A collection of 10 stories in which the main character or characters face challenges and then struggle to overcome them. A new author deals with having to leave her husband and children behind as she embarks on her first publicity tour. The wife of a police officers worries about her husband on the day of his best friend's funeral. A truck driver finds a child on the side of the road one night and makes a decision that will change both of their lives. The lives of two young people fleeing abusive homes intersect one night. A young man with issues of his own takes in a girl whose life is on...

The Amberton Paranormal Investigation Society, led by Dr. Vinson Beeler of Hawthorn University's Kensington Parapsychology Research Center, is busy investigating a haunted Second Empire mansion where a little girl is being frightened by a number of spirits. Dr. Beeler's second team of investigators, led by Tracy Beck, is ghost hunting in an old waterfront warehouse that is now a popular brew pub and restaurant overlooking beautiful Lake Champlain in Burlington, VT. While dealing with the numerous ghosts, the investigators also must deal with real life problems including a death in the family,...

The Amberton Paranormal Investigation Society, led by Doctor Vinson Beeler of Hawthorn University's Kensington Parapsychology Research Center, is preparing to investigate a haunted inn on the coast of Maine. Lead investigator, Tracy Beck, has been assigned to interview a young woman who works in the inn's baking kitchen because it has been purported that she is able to communicate with at least one of the inn's multiple ghosts. Grayson Cole is different from any other girl whom Beck has ever met. As his relationship with fellow investigator Willoughby Case further crumbles, he finds himself...

Bending Birches is two connected novellas set in Amherst, MA and Stockbridge, MA. Professor Reid Lockwood is an English professor at Bircham College in Hadley. As student Jordan James' senior year winds up, he must find a way to let the pretty girl from southern CA know that he is interested in pursuing a relationship with her after she graduates. Unfortunately, a sex scandal erupts in the department and Jordan is preoccupied with getting the college's arts & literary magazine published, in addition to completing her senior thesis and other projects. In Seventh Year Itch, Professor Lockwood...

A collection of nine romance stories in which kittens, cats, puppies, and dogs play a role in uniting couples. Whether it is a bedraggled stray kitten found on a doorstep, a sick puppy locked in a running car on a winter morning, a group of kittens that help heal wounded hearts, dogs who help their owners find true love, a cat that plays matchmaker with the help of another cat and a dog, a ghost dog that rescues its owner, a ghost cat that helps unite two young people, or even a supernatural cat that takes a shine to a young woman at a crossroad in her life, these stories will warm your...