It Was A Giraffe

Three months into her visit with her grams at their family’s historic Irish castle, Annabelle is enjoying her extended break from fast-paced New York City life. Soon after the spring rains peter out, an unexpected stateside visitor joins her in Cable Creek.

But the idyllic village is sent into a tailspin when a well-respected person in the community is found dead near a local farm. It doesn’t take Annabelle long to realize that there is more to the death than meets the eye.

Will she unmask the culprit before her own life is at risk? Or will her time in Ireland permanently come to an end?

Sean O’Brien sacrificed his future for his family. Now it’s his turn to find love and happiness.
Eighteen years ago Sean became the man of the house when his father walked out on the family. Without a second thought, he put his own hopes and dreams on the back burner and took care of his mom and younger sister. Now the co-owner of a successful bed and breakfast, Sean has accepted his position in life — until the day Mia Troy checks in.

When Hollywood sweetheart, Mia Troy, checks into the Victorian Rose, the only things on her mind are rest and relaxation before she begins work on her new movie in Boston. That is until she meets Sean O’Brien, the co-owner of the bed and breakfast. From the moment she checks in, Mia is drawn to Sean, a reserved man who sees past her celebrity status.

Despite his better judgment, Sean can’t ignore his physical attraction to Mia. Soon he gives into his desire, telling himself all she wants is a quick fling to pass the time. As they spend time together, his feelings grow. But can love between a small town guy and an A-list celebrity ever last?

Thursday, October 12, 1967, marked a fateful day for Marine Lance Corporal Kevin Cahill and Charlie Company, First Battalion, First Marines, First Marine Division. Deep in the dense Hai Lang National Forest of South Vietnam, Cahill led his unit of 166 Marines on a mission to locate and eliminate North Vietnamese Army forces.

Despite Cahill’s reservations about the ominous trail they followed, orders were orders. Little did they know, they were walking into a deadly trap. As Cahill stepped toward a small knoll, he walked straight into enemy fire, triggering a devastating ambush.

What was meant to be a search and destroy mission turned into a desperate fight for survival. Surrounded and outnumbered by over two thousand NVA soldiers, Charlie Company found themselves on the brink of annihilation in the unforgiving jungle terrain.

Jake is considered to be a fine Amish man, and everyone adores him–except for Martha.

Martha, an Amish schoolteacher in Unity, Maine, loves her job and her community. When Jake proposes to her and she turns him down, her stepmother thinks she is foolish.

Whenever she’s with Jake, all Martha wants is to be far away from him. She can’t put her finger on it, but something about him makes her uneasy.

When Isaiah moves to the community and meets Martha, their friendship sparks into something more. Their relationship causes conflict and turmoil within the community, including rumors that erupt into a roaring flame.

When harsh accusations are made and she is attacked both verbally and physically, Martha must stand up for herself and make a difficult choice.

Will Martha follow her heart or do what her parents expect of her?

Audrey Madden, the wealthy heiress of her father’s successful ranch, has life going her way. With the eyes of the most handsome man in the town on her, everything seems perfect, until the night a mysterious intruder knocks her unconscious. Audrey wakes up in the wilderness realizing she has been kidnapped and left for dead. Panicked and alone, she knows she must survive and find her way back home.

Will she manage to stay alive to learn the truth of what happened to her, and at what cost?

After a long sleepless night, Audrey comes across a man chasing a woman thief named Ferne, who soon becomes her loyal ally in the wild. After Ferne saves Audrey’s life, their unexpected quest in the endless desert awakens their need for redemption. Ferne swears to help Audrey find what really happened to her that night, and Audrey comes one step closer to her revenge.

A vicious deceit behind her back…

As they both traverse the perilous paths of the wilderness, danger lurks in every corner. They say the wild west is no place for a woman, but maybe Audrey and Ferne will prove everyone wrong. As Audrey’s return to her beloved ones approaches, will she still be finally safe, or will something even more wicked be waiting for her back home? Will she find the strength to face reality and fight against a long-lasting menace?

An abandoned French chateau, a warren of death during the French Revolution, is purchased by a grief-stricken couple hoping to convert it into a hotel to aid in their recovery. However, a powerful spirit resides within that catapults their lives down a path to madness.

And what a powerful, malevolent spirit it is.

This derelict French chateau built in 1685, a survivor of the French Revolution, has many secrets. Many of them are harmless, but some are horrid. Anna Stone is the new owner and during the renovation, the secrets of the past are literally uncovered. These mysteries push Anna far from the romantic, fairytale life she so desperately desires. Many questions arise: what happened to the aristocratic family who lived in the chateau on one fateful night in 1790? Why does Anna feel drawn to the chateau? Why is there faint harpsichord music playing when she is alone in her cavernous new home?

If you enjoy paranormal gothic horror with romance and spice mixed into historical fiction, then this book is for you. It is an epic haunted house story that casts a shadow far beyond the confines of the chateau. Visit the French Revolution period and meet the motley array of characters who give the chateau her bawdy stories that become legends in Anna’s time.