO have a reality of a sort. And I adore books that weave those ancient legends and their permutations into a sexy paranormal romance. I look forward to discovering your series!
Life long here. Of course, I've been reading everything I can get my paws on since I can remember,but I devoured the multitude of Harlequin, Gothic, Regency and Candlelight romances which were what was most available at the rummage sales in my small town. I remember he tingle I got when the couple actually *gasp* kissed on the final page... until I became a teen and wanted more. It was hard to find steamy romance back in the 70's in rural Michigan, but I managed. Romance has never let me down, seeing me through a horrible first marriage and health issues with riveting stories and always a happy ending to help balance the negatives in my life at that time. Now I am ecstatically and cozily married, and still, I turn to romance. (Although I continue to read almost anything I can get my paws on.)
Thank you so much Tara. I write reviews for Fresh Fiction. I am isolated in my 'real' life and being part of the family Sarah and the rest have created makes me less so. Thank you for so beautifully expressing what is in my heart.
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