Malada is of the Watchers, those who roam the desert. She feels the spirit of the Waste but gives up her role to another—one who needed it more. Malada travels to the port with her father to trade their finds from a vanished civilization. In the chaos of the port, she sees what appears to be a very large lizard on the outside of a ship berthed there. Frightened by something she cannot name, Malada hides behind Joun.Zet is an alien bred by entities he killed to escape. Taken in by t...

Sci-fi fantasy romance.Pirates abducted her from her planet. The Mercenary Union ship which rescues her may be no better than the pirates. Captain Maden of the Long Sword refuses to take her home.The Messerian spy tells the captain he is not alone. There are others seeking to eliminate the pirates. He must keep the girl, Dahteste, close. She must not discover she is simply bait in the larger game they play. What gift does the girl have which makes her such ...

What she hears from a friend's father causes a young woman to go off the railsA young woman makes the terrible discovery that the man she idolizes is not her father. Worse, he won both her mother and her in a card game. Emma Kay is devastated and unable to handle the news. What she learns next will change her life. A short story of Life and Love in Alaska

A melting glacier, a wild river, gold, and a killer on the prowl… again.Lying on the tundra, the churning blades of the helicopter above her, Lane can't believe her best friend wants her dead. She planned to share the gold. They think they have the proper coordinates… they don't. She's injured but not bleeding. Blood would bring bears. When she tries to rise and walk out, the wolves gallop toward her. No one is getting the gold.Micha saw them push the woman...

She chose to live. He wants to be a star. What happens when they meet?5 Stars...""Bare Wires" is not your usual love story."5 Stars "Then there are the characters. After having already been burned, I could feel Lori's apprehensions regarding Hamish, whose personality reminds me of a man's swagger. Seriously, Ms. MacFarlane took a guy who is nowhere near my type and had him charm me with a meal that was both adorable and seductive. It is writing like this th...

Molly: Am I a coward for hesitating to embrace another chance at love? Can I allow hope to rise from the ashes of loss? It's a terrifying prospect.Lou: Life is filled with loss. If we stay in the pool of sorrow, it will be a long, cold life. Every commercial fisherman knows you need to rest before going out again. Eventually, you must go back on deck and brave the seas if you want what it has.

Ruby moved out because of him.His new client wants answers and the only way Teller can think to get them is by using Barbara Jean's maid. She's cute. Will the girl be easier to get along with than Ruby?The answer he finds to Hoyton's question does nothing for Teller. He has a choice to make. Whose son is he? Drake's or Lily Raven's?Seeing Teller with the woman increases her doubts. Ruby fears he'll leave when the cold comes. Teller has no choice. Th...

Olivia has had enough of paradise. The Bay Babe is hers, bequeathed by her father. The young woman sneaks out of the Hawaiian harbor bound for Alaska. It's a long trip to be tackled single-handed, but Olivia is determined to reach home on Kachemak Bay. She's been dreaming of going home for years.Adrift in a lifeboat on the Gulf of Alaska, Don wonders if he'll live to see morning. Every rotten thing he's ever done haunts him as he bails. The white sa...

Ida fears her parents are separating. She wants to stay with her father.A clean winter story about family and one little girl's place in it and her world in the Alaska Bush.Is her mother tired of living at the end of a dirt road the state closes in winter? If her mother intends to leave, Ida isn't going with her, and the old cabin will be a good place to hide.

The man who stumbles up to her door is in trouble. Something about him lifts the hair on her neck.A paranormal tale of joined souls. She never picks berries in the patch behind the cabin. That place makes her skin crawl. The old cabin has been in her family for generations. There is a mystery the elders never discussed. She thinks a young couple living here vanished without a trace a century ago.He's not sure what he's hunting. After waking ...

Several decades of poetry. Life, grief, loss, love and living all expressed in verse.

Bunde can't endure Brown's rejection much longer. Her Gossican instincts still want him, but she refuses to be used again. Worse, he's a brilliant engineer and invaluable to the ship—just not to her peace of mind. The moment the captain decides Brown is causing her too much stress, the human will be gone.Brown knows he's living on borrowed time. The captain has made it clear where his loyalties lie: Bunde is family. He isn't. If he can't repair the damage he's done, he'll lose his ...