Jude Johnson

A new century has begun in the Arizona Territory. Jamie Jones, eldest son of Evan and Reyna, finds his life complicated by prejudice from Easterners since he looks like his Mexican mother. But his stubborn Welsh half is determined to be accepted, so he sets his sights on winning the affection of Miss Iris Crawford, a newly arrived, aloof beauty with motives of her own.Percy Kindall lives the life of a privileged rogue in San Diego - until the day of his father's suicide. Percy learns his father's penultimate act was to post a letter to a mysterious woman he's never met, Mrs. Reyna Jones in Tucson. Percy journeys to find her, learning more about himself along the way. When he arrives in Tucson, he recognizes a kindred spirit in Iris Crawford. Distracted, he makes clandestine arrangements for their mutual satisfaction. Unaware of the avaricious manipulations of Miss Crawford, Jamie and Percy's lives collide and intertwine in a web of long-kept secrets, and complicated relationships - a legacy of blood and fire that will change everything.

Evan Jones has come from Wales with his brothers to work in the Copper Mule Mine of Bisbee, Arizona Territory. When tragedy strikes, a Mexican curandera known only as The Se ora saves their lives. Evan's indiscretions cause her to leave abruptly, disappearing from Bisbee without a clue. Reyna Svenson is a widow with remarkable healing skills, an adopted sister and Beloved Woman of the Apache, who doesn't quite know how to cope with Evan Jones. His animal spirit, or totem, is strange to her, for his is the Dragon, ancient fearful enemy of her own totem, the Hawk. Elements of Fire and Wind, their spirits could combine into great enlightenment--or ignite an inferno of destruction. From the brothels of Tombstone and the gambling halls of Silver City to the stark, isolated beauty of Sabino Canyon, Evan and his brothers struggle to build new lives amid wild adventures, earning the animosity of a notorious outlaw out for blood.

Walkabout Willie / Mucky Karms is one book of two tales: Walkabout Willie, a delightful story from Down Under about Willie, a Wandering Wombat who learns that going walkabout on a Grand Adventure might entail more than he bargained for; Mucky Karms is a fractured faerie tale about a unicorn, a cranky leprechaun, and the witch who lives in the deepest, darkest part of the forest.Appropriate for read-aloud and grade-school age independent readers with designated pages for children to draw their own illustrations.