Two sisters who own a professional audio company in the business of supporting concerts and conventions are pulled over in the middle of the night because their truck is overloaded and has worn tires. Forced to spend the next few days in a small town long ago bypassed when the Interstate highway was built, they help the village revive a failing harvest festival, regain its dignity, fulfill the last wish of a dying young woman, and find romance along the way.

This work is a young adult coming of age topical romance that is richly illustrated with photographs.

A young woman is rescued from an attempt by her poacher father to drown her in a Florida swamp by a mysterious woman alleged to have magical powers...

follows the life of a high school junior whose police officer father has been shot in the line of duty and whose mother is dying of cancer...

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...

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...

Victor Arnautoff reigned as San Francisco's leading mural painter during the New Deal era. Yet that was only part of an astonishing life journey from Tsarist officer to leftist painter. Robert W. Cherny's masterful biography of Arnautoff braids the artist's work with his increasingly leftist politics and the tenor of his times. Delving into sources on Russian émigrés and San Francisco's arts communities, Cherny traces Arnautoff's life from refugee art student and assistant to Diego Rivera ...

After being rescued by helicopter from a yacht, the elderly owner of an air charter company sets his grandson up on a date with the paramedic who rescued him. The grandson has recently assumed the manager position at the charter company's latest depot at the same airport where the paramedic is stationed. Whether one considers their first weekend together a success depends entirely on one's viewpoint. They like each other, but the family hates her. She reciprocates.The air charter c...

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 emplo...

A young woman is rescued from an attempt by her poacher father to drown her in a Florida swamp by a mysterious woman alleged to have magical powers. Fearful at first, the young woman learns to trust the secretive woman who has chosen to hide out in the depths of a hostile environment. The younger woman returns to civilization to claim the farm her father would have stolen from her and to build a relationship with the man she has loved since they were children. The initial encounter between...