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Aulf seemed a misfit, a Viking Warrior out of place. From the time she was in the American school system, she was bullied. But the Viking blood was there. All it needed was a little discipline, control, and balance, and she came alive. Now into Afghanistan during the twenty-year war, she finds herself a champion of the lost women in the Arab trafficking world. And she is damned good at it. Ranger trained, Arabia bound, something will give. Of course, she cannot stop the tide of trafficking, but she sure as hell can make a dent in it. Closer to truth than fiction, and fun enough to hold your...

Kirk is a taciturn, quiet man. He does not look for trouble. But he does not back up when it finds him. A loner. He thought. In the West, when two people feel that spark, they cannot wait and dance around. Someone will move in. He can settle down. Except for the Comanches. His wife and sons missing, he must find them. It is a hard quest for the Comanche are thick from east Texas to Oklahoma and the southern states. A heartfelt story that will have you cheering his successes, his determination, and his life. A good one. Enjoy! #TheStoryteller

Kassidy Nkosa pulled herself up from her bushman roots with the determination her Gerrman mother gave her. No stopping her in anything she tries. As a successful paleoanthropologist, she is fascinated by bones. Old ones. But to find the holy grail, she will have to descend into some of the darkest, most dangerous places in the South African volcanic shield fields. Luckily, she finds just the right partner, a chance to learn about love and life, and have an expert along for the thrills and chills. Follow Kassidy along as she learns to live, and more important for a logical scientist, she ...

I was perfectly happy to exist as a Detective First, sweeping up the detritus and the flotsam of the underbelly of Denver. True, I drank too much, hated everybody, almost, but I was a damned good cop on the job. Then, I found a murder that did not exist. Then another. It took me to places I have never considered. It has taught me things I should have learned at my mother’s knee. It sent me on a trip so close to hell that I felt the heat. And I lived. I loved… and I sobered up.- Ally Whitedove

Baron Darl Estoba de Valencia is a happy go lucky sorcerer, plying the ladies, living the good life. This has gone on for more than a hundred years. A privilege, that long life, of the sorcerer clan. However, a pleasurable dalliance with a lovely, titled Lady in Venice leads to trouble, and our man is on the run. But someone, or something is watching over him, for in his escape, he meets the perfect woman. At least for him. And she wastes no time in collecting him. The trouble with such slow aging is that anyone around them for more than a couple of years will see the lack of age and claim ...

The deserts of California can rival those of the world. Strange things happen out there. Some people think they can master it. They even started a tiny town named Hell. Why not? Hot as Hades, remote from just about anybody, but it carries a secret that Marshal Delbert Cunninham cannot leave alone. The secret is revealed by the desperate escape of a hapless young woman from traffickers taking their prey to sell in Mexico. Now, he is committed, as is she, to taking them all out. Not down. Out. Hell will be a terrible place to live but it will serve its purpose. When God gets tired of it, He ...

There is little fanfare about one of the least known fields of study, that of the swamps of the world. They lack the glory of treasure, but they throw themselves into danger at almost every turn. Some work hard to protect the sanctity and the nature of a preserve, some work to study how it can be manipulated. Marissa Mareaux is a highly intelligent, determined young woman as she steps into her new career. Brought up alongside the Everglades, she is more at home in the swamps than any business or school office. In fact, even more so that with people. It will pay off. Grab your pith helmet, ...

Brilliant Angela Christian, subsisting on a meager trust fund and scholarships, has her mind made up. She knows exactly what she wants, and is well on the way to procuring it. Her master’s year at University, she is finally eligible for team field trips, digs, led by the dashing adventurer, Dr. Rex Haldemen. Too dashing. So... perfect. But she has no time for distractions. Education, her goal to be the top of the archaeology world, is her only focus. And the digs are the crucible within which character is formed. That Doctorate is… everything! Dr. Rex Haldemen will have to wait. But ...

I can shoot, all right. I 'borrowed' Paw's Walkers and entered the contest. I won it all. I also caught the eye of the US Marshals. Well, it was a hell of a lot better offer than the failing ranch. A new life. Proud of that silver on my chest, I began the important career in Law Enforcement, and quickly ran out of the romance of it. As the bodies around me began to stack up, I began to feel that badge get heavier and heavier. I think God got tired of watching over me and found me a way out. Just in time. Now, I have a life, a legacy, and what the hell, a real ranch! #TheStoryteller

The West was fraught with difficulty. Between Indians and outlaws, life was tenuous at best. Add in a raving preacher who hated witches and it got very frightening, and deadly. But Della Mae was made of stern stuff, and saw what might be opportunity. She struck her captor and ran away. It would have been a lonely, angry life without her rescuer that winter. But not even love could stop the hot coal of revenge in her heart. It just moved over a bit to make room... Now, to end the rage, she has to end the town. Somehow... Enjoy! #TheStoryteller

It could be a game, but if it is, it is a deadly serious one. The players are not what we expect, but the damage they can do is very real. AI is not the threat. People are.. Since the first computer built connected to the early stage internet, there have been people who think their only game in life is how to steal money or expensive programs. Dr. Margaret Treadson is aware of these people and is convinced she can stop them, but at peril to her own life. Several vignettes put that belief to the test. Even US Army Counterintelligence steps in, but will it be enough? You anger enough whacko ...

There be monsters out there in the Great Southwest. There be lawbreakers, vagrants, and all out bad people. Someone has to stop them. Start with the monsters and the rest may follow. Rangers have always braved the unknown... Even against monsters...A mix of Vampire and 'Shifter worlds... with a vengeance.

They came from extremely opposite poles. She, the revered Mother of an Eastern Orthodox Church, in a bad place among the squabbles that were tearing Yugoslavia apart. He, from eight hundred years as a practiced Master Sorcerer. His skills saved her and yes, in time, her skills saved him. They learned to team up to rescue the hapless refugees in her land, the Serbs. She learned to be a strong, right-hand woman to help her Sorcerer partner deal with her to finish her work. God works in mysterious ways. #TheStoryteller Enjoy!!

Johanna Wistfeld felt out of place most of her life. Moved to the new country, then farther west, she lost so much of her family that she was all but alone. However, the Shoshone owned the very land her brother claimed. Joey lost him, soon enough, and was now at loose ends, right in the middle between four vicious tribes, all enemies of one another, and deadly enemies to the palefaces. But she had a secret. Once it was out, spread among the so-called savages, she knew her calling. She could not save everybody, but she could surely try. Tilting at windmills is a common theme, though the book...

These players are not angels. No angels would go where they go, nor do what they do to survive. Often, these are the people on the front line of discovery, taking giant steps in vicious lands, where life is cheap, and the rewards, should they be found, can be extensive. Anthropologists shudder at the very idea of interfering with a native or indigenous people, but when the rewards are on the other side of those pesky savages, well, the opinions can change, all right. But survival can come at a price, and only the strong might make it. Life is what happens while you make your plans… Enjoy....

The single most despicable crime is against humanity, i, particular women and children, is what is called "trafficking." It is insidioius, as old as mankind himself, and damned hard to stop. Though Frost is not trained a killer, and barely trained a cop, she has a sensitivity toward the victims that is unmatched. Somehow, the Feds pick up on it and see a potential Knight Errant, one who can tilt at windmills, and maybe make a difference. They are proven right. Headaches, heartaches, hope and happiness are the four H's of a good story. All here and more! Enjoy!

He seemed a drifter. A no-account man in black in the severe environment of the desert. But that was the way he liked it. He was, after all, a hunter of men, and very, very good at it. But he had thought long ago to have left his heart on the battlefields of the Civil War. He was stunned to find helpless, religious folks under the threat of evil, and then, even more surprised, when one of them helped him discover his heart. He got it back. Now, he was in a different war for a hell of a lot better reasons… Enjoy- GWT #TheStoryteller

All over this big old world are thing from long ago, hidden away by time and deterioration. Some are beautiful, even in ruins, and you can probably name a half dozen off the top of your head. There are some, however, that are so difficult to find, so dangerous to travel, where we are unwanted, that those explorations have been spotty at best and forty years apart. But little changes in the desert. Not the attitudes, the dismissal of women, and the treasures that await the bold… and the determined. Dr. James Arland and his wife Heidi are such people. Unafraid, determined, and sometimes, ...

This is the anthology for the original series, High Country Terror. There is a prequel, High Country Terror- Certain Justice, that explains how this all came about. In any case, Meet Marcia Frame, a tough, ex-Chicago Detective, a survivor now of the streets of Denver. Someone is viciously killing young women, using a style almost never seen. But, like any Homicide Detective, she finds herself stretched by new cases, new challenges, and it comes to light that someone from her old Chicago Beat is hunting… her! She is first of all a Detective Sergeant, sworn to enforce the law. Secondly, a ...