Six months after Isabelle Allen's husband dies in bed with his latest lover, she is bombarded by her well-meaning friends attempt to hook her up with any eligible male. They just can't accept that she doesn't want another man in her life. As far as Isabelle is concerned love was for fools.  In exasperation Isabelle packs her car, loads up her basset hound Sammi-Sue, her cat Longfellow and all three escape to Baja, Mexico.  Baja, on the Sea of Cortez, beautiful beaches, long walks, vermillion sunsets and hours of time for Isabelle to re-discover her love of weaving. It's a good plan, except for two things. An stubborn ghost who has fixated on Isabelle as a answer to her loneliness and Cristiano Casamiro. A fifteen-years-younger, Latino geologist specializing in volcanoes who has his own biases against Americanos. Cristiano is a man who makes her temper flare, her emotions flame and her heart sing.

A Spiral of Echoes

Romance

Hodges, Barbara M.

Pucillo, Maggie

Contemporary

Coastal Dunes Publishing

<p>Kelsey Cafferty has been dead for seven years, or so her sister Regan believes. That is until a stranger, with a birthmark of a blue flame, shows up on her doorstep and informs Regan that he is a mage, and that she must come with him to save his world, Daradawn and her sister, Kelsey.</p>

The Blue Flame

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Hard Shell Word Factory

The Emerald Dagger, book 2 of the Daradawn series, finds Kelsey back in San Francisco seven years later, trying to pull herelf back together after leaving the love of her life in Daradawn. She decides to back through the rift one more time before marrying her new love, Duncan. When she returns she finds Dirkk has resurfaced and is again threatening Daradawn with an even more powerful evil. She and Regan must pull together the diverse population of Daradawn to triumph over this new danger. In the midst of all of this turmoil, one sister renews her love and the ohter finds happiness with her lost love.

The Emerald Dagger

Tigress Press, LLC

The Blue Flame is the first novel in the Daradawn series. The book introduces sisters Regan and Kelsey Cafferty. While on a photo shoot in South Africa, Kelsey disappears. Regan believes her sister is dead. So she is shocked when a stranger shows up at her door saying with a story saying Kelsey is in danger and needs her help. After Regan is finaly convinced, she follows Mage Peter Canterville through a rift into the embattled world of Daradawn. What follows in the pages of The Blue Flame is a rousing magical adventure that thrusts Regan into a land of dwarves, elves, fairies, unicorns, dragons and humans. And that's not all-she fins that she along with Peter, bears the mark of the Blue Flame, one of the most powerful talismans in Daradawn and she's pitted against Dirkk, an evil mage. It's power against power to save Daradawn and even Regan doubts she can pull it off.

<p>Monty the basset hound puppy is old enough to go to his forever home. The problem is, Monty does not know what a forever home is. What if he does not like his forever home? He likes Daphneyland Basset hound Rescue where he was born. Why can't he stay here with his momma, brother and sisters? Monty decides he needs to find out what a forever home is and he knows who to ask. The problem is they are down the hill at the kennels and he is at the house. Just what is a worried puppy supposed to do?</p>

The Adventures of Monty: A Forever Home

Children's Books

Animals

Hounded by Death (Beyond Investigations)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Barbara M. Hodges

Hounded By Hate: Beyond Investigations Book 2

Mystery

Independently published

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