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San Juan Islands Mysteries

Deceit, deception, spies and murder? Include a dog, and that’s everything we love.
When Seattle native Tish Yearly found herself fired and evicted all in one afternoon, the 26 year old ex-actress headed for the one place she knew she’d be welcome – the house of her cantankerous ex-CIA agent grandfather, Tobias Yearly, in the San Juan Islands. Now Tish and Tobias are teaming up to solve mysteries… and keep the dog from getting diabetes.

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The Deveraux Legacy

The Deveraux Family: wealthy, glamorous, powerful… and in a lot of trouble. 

Senator Eleanor Deveraux lost her children in a plane crash, but she has a second chance to get her family right with her four grandchildren – Evan, Jackson, Aiden and Dominique. But second chances are hard to seize when politics, mercenaries, and the dark legacy of the Deveraux family keep getting in the way.
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Shark Santoyo Crime Series

The criminals are savage, the stakes are high and even the suburbs hide secrets that can kill.

When Shark Santoyo got out of prison and made a deal with Geier, the boss of his old gang, he knew he’d be walking into trouble, but he never expected to meet Peregrine Hays. The knife-wielding beauty may fuel his dreams, but Peregrine has secrets of her own, and soon Shark is swept up in a whirlpool of murder, revenge, and love.

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Carrie Mae Mysteries

These make-up ladies aren’t just selling lipstick – they’re packing heat and saving the world.
Join Nikki Lanier and her team of kick-ass friends as they take on gangs, drug smugglers, arms dealers, and internal politics, all while looking fabulous or at least trying to remember clean underwear.

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Galactic Dreams

Welcome to the universe of Galactic Dreams, where fairy tales are reimagined for a new age—the future.

In each Galactic Dreams novella you’ll find an old tale reborn with a mixture of romance, technology, aliens and adventure. But beware, a perilous quest awaits behind every star and getting home again will depend on a good spaceship, true love, and maybe just a hint of magic.

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Romance & Romantic Suspense

Kisses, killers, and killer kisses.  Everything dangerously romantic all in one place.  These romantic adventure novellas will leave you laughing and hungry for more.

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Tales from the City of Destiny

Think you’re alone in this city? Think again. 

Ariana Grace is not just your average antiques dealer. This half-faery can sell you all the best “assets” – a great sense of humor, a new memory, or just the right amount of luck.  If your problem seems impossible, then Ariana Grace might have just the right asset for you. But be warned – magic has a mind of it’s own – everything may not go as you planned.

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Lanier, Nicole
Nikki Lanier

Nikki Lanier

NAME: Lanier, Nicole “Nikki”
ALIAS: none
BORN: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
HEIGHT: 5’4″
HAIR: red
EYES: gray
FAMILY: Nell O’Connelly (mother), Phillipe Lanier (father)
EMPLOYMENT: current Carrie Mae Foundation Agent
PERSONAL HISTORY: The daughter of a Quebecois Canadian and an American (divorced), Nikki has always felt different from her friends. Desperate to fit in with the popular crowd, Nikki joined many social clubs and became a cheerleader in high school. But her desperation and herd mentality eventually caused her college boyfriend, Jackson Tyrell, to break-up with her. When her post-college life yielded no jobs in her field, Nikki was forced to move back in with her mother. After winning the starter kit at a Carrie Mae recruiting meeting, Nikki tried Carrie Mae make-up sales. This attempt resulted in her arrest, and her later recruitment into the Carrie Mae Foundation by Mrs. Miranda Merrivel.

Baxter, Jennifer
Jenny Baxter

Jenny Baxter

NAME: Baxter, Jennifer “Jenny”
BORN: Peachtree, GA
HEIGHT: 5’8”
HAIR: blonde
EYES: blue
DISTINGUISHING MARKS: crown tattoo on right hip
FAMILY: Jonas Baxter (father), Rachel-Ann Baxter (mother), Jonas Jr. Baxter, Timothy Baxter (brothers)
EMPLOYMENT:
current…Carrie Mae Foundation Agent
2008-2009…Aerobics Instructor
2007-2008…Guard Dog Trainer
2005-2007…Campus Security for Georgia State University – terminated for excessive force
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Born to a former Miss Georgia and a small town lawyer with political ambitions, Jenny had early training in how to be blonde and perky. But with three brothers she also acquired a violent streak and a taste for “shooting shit”. She tried pageants, thought about joining the police, and got a BA at Georgia State while she was trying to figure out what to do with her life. When Carrie Mae came calling, she leapt at the opportunity to have a job that let her exercise her fashion sense and shoot people.

Marston, Ellen
Ellen Marston

Ellen Marston

NAME: Marston, Ellen
AGE: 49
BORN: Wichita, Kansas
HEIGHT: 5’6”
HAIR: gray, dark brown
EYES: brown
FAMILY: Kate Sanders, Megan Ellis (daughters)
EMPLOYMENT: 2010 – current…Carrie Mae Foundation, Field Agent
SPECIALTY: Sniper
PERSONAL HISTORY: The wife of a University level English professor Ellen was never considered unusual except for her interest in the sport of target shooting – an interest that she took care to keep discreetly away from her husbands more liberal, anti-gun colleagues. When her husband died unexpectedly after the marriage of their second daughter, Ellen found herself alone for the first time in thirty years and she returned to the target range as a way to fill her time. At the target range she met some very friendly women who worked for the Carrie Mae Foundation and she soon found herself recruited to their espionage branch.

Rozmarek, Jane
Jane Rozmarek

Jane Rozmarek

NAME: Rozmarek, Jane
BORN: Barstow, California
HEIGHT: 5’6”
HAIR: black / dark brown / orange / purple
EYES: brown
FAMILY: Michelle Rozmarek (mother), Karl Rozmarek (father)
EMPLOYMENT:
2005 – current…Carrie Mae Foundation, Information Specialist
1999-2001…Dairy Queen, drive through operator
PERSONAL HISTORY: As the daughter of a Project Manager and an Army Computer specialist stationed at Fort Irwin, CA, Jane learned computer skills and object prioritization early in life. She worked her way through college at USC as a Dairy Queen drive-through operator and was heavily recruited by several companies. Carrie Mae beat the competition by promising her involvement in research & development and the chance to save the world occasionally. Her parents were very disappointed by her choice and believe that working for a make-up charity foundation is a waste of her talents.

Robinson, Valerie

Val-DeceasedNAME: Robinson, Valerie “Val”
formerly Valerie Matheson
BORN: Davisville, Rhode Island
HEIGHT: 5’9”
HAIR: black
EYES: brown
DISTINGUISHING MARKS: 666 tattoo on her right buttock
FAMILY: Robinson, Marc (divorced), Laura Matheson (aunt)
EMPLOYMENT:
1986 – current…Carrie Mae Foundation
1983 – 1986…Carrie Mae (sales)
PERSONAL HISTORY: Val was born into a broken family and learned the life philosophy of
looking out for number one early on. After she was arrested on racketeering charges (for
running her make-up sales group like the mob), she was recruited to the Carrie Mae
Foundation by Dr. Lillian Hastings. Valerie took to espionage quickly, but never really
believed the “up with women” slogans of the Carrie Mae Foundation. After her marriage to
art dealer Marc Robinson fizzled, Val became increasingly tempestuous and unable to co-
exist with new working partners.

Tyrell, Jackson

Lanier, Phillipe

Masters, Kit

Sarkassian, Jirair

Merrivel, John

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AWARDS

  • WriteMovies Romance & Comedy Award
    Blue Christmas (screenplay adaptation) – FINALIST, 2020
  • PNWA Literary Contest 2019
    The Second Shot – FINALIST, Romance
  • Romance Film & Screenplay Festival
    Blue Christmas (screenplay adaptation) –WINNER, July 2019
  • Book Excellence Award 2019
    The Seventh Swan – FINALIST, Adventure
  • PNWA Literary Contest 2020
    Love & Treasure – FINALIST, Screenplay

UPCOMING RELEASES

2021

Galactic Dreams Vol. 3 – May 2021

An Unfinished Storm (SJM #4) – Summer 2021

The Hardest Hit (Deveraux #3) – October 2021

2020

  • An Unfamiliar Sea (SJM #3) – 01.21.20
  • Johnny Stills Goes to Atlantic City in Shotgun Honey Presents Vol. 4: Recoil – 05.08.20
  • Shark’s Fin (SS#4) – 5.12.20
  • Peregrine’s Flight (SS#5) – 6.12.20
  • Love & Treasure – July 2020
  • The Cinderella Secret (Deveraux #2) – 10.19.20
  • The Lost Heir (Deveraux #0) – 12.7.20

 

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