Paty Jager

Book eleven in the Shandra Higheagle Mystery SeriesJealousy... Drugs... Murder...At the reservation to make final arrangements for her upcoming wedding, potter Shandra Higheagle gets caught up in the murder of a young woman about to turn her life around. Having no jurisdiction on the reservation, Detective Ryan Greer pulls in favors from friends in the FBI to make sure there is no delay in their wedding. However, the death occurs in a sacred place and could place the nuptials on hold. Following the clues may not only stop the wedding... But separate Shandra and Ryan for life.

Lottie Mae Peck believes she isn't worthy of anything more than being a saloon girl after a brutal attack. However, the school needs another teacher and her heart has taken a liking to a soft-spoken man.Manfred Albrecht suffered a loss shortly after arriving in America. The voluptuous Lottie Mae catches his eye the first time he walks into the Silver Dollar Saloon. Her intelligence and good humor as she teaches him to read and write English, stirs feelings he thought he'd never have again.But her happiness may be fleeting. The man who sent her life into a downward spiral years ago arrives in town, destroying her hard-fought battle to believe she deserves more.

Historical western filled with steamy romance and the rawness of a growing country.Alamayda Wagner's life has left her cynical, but also vigilant, and that's what propels her to Cornucopia, Oregon to uncover the secrets her father took to his grave. She quickly discovers her only hope includes trusting Isaac Corum. That soon proves to be expensive, and not just financially.The last thing Isaac Corum needs or wants is a snooty woman telling him he didn't do enough to save her father, which is what her letter implied. He'd helped the man more than most people would have, and swears he won't go out of his way like that again. He'll meet her at the Baker City train station, deliver her father's belongings, and send her back the way she came.

Book ten in the Shandra Higheagle Mystery SeriesSecrets... Scandal... Murder...An autistic boy and his brother need potter Shandra Higheagle's help when a teacher's body is found after a confrontation with the older brother. Shandra knows the boy is innocent. Digging into the teacher's life, she and Ryan turn up scandal.Detective Ryan Greer has believed in Shandra's dreams in the past, but she can't always be right. When his investigation uncovers a principal on the take, females being harassed, and parents kept in the dark, he discovers more suspects than the brothers. Shandra's time at the school is coming to an end, and the killer has struck again.

Desertion...Wrath...Murder A runaway bride, murder, and arson has Shandra Higheagle sleuthing again. Sorting through the debris of her best friend's childhood, Shandra believes she must solve the murder before her friend becomes the next victim.Stumbling upon a dead body, Detective Ryan Greer is determined to bring the killer to justice before Shandra becomes too entangled in her friend's dysfunctional past. He hopes he's not too late. Her deceased grandmother has already visited her dreams, putting Shandra in the middle of his investigation and danger.

Escaping a past full of deceit and larceny, Savannah Gentry goes in search of her only kin, a half-brother she discovered after her father's death. She hopes Shady Gulch in the Dakota Territory can give her a future. However, she stumbles into the arms of Reverend Larkin Webster, finds herself working in the Silver Dollar Saloon, and soon fears she's gone from the frying pan into the fire.After dodging death and incarceration, the Topeka Kid decides to turn his life around and takes on a new identity. Reverend Larkin Webster. It works, until he finds a temptation he can't resist and steals the heart of Savannah Gentry. When her past collides with his, he wonders if this theft could end up with him losing everything, including his life.

What do you think of when you hear the word "Navigate?" Do you think of using cell phone apps to help you drive from one place to another? Or do you think of navigating life and its ups and downs? Or perhaps you think of navigating the stars. In this collection of fourteen stories, our authors have used the theme to provide humor, compassion, wonder, scares, and questions for the reader to solve. Inside you'll find everything from a heartwarming children's tale story about a little dog to genre-spanning works for adult readers including witchy-romantasy, women's fiction, mystery, science fiction, memoir, poetry, and contemporary literature. Enjoy This Volume Contains: Metro Sails the Atlantic - Susie Slanina The Cottage on the Hill - Diana McCollum A Country to Cross - Therese Patrick Dark Tide - Pamela Cowan Changing Course - Paty Jager Jamboree Jealousy - Kimila Kay Navigating the Stars - Mary Vine When I'm an Old Lady - Judith Ashley Navigating the Chaos - Dari LaRoche The Beckoning - Maggie Lynch Delicate Creatures - Melissa Yuan-Innes In the Interest of Transparency - Lisa de Nikolits The Conscript - M. Jaimeson The Journey - Ron Roman

Steamy Western Contemporary RomanceBrock Hughes is barely holding it together. With a ranch drowning in debt, a preteen daughter, and a toddler demanding his attention, the widowed cowboy can't afford distractions-or heartbreak. After losing one wife to tragedy and another to city lights, the last thing he wants is a beautiful, headstrong nanny showing up uninvited and unraveling his carefully guarded world.Carina Valencia is on a mission to rebuild her life, and the remote Hughes ranch seems like the perfect place to start. She doesn't care who did or didn't hire her-these kids need her, and she won't let them down. For Carina, the isolation is a blessing, a chance to heal her own wounds while helping a family in need.But as tensions give way to trust and walls start to crumble, Brock and Carina must confront their painful pasts-and the undeniable spark between them. Can they take a chance on love, or will fear and loss drive them apart?

Imagination. It is a word that conjures up so much and can cover so many emotions. In this collection of nine unique stories and a poem, you will cross centuries, hang in suspense, chuckle and perhaps even laugh, and wonder did the character imagine that or not. Dari LaRoche starts this anthology with a poem that explores what sparks the imagination as it moves between conscious thought and the sublime, reflecting the beauty that surrounds us. In Metro Takes a Road Trip, Susie Slanina returns to the adventures of a dog named Metro discovering new places and talents. InThe Watching Game, Lisa de Nikolits crafts a story that explores invisible friends, suspense, and the power of suggestion. Diana McCollum's story, Son-ja's Journey, explores the story of a lost child who wanders into a Native American tribe's camp and is raised as one of their own.Pamela Cowan's story, Mars, moves away from earth to outer space, in her futuristic tale with a twist about a young man coming of age. Back on earth, Mary Vine provides a story of romance, suspense, and humor in Grandma Harper's Imagination. Maggie Lynch pits fantasy against reality in Sky Painter, as a young girl develops unusual talents. Another Life, by Paty Jager, provides a conundrum for the reader to unravel whether a battered wife and a dead husband is a tale of delirium or truth. In Project I.M.A.G.I.N.E. Anna Brentwood and Colton Long pen a cautionary tale of artificial intelligence that begins in the 1980s. Kimila Kay closes out the anthology with Rattlesnake Ravine, a suspense novella that plays with imagination versus truth and the consequences of having to choose only one side.