Ariana's Pride is an historical fiction/romance set during the Wars of the Roses. The story commences shortly after the Battle of Barnet where Warwick The Kingmaker was killed and Edward IV has just taken his throne back from the mad king, Henry VI. This one decisive battle affected the lives and attitudes of Ariana and Jeremy as they set out on a dark and dangerous journey toward a destiny they could not have foreseen.

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Catherine and the Captain is an historical fiction/romance set during the controversial and turbulent reign of Richard III. Tied to the royal family by blood and by choice, Catherine is caught in a web of political and personal intrigue that threatens to consume her. Will she find the courage to break free from the destiny of a king or will she choose duty and honor over love?

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Of Love and War - a novelette

July 4, 1943 – John Jameson is home from the war. The Fourth of July has always been his favorite holiday, but now he finds himself alone on the boardwalk in his New Jersey hometown. It seems like everyone he knew is either off to war or working in the factories producing the armaments of war. Along comes Julie to offer him a cold drink. Happy to have someone to spend the day with, especially one so young and beautiful, he accepts her invitation for a backyard picnic. He has no idea what is behind Julie's seemingly innocent invitation. He has no idea that the next few hours will force him to face what he has lost and find his heart at last.

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Only In My Dreams - a novelette

Delia Cummings isn't dissatisfied with her life. She doesn't think she has a life to be dissatisfied with. She works in a bakery, decorating cakes and bagging up rolls and pastries. Her husband, Charlie, as often as not falls asleep in front of the TV. Her children are grown and married, with not even a hint of a grandchild to give her purpose. After nearly thirty years of marriage and little to show for it, Delia is tired; just plain tired. And it is only in her dreams that she begins to find a reason to go on living.

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Listen to Your Heart

    World War I - Lena Manning is barely 20 years old and already a war widow with a baby on the way. Her church takes care of her, gives her employment and wraps her in its secure world. When the bishop appoints a new pastor, a young, handsome widower, she is forced to seek other employment to avoid any hint of scandal.
    Her new job as social secretary to the wife of a wealthy New York banker thrusts her into a seductive world of money and privilege. When the son of the house pursues her, he awakens feelings she thought long dead.
    Can she survive his secrets or will fear send her running back to the security of her church and the pastor who waits for her there?

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A Walk in The Woods

This anthology contains previously published as well as never before published works.

A Walk In The Woods - Flash Fiction
In search of the perfect woman, Mathias the Wizard invents the most perfect spell ever made.

Sweet Savage Charity - A Novelette
In 1621 New England, a Puritan woman fights for her right to choose.

Grindel’s Tale - A Short Story
Grindel fights developers who would destroy the woods he protects.

Only In My Dreams - A Novelette
After 30 years of marriage, Delia can still dream, can’t she?

Sir Dragonbreath - A Short Story
Gwendolyn is a lonely witch, looking for love.

Of Love And War - A Novelette
It’s John v. Julie in this vintage battle of the sexes.

A Slice of Life - A Novella
Grace is 37, painfully shy, and she must overcome her fears to save her family restaurant.
 

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Sweet Savage Charity – a novelette

Plymouth Colony – 1621

Within months of stepping off the Mayflower, Charity Williams buried her husband. Within hours, she was told whom she would marry. But Charity has other ideas.

Aided by the Wampanoag brave she meets in the forest, she plans to defy the governor, the council and the whole colony.

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Regan O’Reilly, Private Investigator – a novelette

May, 1942 - Regan O'Reilly comes from a long line of police officers. She would have followed her father and brother into the Force but women officers are rare and usually relegated to the status of social workers.

Now she's a private investigator with her own agency and the freedom to live her life the way she wants. That is until she meets widower Mark Harris and his delightful son, Patrick, who have plans of their own for Regan.

 

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Regan O’Reilly, PI, Goes Undercover ~ a novella

May, 1942 - Regan O'Reilly is on her way to the biggest assignment of her career as a private investigator. Magnum's Department Store has been plagued by a series of thefts and Regan must go undercover to solve the case.

If she's successful, it will be a real feather in her cap. Not to mention, the job takes her out of the reach of Mark Harris, the man who has begun to win her heart.

 

 

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Regan O’Reilly, PI, Comes Home ~ a novella

August, 1942 - Fresh from the successful completion of an undercover assignment, Regan is determined to do her bit for the war effort. Before returning home, she goes to Washington to offer her investigative skills to the Army.

Now all Regan has to do is avoid Mark Harris who is still actively pursuing her and ignore the call of her own heart.

 

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Regan O’Reilly, PI, Goes to War ~ a novella

November, 1942 - Regan is sent by the OSS to join the underground in a France struggling to survive under German occupation. She is assigned to gather information on the infamous wolf packs; U-boats that travel in groups to hunt down and sink Allied warships. But she begins to suspect that her French contacts may be working against her.

When Regan's mission takes an unexpected turn, her only thought is to return to the man she left behind and her only fear is that she might not make it out of France alive.

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The Professor and the Bootlegger

1927 – Howard Jenkins is a history professor, immersed in the medieval world, in love with the past. His younger brother, Reginald, is a ne’er do well who plays at being a student to please their parents.

When Reginald’s gambling debts involve Howard in a bootlegging operation, Howard is blasted out of his secure academic world. Howard’s only question now is, what would King Richard do?

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