Kirjahaku

It happened at the Pendleton Roundup 1974. Bronc and bull rider Bill Stempleton knew just what he wanted and how to get it. He needed to win his events long enough to buy the ranch of his dreams. He knew that is right up until he met the right woman at the wrong time. Sara had no idea what she wanted until a tall cowboy showed her some intriguing possibilities. He was like a wild wind blowing into her calm, ordered world and uprooting everything she thought she knew. Action, danger, drama, passion, and excitement are ahead when the rodeo comes to town. After this week, some lives will never be the same. 85,321 words-

Not everything in life can be explained or planned. Sometimes the unexpected take people places they never intended to go. In Tucson Moon as Priscilla is looking for answers to the unexplained, Cord has only problems and he is going to have more. Tucson Moon is about love, family relationships, the desert, and Arizona Territory in 1886-87 with main characters who carry over from "Arizona Sunset". Marshall Cord O' Brian and Priscilla Wesley disliked each other in the first book. Martin Matthews seemed mostly weak but he had since continued to make choices that carried him deeper into decadence. He blames others for whatever has gone wrong in his life. Exploring how our characters evolved was part of my interest in writing this story. Cord has never trusted the outlaw, Sam, that Priscilla's friend Abbey married (ran off with), in-spite of or maybe because of the great similarities in the two men. Bad choices at the 'wishing well', bad timing in natural events and finding your own path play major roles in the joys and miseries of the characters all around.

Sometimes to save something, one must lose it, to fix it, one must break it. Susan Connors has faced an unpleasant fact. For her own health, she must end her marriage and free herself. Her demand for a divorce blindsides Dane who, as an inner city high school principal, has become the target of increasingly dangerous attacks because of his stance as high principal. As she builds a new life, Susan feels freed except she still loves her husband. She searches for why their marriage fell apart and learns the answer lies in a secret which Dane is keeping to himself. As bad as this has all seemed, it's about to get worse. Susan not only has to fight for her husband's emotional health and trust but for his very life. Much more than a "romance". This is a story of love, reconciliation, the adult ramifications of childhood abuse, of groups determined to assert control, of education in the United States, and most importantly of the cost of standing up for what is right with the view that we can change lives. Adult romantic suspense set in Portland, Oregon. 'Second Chance' is set 8 years later and follows two of the characters from Moon Dust into a new romance set in the work of wildlife rehab.