Citizens of a small town in ski country have overcome significant hurdles to recover from a series of economic disasters. They have even leveraged their dark side to their advantage. Their hard work was paying off, and they saw a bright future ahead, only to have it all fall to pieces around their heads and shoulders. Finally, things have started to turn around in a post-COVID world, doing its best to look like a pre-COVID world. The town’s leadership calls on a touring concert professiona...

It seems that Vampire killers get no respect. One would think that protecting people from a race that would suck them dry and throw the desiccated husks on the street would earn some respect. One would think that converting large mythological beasts from enemies to allies would earn some gratitude. One would think that healers who use more than medicine along with their medical training, could practice without fear of exposure. Such is not the case.The book "Cowgirls and Dragons" e...

It seems that Vampire killers get no respect. One would think that protecting people from a race that would suck them dry and throw the desiccated husks on the street would earn some respect. One would think that converting large mythological beasts from enemies to allies would earn some gratitude. One would think that healers who use more than medicine along with their medical training, could practice without fear of exposure. Such is not the case.The book "Cowgirls and Dragons" ex...

American Whoreson. At 47k words, it reads quickly and is suitable for teens and older. While it contains no sex and only minimal violence, it does have politically sensitive subject matter. Therefore, it is not suitable for Trumpists or Evangelicals.America in the late 1800s was a place where a young man with drive and intelligence could rise above class to attain power and wealth. Even someone born near the bottom of society’s social ladder could climb past those born higher on th...

"Drawings of Love" is the fourth book in the Logger's Ridge Series. When I wrote the book that preceded this one, I thought I was done with this series. Strange how those things work out.With "Drawings," I have attempted to build on the world created in the previous books but have it work as a stand-alone. Only you can judge if I succeeded."Drawings" opens as a thirty-two-year-old former touring concert professional emerges from self-imposed exile. Shane Denning has been seve...

Charlotte and Denise Dunn own an audio company supporting concerts and conventions. They are pulled over by the sheriff in the middle of the night because their truck is overloaded and has worn tires. Of course, their truck is overloaded. It’s always overloaded, which is why they were passing through this small town in the middle of the night to avoid the weigh station on the Interstate.At their arraignment, the sisters agree to stay in this town, buy tires, and lend their experien...

A young woman survives an attempt by her father to kill her by feeding her to alligators a few days before her eighteenth birthday. The alligators turn on the father as a mysterious middle-aged woman who has taken refuge in the swamp rescues her.The story is about the relationship between the two women. It follows the younger one’s return to her farm, her growth and her eventual rescue of the older woman. Returning the favor of having been rescued, the younger woman rescues the old...

140k words; The entire Flying with Fairies Series has been released as a single work. All four volumes including the three previously published and the one that was previously unpublished are combined in the new release.A beautiful pregnant fairy princess abducts a recent med school graduate who possesses paranormal healing powers and conscripts him to save her people from a mysterious affliction. Recognizing that his only way out is through helping the princess' people, the fledgli...

"May You Meet a Stranger" is the first in the Logger's Ridge series and tells Teddy's story. It was written as a stand-alone work and may still be read as one. The other volumes that follow it build on its locales and characters. It starts first but does not end until after the end of the second book in the series. A young pianist and his newfound singer girlfriend use their music to rescue a historical resort from bankruptcy and reverse the economic downturn of their small town while fall...

Part of the Logger’s Ridge series, “Home on the Ridge,” starts almost immediately after the end of “Welcome Home Doc,” which means that it overlaps the last part of “May You Meet a Stranger’s” time period and merges the storylines. Citizens of the small towns of Logger’s Ridge and Sunny Valley have overcome significant hurdles to recover from a series of economic disasters. Their hard work is paying off, and they see a bright future ahead. Much hard work and buried secrets still lie before...

US Army Warrant Officer Second Class Rachel Levine suffers from burns to her face and shoulder. Her leg and wrist have been broken. She has spent the last few months in Army hospitals before being allowed to return home. She suffers from the types of stress disorders one would expect of a combat veteran, but the burns on her face have scorched more than her skin. They have made her question her understanding of herself.Her road to recovery will involve her extended family, her empl...

A pediatrician fresh out of residency returns home to join his parents’ medical practice. The challenges he faces have less to do with medicine than with life and love.This is the second book in the Logger’s Ridge Series. It can stand alone as can the first book in the series, “May You Meet a Stranger”. The later books in the series “Home on the Ridge,” and “Drawings of Love” depend on the earlier books and do not stand independently.