Kirjahaku

The Piano Mirror's Power is the first book of a two book series. Kougar Phelps and Maya Virk couldn't be from more different worlds. Kougar, a dreadlocked loner, is an emotionally scarred youth suffering deeply from PTSD. His trauma causes him to seek refuge in an alter ego. Maya, an Indian-American girl, president of the student council and a prom queen, has a very promising life ahead of her. Their worlds collide when Maya falls in love with Kougar's disguised, dangerous alter ego. At the same time, a disturbed man, obsessed with Maya, stalks her with hopes of forming a relationship. Will the scars of Kougar's trauma keep Maya away, or can Maya's love bring Kougar and his alter ego together to save them both from death?

The Fire Waits is the sequel to The Piano Mirror's Power. A premeditated tragedy catapults Kougar and Maya into different orbits far away from each other. Kougar turns his back on life wandering deep into the vast Three Sisters Wilderness with no survival strategy. Maya leaves Bend for college in Portland where the trauma from her near abduction by the emotionally disturbed stalker haunts her, changing her. She becomes solitary, engages in risky behavior, keeps a dark diary, hides behind tattoos and hooks up with a rock band. The stories of Maya, Kougar and the stalker are lashed together and inevitably meet in a final crucible. Will Kougar's terrible past come full circle? Will the stalker realize his childhood longing? And Maya, can she do what is necessary and tragic?

In the 1970s Lanny Bedford was a junior tennis prodigy, trained and developed by his dedicated father and the wise tennis hack, Professor Burns. But Lanny's promising tennis career came to an abrupt and mysterious halt, estranging him from his embittered and disappointed father for over twenty stubborn years. A personal crisis enters Lanny's life with a hard reckoning, forcing him to come to grips with his past. Can the lessons learned on the tennis court bring about an old yet new meaning to his life?