Christmas in July

It's kind of crazy but after finishing the last book of the Halsey Homecoming series, I jumped right into writing the Christmas story that will wrap up the Halsey series.

I hadn't planned to write this story now and only knew it would be about Shayla, Aileen's daughter in Miner in Petticoats.  She's now nineteen, it's 1904, and she's coming home after being in England with her brother, Colin and his wife, Livie, from Staking Claim.

Writing a Christmas book when we've had nearly 100 degree days for over a week would seem a bit awkward but it's working out quite nicely. When I started writing this story, all I knew about the story was Shayla, her coming home, and she'd find a husband all while reconnecting with the Halsey family.

The hero Mace Walker popped into my head with very little stewing and brewing. In fact, none! I sat down and started the story with Shayla and her friend Randal from England putting the Eldredge Runabout into a snow bank on their way to Sumpter. Along came a man on a horse, who turned out to be the hero.

From there the story has rolled off my fingers easily, and I'm very happy with the results. You'll find this story in October.

Right now you can find another Christmas short story available through Amazon only. You can get it FREE if you are a prime member or for $.99.

Secrets of a Christmas Box

Isabella’s plans of a wonderful Christmas are thwarted when her father hands her a World Intelligence Agency mission. He allows Tino to help her with the mission, so they can be together. As the days hasten to Christmas can she decipher the wooden cube she’s been handed or will her first Christmas with Tino be a bust?

 Kindle U.S. http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Christmas-Box-Isabella-Adventure-ebook/dp/B00XCZ60OA

Kindle World http://authl.it/B00XCZ60OA

Isabella and Tino met in the Guatemala Jungle in Secrets of a Mayan Moon. They found their missions intersecting in Secrets of an Aztec Temple. This Christmas story takes place before Isabella meets with her aunt at the Hopi Reservation and becomes entangled in Hopi myths and human slavery in Secrets of a Hopi Blue Star.

Memorial Weekend and Beyond Sale!

I have Secrets of a Mayan Moon the first Isabella Mumphrey Adventure on sale for $,99 through May 31st.  If you haven't read it and were wondering about my Indiana Jones/McGyver character now is the time to pick up the first book and see how she uncovers ancient secrets and disrupts thieves and wrongdoers.

Secrets of a Mayan Moon

Book one of the Isabella Mumphrey Adventure series

What happens when a brilliant anthropologist is lured to the jungle to be used as a human sacrifice?

Child prodigy and now Doctor of Anthropology, Isabella Mumphrey, is about to lose her job at the university. In the world of publish or perish, her mentor’s request for her assistance on a dig is just the opportunity she’s been seeking. If she can decipher an ancient stone table—and she can—she’ll keep her department. She heads to Guatemala, but drug trafficking bad guys, artifact thieves, and her infatuation for her handsome guide wreak havoc on her scholarly intentions.

DEA agent Tino Kosta, is out to avenge the deaths of his family. He’s deep undercover as a jaguar tracker and sometimes jungle guide, but the appearance of a beautiful, brainy anthropologist heats his Latin blood taking him on a dangerous detour that could leave them both casualties of the jungle.

Secrets of a Mayan Moon is available at Windtree Press, Kindle, Nook  Kobo  Apple.

Also now available only through Kindle Select for $.99 or FREE if you are a Prime member:

Secrets of a Christmas Box

A short story in the Isabella Mumphrey Adventure series

This short story has anthropologist Isabella Mumphrey excited about spending her first Christmas with her Venezuelan DEA agent boy friend. The two met in the Guatemala Jungle in Secrets of a Mayan Moon. They found their missions intersecting in Secrets of an Aztec Temple. This Christmas story takes place before Isabella meets with her aunt at the Hopi Reservation and becomes entangled in Hopi myths and human slavery in Secrets of a Hopi Blue Star.

Three days before Christmas, Isabella’s plans of a wonderful Christmas are thwarted when her father hands her a World Intelligence Agency mission. He allows Tino to help her with the mission, so they can be together. As the days hasten to Christmas can she decipher the wooden cube she’s been handed or will her first Christmas with Tino be a bust?

Secrets of a Christmas Box is available only though Kindle.