"Plots in the Pantry" is a collaborative effort of Vancouver Island writers whose genres are wide-ranging, from science fiction to cookbooks. What they do have in common, however, is a love of writing, the beautiful part of the world they live in, and a love of Christmas. "Plots in the Pantry" contains eight Christmas stories, and eight Christmas recipes that refer to food mentioned in the accompanying story. The stories take us from Nanaimo to El Salvador, the wilderness to the big city, 1960 to 2025, and feature characters from young to old, providing truly family reading. "Plots in the...
"Plots in the Pantry" is a collaborative effort of Vancouver Island writers whose genres are wide-ranging, from science fiction to cookbooks. What the...
A new body, a new life... Because of a facial disfigurement, Nurse Grace Joye has never felt beautiful, and when she's told a brain tumor will end her life within a matter of weeks, she's devastated. Grace's friend, psychiatrist Dr. Robert Andrews has been experimenting with spirit travel. He suggests that Grace transfers her spirit to the body of his newest patient-Mrs. Vanessa Knight, a gorgeous-looking woman who is soon to be released from life-support. Grace doesn't need much convincing to take this drastic step. She will live on and realise her dreams: to be a mother, and be loved by a...
A new body, a new life... Because of a facial disfigurement, Nurse Grace Joye has never felt beautiful, and when she's told a brain tumor will end her...
Partners: Introduction short story. Action-packed crime thrillers of two people forced together as Partners. Aurora Morelli's a cranky, hard-nosed detective and Kai Lawson's a purse-carrying cop. They both want to get the rapist. Only thing is, she wants to put him in jail, and he wants him dead. Roll the Dice: Full-length story. Roll the Dice is a powerful romantic suspense about two detectives with differing agendas - yet after the same rapist. Aurora doesn't put up with slackers and Kai doesn't put up with sassy women. Their antics will grab your interest from the beginning and you'll have...
Partners: Introduction short story. Action-packed crime thrillers of two people forced together as Partners. Aurora Morelli's a cranky, hard-nosed det...
In this electrifying romantic suspense set in the steamy streets of New Orleans, Lieutenant Commander Nik Baudin, accidently meets up with an identical twin he never knew existed. When his brother Max goes missing, Nik assumes his identity as Special Agent Maximilian. This gives him access to FBI files making it easier to arrest the gangsters who attacked his brother and to stop their trafficking of underage girls. Being that Nik has specialized commando training, he's the perfect man for the job - that's if his PTSD doesn't kick in and leave him cowering in a corner. Special Agent Maya...
In this electrifying romantic suspense set in the steamy streets of New Orleans, Lieutenant Commander Nik Baudin, accidently meets up with an identica...
Angelina Serrano is determined to prove to her two bossy brothers and especially her doting Papa that she not only has the skills, but the gumption to work with them in family accounting firm in Santiago, Chile. To do this, she makes a bargain with her father, that in two years, she will have opened her own firm and paid off the majority of its debt. But what's a girl going to do when two months before the deadline, an unforeseen earthquake, a sassy teenage runaway and a charge of theft are obstacles she's forced to overcome. Top that with her meeting the most dangerous complication of all, a...
Angelina Serrano is determined to prove to her two bossy brothers and especially her doting Papa that she not only has the skills, but the gumption to...
In this Christmas love story, Deputy Shawna Mallory finds runaway, Billy McCrae, in a mound of snow with an anxious puppy guarding him. He's a sad child, surviving a terrible existence until she puts a stop to it and becomes his foster parent. Drawn to the snarky kid, she just wants his life to be happier, his and the stray mutt who won't leave his side. Not that the boy cares at all about the dog... or her. After the death of his wife, John Reid McCrae has returned to Carlton Grove with only one goal. To get his son Billy back. He'll do whatever it takes, no matter who gets hurt - until he...
In this Christmas love story, Deputy Shawna Mallory finds runaway, Billy McCrae, in a mound of snow with an anxious puppy guarding him. He's a sad chi...