Reading and Writing Life
You’re Invited: A Halloween Horror Short Story by Alicia Dean
Morgan Michaels and her friends invite an unpopular girl from their high school to a Halloween party as a joke…but the joke backfires, and the girl ends up murdered. One year later, they receive an invitation to a mysterious Halloween party. It’s all fun and games...
Operation Code Name: Desert Love ~ Constance Bretes
Her best hope for survival is the one man she never wants to see again. Clarissa Maasen is a humanitarian relief worker who’s stationed in Afghanistan. When she and two of her coworkers are kidnapped by insurgents and held hostage, she can only hope that her father,...
David Russell’s Dreamtime Sensuality 1
A collection of 5 short stories by David Russell. Seductive Semaphore: Fashion Designer Bethesda and journalist Hector live opposite each other, with windows facing. They make initial contact through visible, provocative gestures. Soon afterwards, they get...
The Cowboy’s Embrace ~ Kara O’Neal
He abandoned her to face the world alone. Now that she’s with him again, can she forgive him? The Cowboy’s Embrace came about because, when I introduced Deacon in book three of the series, I fell in love with him. He was strong, steady and smart. Really smart. Because...
Meeting Carly –
I have a fun story about Carly, pictured above, enjoying a warm Pacific Northwest sun in front of my fabulous and very full bookcase. SAMSUNG This is a little story of how Carly chose us as her new family. The year was 2009. We lived in Edmond, Oklahoma. It was...
Regency Christmas Kisses
Amazon Regency Christmas Waltz Regency Christmas Kisses anthology by Kathy L Wheeler and Amanda McCabe Take a walk back in time with this collection of five sweet Regency Christmas shorts and novellas. (For an extra treat, see the Regency Christmas Waltz, below!)...
Up for a New Mystery Series?
My sisters and I are writing a new mystery series called The Weatherford Sisters Mysteries. First off I want to tell you where the "Weatherford" came from. Ha! Weatherford, Texas. We lived there as children. Second, here are the covers already done! Book one, A Bullet...
Christmas Rekindled
When two Scrooges unite to save a bar in trouble, a kiss under the mistletoe sparks the sexiest Christmas miracle ever. Back Cover Blurb: Bartender River Lundqvist has a damn good reason for hating Christmas. Bangers Tavern is the perfect place to lay low over the...
Blood & Breakfast?
Hello…Alicia Dean here. Myself and twelve other authors (13 total, get it? 😊) each wrote a spooky, suspenseful story in the ‘A Friday the 13th Story’ series. They are stand-alone but have recurring threads and they were all released on Friday, November 13th....
Martini Club 4 – The 1920s – Freebies 9/27 – 10/1
In 2010, four writer friends—Amanda McCabe, Alicia Dean, Kathy L Wheeler, and Krysta Scott—began meeting each Friday evening for Martinis and various other libations at the Martini Lounge in Edmond, Oklahoma. In time, they came to dub their gatherings the ‘Martini...
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