Family dynamics have a far reaching affect. The abused wife is ready to resort to an elaborate scheme and at the same time the sister, Ruth Ord, has her own designs. When the two women’s paths cross, their plans are altered. But Randolph Ord III still turns up dead.
It is now up to detective Sandy March to find the real killer. Is his judgment being compromised by the growing attraction he feels toward the newly widowed Danielle Ord? Both women have motive and opportunity; but a third figure emerges with ties to organized crime.
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Candlelight and Shadows January 2005
The future looks bleak; Danielle’s husband murdered; heart trouble in her premature infant son, David, forces her to turn to the senior Ord’s for financial help. A revengeful serial killer stalks, threatens Danielle, and murders anyone connected to the Ord’s; then kidnaps the infant. Can Detective March save the people he loves?
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Skull Music June 2005
Revenge produces a serial killer; research produces a cover for terrorist activities. Reporter (CHARLIE WOLFE) unravels the webs of each while she battles her attraction to lawyer DAVID ASHBECK. Will she find the serial killer, stop the terrorists and reconcile her impression of lawyers with David before she loses her life or him?
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Ghost Music of Vaudeville April 2008
Damien Callistrari orders his henchmen to remove the tenants of the old Keith Theatre Building.. Did he mean at any price, including kidnapping, arson, or murder? The residents refuse to be bought out. Will Charlie be able to save the theatre and her friends when money speaks louder than ethics?
When Damien’s son falls in love with Charlie Wolfe, Reporter for the Ironwood Daily Globe, all bets are off. He is suddenly confronted with the evil man his father has become. Can Roberto stop Damien from destroying the theater, more importantly the lives so wrapped up in the memories of the Vaudeville shows that still haunt the walls of the beloved Keith Theatre —what will be the cost?
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Knapsack Secrets May 2008
In a few days time, Audrey Fleta Hroc’s 20 year career ends in disgrace, an 18 year marriage ends in divorce, and the home she has cherished for all those years burns down with her possessions in it, nearly taking he with it. Sometimes she wishes it had. Audrey Fleta Hroc alone, jobless and homeless asked, “Can it get any worse?” It does, much worse.
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Small Town Secrets January 2008
Someone is bent on burning down Nettlesville, Wisconsin—a small, rural remote, community—one building at a time. The cause is arson, but with no suspect, no person of interest, Olga Corn Editor in Chief, owner of The Daily Nettle Newspaper, stirs the pot of unrest blaming Chaneeta, Town Chairperson, for allowing the town Constable to go on a month long vacation leaving the town under the protection of his female deputy Taaktu Tewsday.
A new deputy, also a new arrival in town, Hope Morgan Anderson, has ties to NYPD (The New York Police Department) will she be enough to assist Taaktu. At this point, no one knows that the new arrival is the illegitimate child of Chaneeta Morgan Bailey. No one accept Olga Corn, that is, who discovered the skeleton in Chaneeta’s past that included this child,(now a woman), and an arrest on Chaneeta’s record for armed robbery. Olga plans to use both to get Chaneeta thrown out of office.
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Ancient Secrets September 2008
A novel of Sorcery, jealousy and legends tangles three unlikely adventurers in a drama of treachery. In an effort to return the necklace, stolen from the ancient goddess Ebony before the earth suffers her final blow, the team suffers through the only available path— through the Valley of the Kings laced with trials. Pitted against one they had called friend turned fiend they must cling together to try to save themselves and, if legend is true, the world.
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The Pink Lady Slipper October 2005
Trudy Moncha wasn’t quite sure what to make of Yachne. Her talk of ghosts, witches and the devil bordered on extreme paranoia, zealot or something worse. Trudy wanted to assure her that she would not harbor evil, but that she was determined to renovate and open The Pink Lady Slipper in the near future. “I had intentions of restoring the Lady Slipper and turning it in to a bed and breakfast.” There will be no evil in that. Ordinary families on vacation needing a place to spend the night will find haven at the Lady Slipper. That’s what I have planned.” She said hoping that appeased Yachne.
Wringing her hands and ready to bolt out the door at the drop of a pin Yachne bubbled over with foreboding. “Oh fine. Another evil den of iniquity. This place needs to be burned. Burned to rid us of its evil,” Yachne said agitated, rising to leave. “I must get back. Pastor Joseph will be worried for my well-being.”
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Bed and Breakfast Murders January 2006
Trapped by a blizzard, no power, heat or telephone contact with the outside world, three murders, and an accident that nearly kills the Wells Fargo agent/guest have Trudy on edge. Then an unexpected wild snowmobile chase that send Trudy Moncha to the hospital to recover from frost bite has her wondering if the serial killer is the one who was chasing her. She is kidnapped from the hospital and held hostage by an insane pair who have their property guarded inside by a trained attack pit bull and outside by his counterpart a Rotweiler of similar intent, ready to tear her apart if she tries to escape, even if she could walk on her severely frost bitten feet. She is determined not to become another murder statistic. Every ounce of self-preservation, courage and ingenuity she can muster becomes her tools for survival.
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Watch For The Raven July 2005
There was a ruckus in the marsh ahead. It sounded to him like a big black bear crashing through the woods. Charging straight at him. Josh quickly hunkered down in a mass of scrub oak. The beast charged right at his hiding place, crashing out of the woods storming at him like his tail was a fire. Snorting and puffing, the biggest buck he ever saw leaped over a fallen tree spattering mud and snow straight over Josh’s head. An arrow bounced from his left shoulder. It caught on some brush and dropped to the ground. Josh heard footsteps, someone was tracking the deer. Panic held his stomach in its icy grip. He scurried deeper into the brush as he saw the tall Ute Indian.
“They’d as soon scalp a white man as look at him,” his friend’s words echoed in his head.
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Fin, Fur and Fatal February 2010
A patrol car on its nightly rounds slowly passed going in the opposite direction. Garett’s mouth went dry. He pulled his hat down tighter, not feeling at all like he’d like to explore what the cops might be looking for on this particular dock. He ticked his hat with his forefinger as a salute to the officers as he passed. Taking a deep breath of relief, he proceeded to drive out of the gate toward the freeway. Routine drive through, he repeated trying to convince himself to stay calm, not to look suspicious, not to do anything to attract attention to himself.
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Money Isn’t Everything May 2010
Money Isn’t everything – It isn’t love, it isn’t security, and it doesn’t buy loyalty. It can be a tool, or a murder weapon.
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Cauldron July 2010
“Cauldron’s name seemed apt. the boiling turmoil that increased daily. “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men “-- Tiffany knew. With the creaking of that door icy fingered shudders ran the length of her spine. Protection from the undead—the never tamed evil—Everyone knew there was no such thing as vampires?
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Antique Armor September 2010
Is it murder, or suicide? Is it a curse on the Antique Armor or something else? Was Aunt Rosa, part of a criminal plot or an unwilling cohort?
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Death, Diamonds, And Deceit October 2010
Ewando, South Africa is an enigma. Ex-FBI Agent, now teacher, David Hemingway sees greed and deceit? Do the unexplainable deaths cover the clues he needs? Diamonds, death, deceit, Africa.
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July Heat, June 2011
What you don't know can't hurt you. "Truth or lies? In the smoldering heat of July, dangerous and unpredictable weather, irrational, unpredictable, and dangerous human behavior explodes Delta's small town peace and tranquility. Can what I know kill me? Judy fears it might.
