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Three short mysteries with great characters and unusual plots.

A delightful collection of short stories for readers who enjoy mystery, humor, and a splash of sentiment. Author's notes included at the end of each story show how the love of story telling can evolve into a variety of genres and formats.

When her marriage is shattered by her cheating husband, Jody and her children leave the lovely house she designed and decorated to start a new life in California with family and old friends. Bill and his mistress, Cynthia move into the house, intending to make it their own. However, that is when the house suddenly develops problems with plumbing, electric appliances, doors and locks. Coping with daily unexplained issues makes Cynthia think this dream house is haunted. Then, the web of carefully woven lies covering her past sins begins to unravel. While Jody is finding romance and a new life...

Aceitar o meu passado significou uma grande mudança para o meu presente e além do mais, foi uma das maneiras que encontrei para caminhar em direção ao futuro de paz, amor e prosperidade que eu tanto desejava. Desejo que através da leitura do livro "Mulheres não têm que chorar" você possa encontrar a raiz de todo o choro, dor e frustração um dia já vividos, e que suas lágrimas daqui para frente possam ser apenas de emoção e alegria. — Mulheres não têm que chorar : Sem antes entender a raiz do choro de Carol Costa

When Nothing Else Was Right is a song that mirrors the life of a singer on the run with a new identity and money stolen from the mob. The haunting melody and lyrics send Dana Sloan on a quest to make things right for the terrified girl and a family torn apart by tragedy years earlier. The song also prompts Dana and Detective Al Bruno to look at their off-again-on-again relationship and realize that they may indeed belong together.

A collection of short stories, laced with humor. There are mysteries, true stories, and adaptations of stage plays and comedy skits. Regardless of their initial source of inspiration, they all have one thing in common, a happy ending.

The only world I can control in my life is the one found in my novels and stage plays, but many of the elements, details, plots, and characters are based on or inspired by the people, places, and things in my life. After many years of traditional jobs in a variety of business entities, my goal of earning a living as a professional writer was finally attained. However, all those years of working to earn a weekly paycheck were not in vain. The work I did, with the people I met along the way, became the deep well of knowledge and inspiration that I was able to draw upon to create the body of ...

Bruno and Dana return from their honeymoon and quickly find themselves investigating cases of perjury, kidnapping, and murder. Dana must confront dangerous people with hidden agendas that threaten to expose old secrets with the potential to shatter lives. (Book 5 in the series)

Your Journey to Light and Love begins on the day you are born. This book offers spiritual guidance and advice based on research, experience, and psychic messages of faith, hope, and love. Learn how to tap into the wisdom and healing power of the Universe. Know that you are not alone as you face the challenges of life, and journey back to eternity and the loving arms of our Heavenly Father.

Romantic Suspense StoryLori’s first love was live theater. She began writing comedy skits and plays in college for her drama classes and local theaters. A few years after graduation, Lori had formed a performing troupe called The Comedy Crew with her college friends. Bobby Brogan joins the crew and they find success with booking gigs at an upscale Chicago nightclub. The trouble begins when Bobby runs off stage in the middle of a comedy routine. They crew soon discovers that Bobby has also stolen all the cash in their apartment and cleaned out their bank account. Lori lands her dream job ...

Crimes from another time and place resurface to destroy new lives A deli owner dies clutching a priceless diamond from a recent jewel theft, a steel worker is arrested attempting to hold up a bank, and a young artist’s career is threatened by nightmares of death in a prison cell. In the fourth Dana Sloan mystery, Dana discovers that all three people are patients of a prominent psychiatrist, Dr. Phillip Serban. The chilling possibility that Serban is using past lives therapy to manipulate his patients into repeating their crimes from another lifetime pits Dana against y a dangerous and ...

With her spirit floating between earth and eternity, Janet is consumed by anger and bitterness. Death did not bring her peace, or lesson the agonizing pain she still feels over the unexplained disappearance of her teenaged daughter months earlier. Other lost souls tell Janet that she can return to the place where she was murdered and find her killer. The wealth and prestige of Janet's life are replaced by her ability to move like the wind. She is now an invisible force with unearthly powers she must learn to control. On the day of her funeral, Janet's daughter returns. Lynette tells the ...

The first two books in the Aunt Emma Mystery Series. A middle-aged woman in Chicago solves mysteries with help from the ghost of her first husband, an outrageous character who fills these stories with his supernatural insights and humor.

Patrick MacDonald runs a successful ad agency and is married to his morst famous client, Rita Ross. Patrick is unaware that he is the father of an eight year old boy, Andy, or that Rita has been paying the boy's aunt to keep Andy away from Patrick. When the aunt is murdered,Patrick is arrested for the crime and calls upon his Aunt Peg to help him out of the mess Rita has gotten him into. Being a clever, resourceful child, Andy turns up on Peg's doorstep claiming he saw the man who really killed his aunt. Rita, who has never before put anyone's needs before her own, teams up with Andy and ...

A letter to Aunt Emma says, “My twins have different fathers.” To complicate matters, the letter has been written by a woman known to Peg. The incredible secret threatens the life of a teenage boy and the career of a high profile politician. Peg’s attempts to help get her involved in the murder of a mobster and the theft of valuable bottles of whiskey. Peg and John leave the chaos behind to take a European cruise with their friends, Rocky and Billy. On the cruise they meet Delta Dawn, an eccentric who has adopted the persona of the girl in the song. The four travelers are soon ...

Everyone wants to be happy, but not everyone knows how to be happy. People often seek happiness in personal relationships, careers, and material possessions, not realizing that true happiness comes from within. This book will show readers how to nurture their inner joy and share it with others. It will show them how to handle the challenges of life with humor and courage. They will learn to trust their own instincts and allow themselves to be happy and content. 68 True Stories

Turmoil and confusion alter the lives of the friends and lovers of a television star who mysteriously disappeared, leaving them to unravel the secrets and deceptions she left behind. Unexpected romance and desire draw couples together as their quest for the truth continues. Across the country, there is a TV game show which allows the studio audience to solve humorous and interesting problems between married couples. The host of this show is also a key figure in the missing star’s alleged kidnapping. The TV host is planning his own escape from a psychotic wife and her mob-connected family....

Tucked away on the outskirts of Benton Harbor, Michigan are the remnants of a forgotten kingdom. The Diamond House, a stone fortress named for the sparkling crystals imbedded in its walls, still stands as a monument to the king entombed inside of it. Benjamin Franklin Purnell along with his wife, Mary, founded the House of David in 1903. Benjamin claimed to be the Seventh Messenger prophesied by the Book of Revelations Under his guidance the colony built a world-famous amusement park that continued to operate and prosper until the mid-seventies. The colony also established a minor league ...

Detective Paula Taylor suspects that Hector Alonzo is engaged in Human Trafficking of young women who have been kidnapped in Tucson and Mexico . The victims are being held in a secluded house on the outskirts of town before being transported and sold in foreign countries. Paula identifies a medical doctor who visits the house every week to evaluate the single girls and care for two pregnant women also in residence there. The doctor has been told that the house is a rehab center and is unaware of the horrific fate of the women once they leave the house. Paula has secured the aid of an F.B.I....

Murdered by the criminals he was investigating a undercover cop's spirit remains Earthbound. He enlists the aid of a psychic medium to help him in his quest for justice.