First Stories

A girl jumps off a party barge to escape a fate worse than death. She's picked up by a single guy, and neither of them had expected that was about to happen! / (Reviews)

My daughter is fixing me up with the Mother of her best friend, then her best friend, then she wants to join in. / (Reviews)

A story of life, love, history, prejudice, perseverance, and surrender.

The single parents only intended to chaperone their kids on a date or two, but they got distracted by being attracted to each other. Monkey see, monkey do, as they say. When the parents found out the kids had been copying everything they saw the parents do, they tried to make that stop. Since the passion unleashed in the kids was extreme, it seemed like extreme measures were called for. Have you ever heard that old saying: From the frying pan into the fire?

A Wonders of My World Story
Based on a true story! Two things are indisputably true: 1) I took a trip around the world. 2) Alice thought I was having the time of her life. This is the story Alice wanted to hear about my travels through Asia and Europe. Only the names, places, and events have been changed to protect me--I mean, the innocent--and to keep several beautiful women from hunting me down to tell the world I'm a liar! Or worse. There are no cliffhangers.

A Chinese-American telepath recounts experiences between 1985 to 2010 as a citizen of a secretive society of similarly gifted individuals. Readers of Gould's "Jumper" and Cormier's "Fade" will encounter some familiar names and faces. Please note the codes apply to different chapters in the story.

Arizona Territory, 1884. When feral Gwendolyn Harper is auctioned off in Dry Gulch, rancher Ethan Matthews bids $100—not for a servant, but for the fierce woman who threatened deputies while in chains. On his ranch, Gwen discovers something more dangerous than wilderness: a man who sees her worth and asks only for her choice. Now she must decide whether to run or claim the life she never knew she could have.