Stories that take you to other places and other times
Historical and Contemporary Fiction for Middle Grade through Adult Readers
My books
Middle Grade and Young Adult
Historical Fiction
A Confederate Wagoneer from Texas and a merchant's nephew from New Mexico meet up at the Civil War Battle of Valverde
An orphaned Irish boy and a wagoneer turned medic face off at the Civil War Battle of Glorieta.
The thrilling conclusion to a trilogy of middle grade novels set in New Mexico Territory during the Civil War.
A 15-year-old girl must find the strength to cope with both scoliosis and the invasion of the Confederate Army on her Gettysburg farm. Can she find even more courage to continue to follow her dreams despite her physical disabilities and her disapproving mother?
A handicapped boy must leave the shadow of his stronger, more physical twin brother in the Southwest, 11,000 years ago.
Set during the Great Depression, a girl unravels the mystery of her parents' broken relationship, and learns to love the rustic beauty of Isle Royale even as the government threatens to take her home.
A girl whose own past is hidden from her.
A French town occupied by Nazi forces.
A hidden radio receiving strange, coded messages. Can Eponine Lambaol follow her own conscience, join the guerillas who are resisting the Nazis, and follow the coded messages on the radio, even if being caught would cause her death?
A controlled burn goes out of control and burns a path a destruction through everything that fourteen-year-old Margaret “Punkin” Davis loves, but she is determined to get it all back, including her home, her family, and her stolen horse.
A bully with a short temper and an empty place in his heart left by the mother who disappeared when he was a baby begins training to become a knight and finds himself in a place of death and danger.
Adult Historical Fiction
A woman seeking justice for her dead father in New Mexico Territory finds more than she expected.
Feisty little Agnes Day is determined to keep the family ranch and run it on her own terms in spite a raid by Pancho Villa and America's entry into WWI.
This dual narrative adaptation of Beowulf shares the story of two women who lived 25,000 years apart, both fighting for the rights of social outsiders against powerful men.
Middle Grade Contemporary
Valentine's Day is growing near and Hector ("Hec") Anderson feels like a sci-fi visitor abandoned on an alien world when the girl of his dreams moves to town and he must challenge the most popular boy in school for her attention at the school dance.
Christmas is on its way, and Hec and his best buddy Eddie embark on a madcap plan to save Christmas. Only a giant white bear stands in the way of his plans to convert the jingle in his pocket into presents under the tree.
When the guys in the locker room call him Super Geek, Hec decides to become faster than a speeding bully. Can he dig deep and pull up the super powers he needs to run a 5K and win the heart of the girl of his dreams?
Middle Grade Fantasy
When the stream that supplies water to his remote village mysteriously dries up, Savio joins forces with a raven, a squirrel, and his faithful herding dog to find the gifts that will bring the world back into alignment and make the water flow once more.
In the works:
Book 2 of the Legends of Lumbra
Call of the Coyote