Sun, sand, tropical breezes... and murder. Is there a better backdrop for a new job gone wrong?When Harriet Monroe seizes the chance to escape her controlling beau by accepting a dream position at the exclusive Island Resort, she imagines a paradise filled with relaxation and sun-soaked days. But paradise quickly turns into a nightmare when she stumbles over a body within hours of her arrival — and becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation.As Harriet scrambles to ...

Bounced through an asteroid field like a pinball, Major Rita King crashes her damaged star cruiser on a lifeless planet. Her troubles are just beginning.Rita loves her ship.Loves the feel of deep space between the stars.Loves being a galaxy cop. But holding the spot of top pilot in the elite Red Barons leaves little time for anything else in her life. Maybe that’s why she missed the signs that all was not well in her world. Someone she trusted tampered with...

Courage is the mastery of fear. Mark TwainThree quarters of the earth’s people wiped out. No power. No phones. No fuel for trucks to move food into the cities. Panic and anarchy rule.Her family gone, young Sydney Waters faces the greatest challenge of her life when she sets off to find a family friend she hopes will help her. A man who may or may not still be alive. A journey of a thousand miles. Alone and on foot. A journey that will test her ever...

Get the first three novellas of the Junkyard Dog series in one collection.JUNKYARD DOGBounced through an asteroid field like a pinball, galaxy cop Rita King crashes her damaged star cruiser on a lifeless planet known only as B4629. Her troubles are just beginning . . .Holding the spot of top pilot in the elite Red Barons leaves little time for anything else in Rita’s life. Maybe that’s why she missed the signs that all was not well in her w...

The Upheaval Trilogy contains all three volumes: Slow Walk, Edge of Reality, and Solstice MoonSLOW WALKCourage is the mastery of fear. Mark TwainThree quarters of the earth’s people wiped out. No power. No phones. No fuel for trucks to move food into the cities. Panic and anarchy rule.Her family gone, young Sydney Waters faces the greatest challenge of her life when she sets off to find a family friend she hopes will help her. A man who may or may not still ...

Not everybody gets a return ticket from paradise.Harriet Monroe barely gets settled in after her shattering trip to the mainland when a female guest disappears. No ransom note. No obvious motive. Runaway or kidnapped?Running on empty both emotionally and physically, Harriet’s long-buried childhood memories slowly begin to return as she helps look for their missing guest. The situation turns from bad to worse when a second guest disappears and Harriet’s distant past clashes ...

The Island Resort is a dream come true . . . except for the bodies that keep turning up.Working in public relations means Harriet needs to experience everything the resort has to offer. She takes her closest friend with her to check out the resort’s amazing spa – only to have a woman collapse and die at their feet before they even make it past the reception area.According to the granddaughter, the dead woman had no known enemies. So who wanted her dead? Harriet needs to hel...

Once a galaxy cop who believed in the black and white of the law, now a private citizen who sees shades of gray, Rita King finds herself on a mission that straddles the line.As the Junkyard Dog carries Rita and her crew to the only known source for a powerful crystal known as the Rose Sunstone, she wonders if the end justifies the means.Possession of the crystal means imprisonment without parole. Should Rita risk everything–including the freedom of her crew—for a f...

Ruby City hides secrets thousands of years old. None worth dying for. One worth killing for.Major Rita King takes her newest crew member to visit the famed Ruby City, a city constructed entirely of red crystal ruled by a Snakeman. Once inside the city gates, they find far more than Rita bargained for. Fantastic fables based on truth and a prisoner held for human sacrifice. Can Rita change the course of Ruby City’s history?Book Four of the Junkyard Dog series, Ruby ...

Clones.A step above droids in the humanoid hierarchy.Guided by the matrix, a set of rules and responses all clones must follow or perish.Emotionless as droids, highly specialized translator clones mediate negotiations galaxy-wide. Failure to close the deal means a certain–and immediate–termination. Whisked from assignment to assignment, few survive more than a few years.When clone T564 cannot break the impasse between two parties who refuse to compromise, he...

Sometimes even the simplest of tasks can go wrong.Important banking business takes space pilot Rita King and her two companions to the galaxy’s Central Bank on ZetiTau, an efficient, strictly controlled planet.Customers show up. Conduct their business in an orderly manner. Spend a few credits and leave. Exactly the way banking should be conducted.Too bad not everyone follows the rules.Double Cross takes Rita and her friends deep into the strange hea...

Amateur sleuth Spencer Reed lives with her crippled grandfather and a mother who refuses to leave the house. Home schooled and isolated, only the certain knowledge that she’ll inherit the family farm one day and be able to fulfill her life’s dream of raising horses keeps her from spiraling into despair.On the morning Spencer defends herself against the town bully, her life changes in ways she never imagined. A stranger comes to her aid. Another stranger offers her work. A chain of ...