Kim Black

Every woman's secret weapon is her little black dress, but for fashion model-turned covert agent, Evan Tyler, her weaponized wardrobe makes her absolutely deadly.Infiltrating the Paris couture scene, Tyler and her team level their sights on Anton Hrevic, a rising star designer who, along with his muse-models, seems intent on espionage and world manipulation. Wearing the high-tech and top-secret Little Black Dress, Tyler uses both her God-given and government-granted assets to learn the truth behind Hrevic's celebrity parties and uncover secrets that could unravel the global economy.

Covert agent, Evan Tyler, has survived her first mission wearing the high-tech weapon known as the Little Black Dress. Along with the help of her InDIGO team, she slipped behind the curtain of the Paris fashion scene to infiltrate and dismantle an international extortion ring bent on global manipulation.What they discovered only extends their mission to find the head of this villainous organization and protect the desperate victims. New leads take them from Paris to Marseilles, Barcelona, and London, where Evan finds herself entangled with the handsome billionaire entrepreneur, Michael Cooper. She must protect him and his business if she hopes to uncover the truth.

The future is bleak. Authority controls everything from weapons and food to music and pets. What animals aren't extinct are highly regulated and targeted for confiscation.Annie Birchfield is a tough seventeen-year-old fighting for what's hers. After a deadly run-in with Authority, she and her older brother, Cody, must take their beloved but contraband horses off-Earth to save their lives.Barely a step ahead of the law, Annie discovers that her God-given talents may provide the funds for their journey and inspire an army to fight the oppression. Their rebellious escape not only exposes Authority's overreach but ignites a galaxy-wide uprising.Shooting Stars Traveling Circus is inspired by the performances and quotes of Annie Oakley, as well as several performances in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Shows.

For one hundred years, Texas High Plains Writers has supported and encouraged writers to craft their stories. In this annual anthology, you will find a collection of short stories and inspirational essays about overcoming a wide variety of prolblems.Twenty-three of our talented members shared stories that range from sentimental and family-oriented to humourous.Best-selling authors and first-timers created fiction and non-fiction works that explore everyday issues, relationship woes, and pet problems.Hand in hand, these tales prove everyone faces challenges.ContentsIntroduction - Ricky TreonWriters Block - Mike AkinsRemnants of Her - Kim BlackThe Miracle - Linda BrodayA Flicker in August - Mary CookeFinn - Cheryle CooperImpossible Dreams - Dahna DanliThe Mower Incident - Bobbette DoerrieBlood & Honey - Hunter Fithen6 Stall Walk Through - Dean GuellChallenge - Lynn HarperThe Beast - Ashley HendrickThe Hooded Way - Lynette JalufkaThe Choice - Audrey Cannady MassingillFootprints on the Heart - Phyliss MirandaThe Second Proposal - Ashlyn ParkerSaving the Water Aerobics Class- Mevanee ParmerRoadside Crosses - Elise PhillipsThe Problem of Suffering - James D. QuiggleFailed Journey to Fiji - Janda RakerSwedish Girl Powwows with Mountain Men - Betty M. ReevesIt Is Going to be Okay - Lou SheldonOld Fishing Rods Wanted - Lou SheldonHunger - Coby C. SpurrierThe Last Gasp - Rick Treon

Evan Tyler and Hedge Parker are the last InDIGO agents left in the field on the LBD mission. The stakes rise as they close in on whoever is influencing world markets through extortion and terrorism. The job takes a wild turn as friends become enemies and enemies become friends.Can Evan sort out who's who in time to save the world and the people she loves most?

Covert agent, Evan Tyler, has survived her first mission wearing the high-tech weapon known as the Little Black Dress. Along with the help of her InDIGO team, she slipped behind the curtain of the Paris fashion scene to infiltrate and dismantle an international extortion ring bent on global manipulation.What they discovered only extends their mission to find the head of this villainous organization and protect the desperate victims. New leads take them from Paris to Marseilles, Barcelona, and London, where Evan finds herself entangled with the handsome billionaire entrepreneur, Michael Cooper. She must protect him and his business if she hopes to uncover the truth.