While working on
Rogue (which is still not finished), I realized there was too much that happened in the month-or-thereabouts gap between
Rogue and
Tough Choices. That meant I needed to write about what had happened in that gap, rather than trying to summarize it in the opening of
Rogue. THEN, I realized the story that resulted wasn't
quite finished and needed one more "scene", so to speak, which didn't fit into the first story. Thus came my two newest urban fantasy releases.
A Missing Child,
Unexpected Complications,
and a Father Behaving Suspiciously.
Private Investigator Max Johnson is contacted by the parents of a girl who has disappeared without a trace. Routine missing person case, or so he believes at first. It doesn't take long for him to realize there's more going on than the couple knows, or admits, and he's even more driven to find the promising young artist.
To complicate matters, Max is struggling in a way he can't begin to define or explain to himself, much less to his new wife, but he fears she might be the cause.
A Child with Much to Learn
As twelve-year-old Chelsea settles into the Campbell Wildlife Preserve werewolf pack, she has much to learn. Some lessons are harsher than others, for both daughter and mother.
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Also released in May,
Missing and
Tough Love are now available in paperback as part of the
Bridging the Gap anthology, which also includes the short stories
Change and
The Prisoner and the novelette
Restoration.
Anthology of 5 short fiction stories previously published only in e-book
CHANGE, a short story
Pack alphas Ian and Sophia Campbell have been married less than a month, and already the responsibilities of leadership are distracting him from her. She's trying not to resent it but knows something has to give. Now he has no choice.
THE PRISONER, a short story
Michael Phillips was held prisoner by a werewolf alpha who encouraged his pack to abuse the new Turn. Now he's living in a cage in another alpha's basement. Not because Ian Campbell ordered it. Fear holds him there. A prison of his own making.
RESTORATION, a novelette
Though he'd known the risks when he joined the Marines to fight in Korea, Lance Corporal Max Johnson had never expected his life to end so soon. He certainly hadn't thought the end would come in enemy hands and a dark hole. Injured, half-frozen, and feverish with infection, he finds himself rescued by a familiar ally who makes him a very unusual offer.
MISSING, a novella
Private Investigator Max Johnson is contacted by the parents of a girl who has disappeared without a trace. Routine missing person case, or so he believes at first. It doesn't take long for him to realize there's more going on than the couple knows, or admits, and he's even more driven to find the promising young artist. To complicate matters, Max is struggling in a way he can't begin to define or explain to himself, much less to his new wife, but he fears she might be the cause.
TOUGH LOVE, a short story
As twelve-year-old Chelsea settles into the Campbell Wildlife Preserve werewolf pack, she has much to learn. Some lessons are harsher than others, for both daughter and mother.
