When Claire's grandfather and his army buddies converge in the Arizona desert to find new wives, it's her thankless job to keep them out of trouble with the opposite sex. But when she finds a human leg bone and partners with a reluctant geotechnician to dig up secrets from the past, trouble finds her. If she doesn't stop digging, she could wind up dead.

It’s not really about the boots … or is it?BOOT POINTS is a set of short tales about Violet Parker’s purple boots. It is set in the story time between the third and fourth books in the Deadwood Mystery series. Each tale not only explains more of Violet’s history, but also shows the role each character plays in Violet’s life.In addition to this short story, there is a deleted scene from Nearly Departed in Deadwood, the first book in the Deadwood Mystery Series. Also, there a...

Deadwood (late 1876) ... A rowdy and reckless undertaker’s delight. What better place for a killer to blend in?Enter undertaker Clementine Johanssen, tall and deadly with a hot temper and short fuse, hired to clean up Deadwood’s dead … and the “other” problem. She’s hell-bent on poking, sticking, or stabbing anyone that steps out of line.But when a couple Santa Fe sidewinders ride into town searching for their missing uncle, they land neck deep in lethal gu...

CHARGE OF THE LAWLESS LIZARDS (Book 7)Take a posse of rowdy sisters and saddle them with deadly secrets. What do you have? A surefire formula for chaos.Ronnie Morgan has some new admirers in town—the killing kind. The first task is to figure out where these assassins are holed up. The second … don’t get shot.Then the bullets start flying.The Morgan sisters are not the type to tuck tail and run, but they might need a little extra help to make...

It’s all fun and games at the circus ... until everyone’s favorite clown winds up dead.Someone killed Clint the Clown.Madam Electra’s crystal ball could help find the murderer, but she risks exposing her own secrets in the process. Secrets that could land her on the endangered species list.Head security officer Bruno Maska has been ordered to enlist the help of the one person he suspects is hiding something—Electra. The same woman who’s bee...

Tequila is a slippery devil …Tequila is a slivvery depil …Tequila issa slipperppery debil … depil …Recipe for drunken laughter:Take two best friends since childhood;Add four shots of tequila each;Sprinkle in a handful of secrets;Shake.Given the right amount of Tequila & Time, even the deepest secrets between two friends will rise to the surface.

NEARLY DEPARTED IN DEADWOOD, the Top-Rated #1 Kindle Bestseller in BOTH Women Sleuth and Ghost genres!WINNER of the 2010 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/SuspenseWINNER of the 2011 Romance Writers of America® Golden Heart Award for Best Novel with Strong Romantic ElementsPraise for NEARLY DEPARTED IN DEADWOOD..."Full of thrills and chills, a fun rollercoaster ride of a book!" ~Susan Andersen, New York Times Bestselling author of Burning Up...

What do you get when you combine a chicken named Elvis, a locked diary, and a secret Violet Parker does not want share with her daughter?SEEING TROUBLE is the first of many short stories involving the characters of the Deadwood Mystery series. (Bonus character interview, illustrations, and non-related short story also included.)

A sizzling, suspenseful SHORT STORY wrapped in a puzzling mystery that will leave you hungry for more.**It’s “Groundhog Day” meets the modern day Old West!**In the lonely mining ghost town of Goldwash, Nevada, Christmas has come early. Unfortunately, the local bar owner must be on this year's naughty list, because Santa brought her something even worse than a piece of coal on this dark, cold winter night—her old man.

"I laughed (a lot), cried (a little), and wanted to stab a certain family member. DON'T LET IT SNOW IN DEADWOOD brings all the feels!”—Renee George, USA Today Bestselling AuthorIt’s Christmas Eve and Violet Parker has one request on her list for Santa—to make it home to her kids. Unfortunately, “home” is also the lair of her life-long nemesis, her sister Susan (aka the devil’s concubine).Standing in Violet’s way is Old Man Winter, who slammed the Black Hills with a...

Trespassers will be gutted and hung!—Slagton’s Town MottoNormally, not even drunk on a bet would Violet Parker go to Slagton, a creepy ghost town inhabited by those too stubborn—or deranged—to leave.But a certain bullheaded Deadwood detective has a problem—his informant from Slagton has gone missing. When Violet is shanghaied into taking a hunting trip to the ghost town to search for the missing snitch, she stumbles into trouble that will take more than a d...

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” ~William ShakespeareViolet Parker knows better than to play with devils. They always cheat, especially when lives are at stake. Deadwood’s charming, troublemaking, and soul-sucking devils are no different, and they’re biting at her heels.But the clock is ticking and Violet has no choice—she must risk her life to save her treasured Aunt Zoe. With any luck, she might be able to trick the devils and beat th...