Cocaine and politics are a big part of life in the land of pleasant living. Maryland State Police detective Christy Lee Vennetti and her newspaper reporter husband, T. J. Kent share a life together. Join them as their paths cross more than a few times as major figures in a drug ring explode into the headlines when their gambling boat is blasted into the hereafter.

Life in the Chesapeake region for the family of Ethan Aaron Douglas, from steamboats to newspapers, struggles of immigrants and the changes brought by the industrial revolution. The simple life of watermen and challenges of weather, fire and disaster in the era of 1880 to 1910 brought to life for the reader from a life-long resident of the Tidewater region. Catch up on the latest events from around the Chesapeake as told by the NEWS READERS on the steamboats of the Old Bay Line to the passengers.

Each of eight short stories based on the characters from the author's eight continuing series make up a PARTY of 8. Each story introduces characters from the corresponding novels of Dr. Jessica Coran, ME, FBI, Cherokee Det. Lucas Stonecoat, Chicago ME Dean Grant, Decoy Det. Ryne Lanark, Chicago Inspector Alastair Ransom, Psychic Det. Aurelia Murphy Hiyakawa, Vampire Slayer Dr. Abraham Stroud, Det. Eric Bannon and ME Angelica Hunter. These characters are featured respectively in my Instinct Series, the Edge Series, the Dean Grant ME Series, the Decoy Series, the City Series, the PSI Series,...

Molly was a poverty-stricken, uneducated lass from a small, remote village in Ireland. In 1735, she had the opportunity to sign on for a five year term as an indentured servant to a British official residing on the American frontier in the Colony of Pennsylvania. Her ill, destitute, widowed father, realizing this was her chance to escape their harsh life where they worked their fingers to the bone and never had enough to eat, encouraged her to go. Knowing that distance and cost would prevent her from ever seeing her beloved "Papa" and friends again, Molly reluctantly put her mark on the...

When Samantha 'Sam' Reason of the Chicago PD stumbles onto the case of her career, she at first is reluctant to share with consultant and former FBI Profile Expert and M.E., Dr. Jessica Coran. The two strong-willed, personable lady detectives are soon working like a well-oiled machine to uncover the evidence of a ruthless cartel that barters in death--the product being snuff films. The action moves like a train out of control, and the geography of the crime moves from Chicago to Florida and all in between. The combination of Sam Reason and Jess Coran makes for a volatile and explosive mix,...