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The Finger Collector is A THRILLING PAGE-TURNER with MYSTERY, ROMANCE, and CRIME. It was entered in the Amazon Books United Kingdom Storytelling Contest.

REVIEW “A fantastic reading experience. A great read that includes intrigue and opens the reader to the mind of the Japanese crime culture. It is expanded through the authors use of Japanese and English conversation.” ~ Kindle Verified Purchases

REVIEW: “I enjoyed reading The Finger Collector set within the Japanese criminal underworld, it’s an action packed, thriller that is exciting, entertaining and keeps you turning the pages until it’s finished.”

REVIEW: Thomas Ward has hit a home run with this book; as Jack Gunn fights a moral battle where the lines between legal and illegal, moral and immoral become one. So, to understand why Geisha Girls, Yakuza and Sex help blur the lines, you need to read The Finger Collector.

The first time I met the grumpy lumberjack next door, I almost burnt down his cabin.

The second time, I was throwing tampons at a moose (don’t ask).

The third time, I was naked.

And Henri Gagnon is not just my neighbor and landlord, but a pain in my optimistic, plus sized ass. He’s got a protective streak under his grumpy exterior and he’s convinced I won’t make it through the Maine winter.

I’m going to show him and the rest of this small town that they’re wrong. I have one year to prove myself as the new elementary school principal or I’ll be getting the ax. So I just don’t have time to pine away for the grumpy lumberjack next door, no matter how good he looks chopping wood in his suspenders or the way he growls when he calls me buttercup.

But soon I’m falling headfirst down a hill, and into a full blown crush when he carries me home. He’s distracted trying to save his family’s lumber business, and I’ve got a school to run, and this small town is not as sleepy as it seems. But despite our differences, the heat between us makes it hard to stay away.

Could we actually be right for each other? What happens if I ask him if he Wood Be Mine?

Author’s Note: Wood You Be Mine? is a standalone, full length, small town romance featuring a grumpy lumberjack hero with a heart of gold and a plus sized, sunshine school principal trying to survive in the woods of northern Maine. If you enjoy flirty banter, ax throwing, wood chopping, and slow dancing, come meet the Lovewell Lumberjacks.

Murder, gossip, and freshly brewed suspense await in this charming small-town cozy mystery!

Welcome to The Bean Hive Coffeehouse in Honey Springs, Kentucky, where the coffee is hot, the pastries are fresh, and the gossip could make the strongest espresso seem weak. Roxanne Bloom, a spunky lawyer-turned-barista, has swapped legal briefs for brewing beans, opening the town’s first coffeehouse on the newly revamped boardwalk. Life feels perfect as she reconnects with her quirky Aunt Maxi, old friends, and even a spark from her teenage years.

But when Roxy finds Alexis Roarke — the beloved bookstore owner — dead among the stacks, a dark shadow falls over Honey Springs. With Aunt Maxi at the top of the suspect list and whispers of betrayal brewing in every corner, Roxy sets out to unravel the mystery before it ruins not just her aunt’s reputation, but her new life in the town she’s come to love.

Will a foundling baby give Susie Yoder the strength to love again?

After Susie Yoder’s fiancé, Jacob, dies in a tragic accident, she loses herself in grief. Then she finds a baby in her barn with a note begging an Amish family to care for him. Susie feels called by Gott to raise the boy as her own, and with the help of her neighbor Mark Stoltzfus, she may just prove herself capable of providing a stable future for the child.

But Mark has secrets of his own, and as lies leading to Jacob’s death surface, Susie is forced to question everything. With three lives on the line, can Mark prove himself trustworthy? And if so, will Gott give Susie the courage to risk her heart again?

Find out in Amish Sheltered Baby, a second chance Amish romance with a touch of suspense that shows the healing power of faith, community, and love.

The Gilded Age

The period from 1870 to 1900 in the United States has become known as the Gilded Age, during which America was transformed almost beyond recognition. In the 1870s, the country was still recovering from a horrendously destructive Civil War. The nation was still mainly agrarian; cities were relatively small and large-scale industry almost non-existent. Thirty years later, the U.S. had become an industrial powerhouse with massive cities featuring skyscrapers, electric lights, automobiles on the streets, and subways running below. An influx of immigrants from different parts of the world had changed the very nature of American society which featured almost unimaginable wealth living side-by-side with abject poverty.

A set of dog tags found in the Montana wilderness. A remote compound with ties to a poaching ring and the Seattle Mafia. A strawberry blonde metal artist from Choteau. Add one lanky New Mexico cowboy looking for a missing friend. J.B. Freeze is a force! He will go through any obstacle in front of him including the Teton County Sheriff’s office or the National Forest Service.