The Northstar

The holiday season can’t be over soon enough for John Hall. His ex-boyfriend emptied the bank accounts and ran off with his personal trainer months earlier leaving John unable to pay his creditors. Now he’s forced to close the independent movie theater he runs, a bad end to a bad year.

Over the Hill　A shy bachelor, a reformed playboy, a road trip. A snowstorm, a secluded cabin; will both men get whats on their Christmas list this year? Owen has no trouble meeting men, but hes never fallen in love. Maybe theres something wrong with him? Its not that Edmund hasnt wanted to lose his virginity. He has. He sooo has.

Judes Dude　Love makes its own rules. His cozy cabin rental is usurped by a modern-day Viking dude and Jude has no choice but to accept the suggestion he stay the night. Theyll figure the mess out in the morning, one way or another.

Love Comes Home　Elvis has left the building. Again. Rockstar Milo Zajac is back in Hollyridge, hoping to figure out what to do next. Impulsively he bought an old house that needs a lot of work, and hes living there with his husky, Elvis, a master escape artist. When a young husky dog shows up on Davey Childss ranch, he takes it to the vet, only to discover the irresponsible owner is the grown-up version of the boy he had a crush on in high school.

The Northstar, Over the Hill, and Jude’s Dude have all been previously published, and are separately available where ebooks are sold. Love Comes Home has previously been available on my website. In XOXO I’ve bundled them together for you, no new words have been added to these works of fiction.

Stolen toys and a naughty St. Nick. Will a holiday crime spree bring two hearts together?

Ask Dakota and he’ll say the wall around his heart is high and the moat deep for a reason. Love is a lie.

If Tad knows one single truth, it’s that Dakota is his personal North Star. Dakota, the boy Tad bonded with at fourteen, has grown into Dakota, the man he loves. The second, more frustrating truth, is that Dakota is one of the most stubborn people on the planet.

Dakota craves a simple existence. Work. Sleep. Eat. Hang out with his best friend. Keep things platonic. No one knows him better than Tad.

The holidays have arrived, and it’s supposed to be a time of celebration, but some blackhearted person steals the donations to the town toy box. Dakota finds himself working the case of the purloined toys, while Tad fills in at the town newspaper. It’s inevitable their paths will cross.

Tad is fine with crossing pathsand more. Is it going too far adding Dakota Green to the top of his Christmas wish list?

And what will it take for Dakota to realize that he deserves happiness? That Tad, the person who knows him best, is the one for him?

Trust is a thing of the past. All that matters is the truth.

Forrest Cooper

Cooper Springs' resident lavender farmer has a short list of people he trusts. His sister. Xavier Stone. Magnus and Rufus Ferguson. A newcomer to town is not making his list. Ever. Especially not one who is first on the scene of a murder.

Nero Vik

Recently laid off and once again single, the ex-investigative reporter is digging into the sordid history of Cooper Springs. He's not in town to make friends, he's there to solve an old mystery and maybe bring closure to those who need it. But when he discovers a local man murdered, all eyes are on him.

Once Nero starts investigating, he has questions, most of them for Forrest Cooper.

Forrest is not giving the new guy an inch, much less discussing his sordid family history with him. His past, his sister's past, is not up for debate on some nickel-and-dime podcast hosted by a hack writer.

Nero was the last person to see Donny alive. He was the one who said, maybe you shouldn't. But Donny was someone who never backed down. He got into that van.

One man has dedicated himself to putting his past where it belongs—behind him.

The other is determined to expose the truth—no matter how painful it is.

The perfect storm brings them together. Will they make it through to the other side?

Code Violation is book four in the Reclaimed Hearts series.

Note: The Reclaimed Hearts series follows a different couple in each book but cannot be read as standalones. These books should be read in order as there is ongoing suspense and mystery and previous couples make appearances in future installments.

Have you always thought you were special?

Perennially unemployed loner Nick Sedgewick applies to an online job opening with that exact phrase and expects nothing to come of it. It was likely a no-so-funny prank after all.

If Doug Long Shot Swanson wanted a new work partner hed hire one himself. Hes perfectly happy on his own and if he plays his cards right hell retire sooner rather than later. And he certainly wouldnt hire an irritating spicy-candy-eating slacker whod probably miss his own funeral.

But somebody is killing off agents and Nicks new boss needs Doug and Nick to figure out who it is and put a stop to it. And if they accidentally fall in love along the way that is no ones business but their own.

Neither man wants to be a hero. But maybe between the two of them, they can save the world. Or at least their little corner of it.