Travel back in time ...

I wrote this book at a low point in my life and writing it really helped me through a bad place.

I was laid off and unemployed for about 6 months. I know, it doesn't sound like a long time, does it? But man, it felt like forever!

I was living in Minnesota at the time and I was always fascinated by the Jesse James connection to Northfield, Minnesota and the botched bank robbery that took place there.

I decided to drive to Northfield and wander about and see where it all happened, so to speak. While doing so, I came up with the idea for this book. I had to research the time period, the James gang, farming practices, legal issues ... you name it, I read about it. It took me quite a bit of time to figure out how to make it work, and that made the unemployment time go so much faster.

This is the first of three History Patrol books. These are my "reincarnation love stories with a time travel twist" in which two lovers are reincarnated far in the future. They're sent back in time to reconcile the problems they had when they were alive. One catch: one of them doesn't know about the reincarnation, and one does. And the one who does is reincarnated as an animal companion who can't reveal the secret.

In Penance, the pair is Penelope, who doesn't realize that Jim, her dog companion, is really her lover in a former life. They're forced to live through the events that got them killed, but this time Jim has a chance to undo the wrong he did.

These three History Patrol books are among my favorites because they're complicated but really simple at heart: two people who are connected through life and death, who need to make it work.

What a great idea for a series!

And the 3rd book is here, and the 3rd book is coming, and...

So much news!

The third book in the Deadly Landscaping series is out in print and will be is now available in digital. Daisies, Deadly Force, and Disastrous Divorce Disputes wraps up the story of Charlie, Sam, and Cassie and also puts to rest some memories from Cassie's past.

And the second History Patrol book has been uploaded to Smashwords and it's available on the Kindle. Vengeance is the story of Nico Haidess, a man who was infected with an immortality virus and has waited 200 years to get his revenge on the man who infected him. Now his time has come -- but Nico may have to kill the woman he loves in order to get revenge.

And I just got the new covers for a mystery coming out later this year ("Mist") and for the third History Patrol book, coming out later this summer.









Oh, and I'm moving -- and packing like a crazy person. Two months and counting. So I won't be updating my web site as often because I'm a bit harried right now. But I'll be back with news when I can!