A Broken Roads Romance

After a divorce from her want-to-be actor husband, Stella Brannon came home to Sulpur, OK, to run Bannon Inn, a bed, breakfast and supper boarding house established by her late grandmother. She’d thought the Inn would be a white elephant when she inherited it a few months before her divorce. But she’d fallen easily into the job of taking care of the Inn. At least until the day she literally backed into Rance Harper, a man who looked entirely too much like her ex-husband and stepped on every raw nerve she had left.

Rance had made reservations for himself and several of his friends to stay at the Inn while they hunted deer that fall. Stella was a beautiful lady, but she was a tall blonde and he’d sworn off that kind of woman and had vowed to never make a lifetime commitment again.

A Hidden Falls Romance

If there’s one thing Eleanor Menger knows, it’s that she will never marry the man her uncle has chosen for her. Even though it means giving up her comfortable life in New York City, somehow she’ll find a way to support herself until she’s free from her uncle’s guardianship. An advertisement for workers at the textile mill in Hidden Falls seems like the answer to Eleanor’s dilemma. No matter how difficult it is to handle a loom, she’ll be safe there, for no one would expect an heiress to be a common laborer. All she needs to do is make sure no one—especially not Brad Harrod—learns her true identity.

Brad Harrod is bored with his life. Though at some point he’ll inherit the family’s railroad, his father is unwilling to give up any control. Add to that the fact that the woman Brad’s loved all his life refused him and you have one unhappy man. To make matters worse, the woman who looks so out of place in the second-class train car refuses to talk to him. How humiliating! Eleanor’s rebuff stings his pride, as does the fact that she considers the newspaper she’s reading more interesting than him. What’s the appeal in that piece of newsprint?

To Brad’s astonishment, the brief encounter is the inspiration he needs. Though it means defying his parents, he decides to found Hidden Falls’ first newspaper. And somehow, though she continues to elude him, he’ll find a way to thank Eleanor.

What starts as friendship turns to something deeper. Unfortunately, Eleanor’s uncle has plans of his own, plans that threaten everything Eleanor and Brad hold dear.

A Tony Boudreaux Mystery

After a few harrowing months of stumbling through catacombs beneath a New Orleans cemetery, evading alligators at Bayou Teche, and dodging a band of fanatics searching for a crystal skull and torching rap clubs, Tony Boudreaux figures he deserves a rest. So when a San Antonio client offers a ten thousand dollar retainer to find a priceless map hidden in his deceased father’s den, Tony takes the job. He enjoys the ambience of the city and the exotic venue of the River Walk.

To his dismay, the simple task of finding a hidden map explodes into a series of attempts on his life and two murders with over a half dozen suspects, all of whom stood to gain from the map rumored to have been ancient even in the time of Alexander the Great.

In the sequel to The Gunfighter’s Apprentice, former gunfighter Patterson and his wife Betty are drawn into a scheme of assassination and avarice in 1880’s California. Patterson seeks to find and warn the proposed victim of a failed murder attempt. As well, he hopes to discover the reason for the criminal intent and the malevolent men who are behind it.

Following a lead, Patterson’s travels to various locations near the Nevada border bring him close to finding answers to the conspiracy, but the search also results in deadly consequences for others and many life-threatening dangers for him.

Fighting for survival, Tom and Betty pit their skills, wits and courage against a mysterious and malignant enemy.