New Release - THE PREACHER'S WIFE

Book 4 of the Mysterious Ways series has released! For those of you who read Marrying Mr. Wright, you met Carrie and Avery already. Most of their story happened behind the scenes, but they wanted their story told. Well, here it is!

Click on the cover above to be taken directly to the Amazon sales page for the Kindle ebook. If you prefer paperback, it can be found at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1691723657 (Amazon hasn't yet linked the two editions, but hopefully that will be rectified soon!)


What if God called you to the one job you're least suited to?

Though tying ribbons and bows isn't within the norm for her life, construction worker Carrie Whitaker does what she can to make her best friend's unexpected wedding beautiful. Afterwards, she returns to Chicago to continue helping her father run his construction company. Still, her heart yearns for Wyoming. As if it's not enough that her best friend is there, there's the added complication of a handsome cowboy-preacher to tug at her heart even more. But she's not pastor's wife material.

Pastor Avery Hodges' calling is to shepherd the tiny flock in Mystery, Wyoming. Well... he thought it was. Having battled discouragement the past few months, he's no longer certain. Maybe God's telling him it's time to move on. He has a choice to make. Stay in Mystery, where he believed God wanted him, or candidate for a church in Chicago? Carrie's church. Has God opened the door for both love and a change of scenery?

Watch in January, 2020, for the release of Torn a short story sequel to Avery and Carrie's story, as well as later in 2020 for the release of From The Heavens, book 5 of the Mysterious Ways series.

New Contemporary Christian Romance Releasing TODAY

At First Catch, the first book in the Mysterious Ways series, released TODAY and is available for sale on Amazon in both Kindle e-book and paperback formats.

Can a born and bred city girl really make it in the wilds of Wyoming?

Not if she agrees with her brother, Sean. Photo-journalist Ashley Montgomery decides to prove him (and herself) wrong. Despite his objections, she leaves their home in Phoenix, Arizona for her first solo road-trip - headed for a ranch in northern Wyoming. That's when everything starts to go wrong. And very right.

Rancher Trevor Walker is content with life on the ranch despite occasional clashes with his twin brother, Travis. Yeah, so he gets lonely sometimes, but he trusts the Lord with his future. Then, thanks to a cantankerous bull, Ashley falls right into his arms and proves God really does have a strange sense of humor.

New Beginning, Book 2, will release in Spring 2018.

More e-Books Available

Last month, I announced that my books are slowly becoming available on other sites besides Amazon. More have become available this month. Follows is an updated list of books that are now available at Barnes & Noble, Nook, Apple, and other booksellers (or soon releasing):

Contemporary
Promises (long novel - prequel #1 to the Donovan Legacy series)
Beyond Hope (novella - prequel #2 to the Donovan Legacy series)
The Blind Date (short-short story - prequel to In God's Time)
In God's Time (long novel)
Truth (long novel - Donovan Legacy series book #1)
Defender (long novel - Donovan Legacy series book #2)
Healer (long novel - Donovan Legacy series book #3 - available now for pre-order, releases Nov. 25th)
Peace (long novel - Donovan Legacy series book #4 - available now for pre-order, releases Dec. 9th)

Fantasy
Curse of the Talmara (long novel)
Shadows (short novel - Otherworlder book 1)
Visions (short novel - Otherworlder book 2)
Specters (short novel - Otherworlder book 3 - available now for pre-order, releases Nov. 21st)
Destiny (short novel - Otherworlder book 4 - available now for pre-order, releases Dec. 5th)

Urban Fantasy
Wolf short story series (#1-4 have released, #5-9 will release Nov. 23rd, Nov. 30th, Dec. 7th, Dec. 14th, & Dec. 21st but are currently available for pre-order)

• Turned
• Family
• Dark Moon
• Mate
• Rescue
• Super Moon
• Invader
• Acceptance
• Thanksgiving Moon

Non-Fiction
Patchwork Baby Blanket (crochet pattern)
Authors Unchained

MORE COMING SOON

E-Book Availability

CHANGE IS A'COMIN'!

I'm in the process of releasing my books in other e-formats besides for Kindle. If you obtain books through Barnes & Noble, Kobo, iBooks, or Scribd, you should see my stories releasing with those vendors over the next several months.

New releases will be Amazon-only for the first 3-6 months and then put out on other vendors after that period of time.

Currently available on other vendors (click on the title to go to a page with links to various sites):

Contemporary
Promises (long novel - prequel #1 to the Donovan Legacy series)
Beyond Hope (novella - prequel #2 to the Donovan Legacy series)
The Blind Date (short-short story - prequel to In God's Time)
In God's Time (long novel)
Truth (long novel - Donovan Legacy series book #1)

Fantasy
Curse of the Talmara (long novel)
Shadows (short novel - Otherworlder book 1 - available for pre-order now, releases Oct. 24th)

Non-Fiction
Patchwork Baby Blanket (crochet pattern)

MORE COMING SOON

PEACE - Donovan Legacy book 4 - RELEASED

For those of you who have read and enjoyed the first books of the Donovan Legacy series, heads up! The final book in this series has released! It can be purchased in paperback or Kindle e-book (will be on Nook e-book as soon as Barnes & Noble finally catches up).

To celebrate the release of this final book in the series, the first book - TRUTH - is available for only .99 on Kindle on December 16th and 17th. If you haven't read it, snatch it up while you can!

When tempers collide, everyone loses.

Deputy Dax Donovan has struggled to find peace, in any measure, since a tragic accident in his teens. Weighted by guilt and the certainty that God failed him, he walks in a constant state of anger. He just wants everyone to leave him alone, but between his family and a nosy paramedic with too much compassion for her own good, he can't find a moment's peace.

Though fighting to control anger issues of her own, paramedic Holly Randall won't take Dax's bad attitude lying down. She's drawn to him even as his bouts of hostility frighten her. Didn't her mother's mistakes teach her anything? After a particularly nasty, and unwarranted, explosion, she determines to avoid him. Then tragedy strikes.

Will they finally embrace the peace God offers in abundance?

Memes and More Memes - Part 8

Doh! I thought I had already published this last month. Here it is for those who didn't see these memes on Facebook.

This week is memes I created for my book coming out this coming winter - Healer, book 3 of the Donovan Legacy series.

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Memes and More Memes - Part 5

Over the past few weeks, I've shared memes created for the various books already published about the Donovan family - Promises, Beyond Hope, Truth, and Defender (links provided below if you missed those). More books are coming in their continuing saga, with Healer expected to release this coming winter.

In the meantime, an unrelated novel released in April, 2014. In God's Time (scroll down a bit) has been a labor of love for many years. Written years ago, it has been through many edits and incarnations to reach publication, including winning the contemporary romance category and the grand prize in the 2011 Writers on the Storm Category Five Writing Competition.

ALL THINGS COME IN GOD'S TIME, INCLUDING LOVE

Tara Whitman has a big problem. She's in love with her best friend, and it's getting harder to hide it from him. She fears the truth will destroy a friendship she holds dear, even as she battles jealousy toward the string of leggy blondes that parade through Jack’s life. 

Jack Carlton spends his free time at one social event or another with the latest woman he dates to protect a huge secret he’s keeping from Tara - he’s in love with her, has been for years. Haunted by the memory of a kiss shared in their teens, he doesn’t want to endanger their friendship. Yet the thought of her kissing someone else drives him to distraction if he lets himself dwell on it.

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Next week, a total change of pace with memes for my new romantic-fantasy novel, Curse of the Talmara, the introduction to the World of Ultrana.

To see previously posted memes, click on one of the following - Promises, Beyond Hope, Truth, and Defender.

Memes and More Memes - Part 4

For the past few weeks, I've been sharing the memes I've created for my currently published novels. Promises, Beyond Hope, and Truth (Donovan Legacy series, book 1) have all been shared. Today's offerings are for Defender, book 2 of the Donovan Legacy series.

HOW DO YOU STAND UP TO SOMEONE ELSE'S DEMONS WHEN YOU CAN'T FACE YOUR OWN?
 
Jordan Bridges finds Chase's concern sweet and more than a little endearing. However, she knows she must discourage his interest for the sake of his reputation. But he’s a tough man to deter.

Park Ranger Chase Donovan is hooked the moment he meets Jordan. How can time spent with the reserved, gentle-natured library assistant possibly be risky? Besides Donovans don't run. Then everything he’s worked for is threatened, and he must find the faith and the courage to face his own demons as well as hers.

Jordan wants nothing more than someone to love her enough to defend her against the lies running rampant in town. Just when she think she's found that someone in Chase, everything falls apart.

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Next week, the contemporary romance novel, In God's Time.

To see previously posted memes, click on one of the following - Promises, Beyond Hope, and Truth.

Memes and More Memes - Part 3

The last couple of weeks, I shared memes I created for the novel Promises and the novella Beyond Hope. (If you missed those posts, you can find them here and here.) Those two books lay the foundation for what comes next - the  Donovan Legacy series - which starts with the novel Truth. This week's memes are for that novel.

CAN A MAN TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY AS AN ADULT WHEN HE'S WITNESSED ALL OF THE AWKWARD PHASES OF YOUR LIFE?

After a serious injury wrecks her plans for a place on the Olympic Equestrian Team, professional rider Missy Donovan marries security consultant Aaron Everett, a man she's known her entire life and loved since her teens. Only one problem - he doesn't love her in return.

Aaron has loved Missy since she was sixteen years old, but she's never expressed interest in him "that way". Despite promptings to tell her the truth, he can't bring himself to tell his wife that he's in love with her. Will she ever see him as more than the "big brother" who happened to grow up next door?

Will they ever find the courage to tell each other the truth?

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Next week, book 2 of the Donovan Legacy series, Defender!

Memes and More Memes - Part 2

Last week, I shared the memes I recently created for Promises.  This week, they're for Beyond Hope, a novella that takes place 21 years after Promises.

A Story of Hope, Forgiveness and Restored Faith in God.

Terry is beyond hope. Or so she believes.

Disabled by an injury and dismissed by the medical profession, she has become a burden to her family. Or so she thinks.

Her husband carries responsibilities that once were hers. Her grown sons no longer need her. Her 13-year-old daughter walks in shoes she shouldn't need to. All Terry can do is pray it will finally end, but God doesn't seem to be listening.

Then she receives an unexpected answer to prayer....

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Next week, I'll share the memes for Truth, the story of Wes and Terry's daughter, Missy.

Memes and More Memes - Part 1

I finally sat down and went through my previously published books to pull quotes to use in memes for online sharing. Memes are all the rage, being shared on Pinterest, Facebook, blogs, and websites for a vast array of things.

Over the next month, I'll share the memes I created for each of my books in separate posts. Today's post - Promises, a contemporary romantic suspense novel set in 1976.

HOW DO YOU SURVIVE WHEN YOU RELY ON NO ONE BUT YOURSELF AND SOMEONE WANTS YOU DEAD? 

Police Officer Terry O’Reilly is burned out, trapped by a long-ago promise. Certain God has abandoned her, she walks an emotional tightrope. Now someone wants her dead. She doesn’t know who he is or why he’s threatening her. Unwanted attraction to a man she barely knows isn’t helping matters. 

Wes Donovan came to Tucson to do a favor for a friend. Sworn to secrecy about his identity, his purpose and who sent him, he’s left with no choice but to lie to the woman he’s been sent to protect. Then he meets his assignment. 

Can she keep him at a distance while still holding it together? Can he break past the walls she hides behind so he can see her smile? Can both of them survive this relationship? Will Terry find the faith she’s lost?

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Next week, memes for Beyond Hope, the sequel to Promises.