I've lived six lives in one and it all shows up in the books I write, one way or another. I was always a risk taker and broke mustangs at thirteen years old in Oregon. I learn to break them with love, not threat or pain. At 17 years old, I picked night-crawlers (worms) out in our Oregon orchards from 9pm to midnight, every night. I earned enough money to buy my school clothes and book. I also plunked down $600 to a flight company at the Medford, Oregon airport and asked them to teach me...a girl...to fly. I soloed in 12 hours, which is average. From that time until I left for the US Navy at 18, I had accrued 39 hours of flight time in my Cessna 150 single engine airplane. I was in the US military and was an AG3 (weather forecaster). There was no airplane club, so I couldn't fly when I was in the Navy. But I could look at the clouds in the sky ;-). Later, I flew in a B-52 bomber for a day and night mission (18 hours total), a T-38 Talon jet, USAF, where I was riding in a "chase plane" on a test flight in a Dragonfly jet. I was one of the first AFLA (American Fencing League of America) women fencers to fence with epee and sabre. These weapons were closed to women because they were too 'heavy' for a female to handle. I said baloney and fought the males and won half my bouts. I was part of a surge of women fencers on the East Coast in the 1970's to push for equality in the sport. Together, we changed the sport and changed the mind of the men. Today? In the Olympics? Women now fence in foil, epee and sabre, thanks to what we did as a vanguard showing the world it could be done. I then became a volunteer firefighter when I was a civilian once more, the first woman in an all - male fire department in West Point, Ohio for three years. I became a local expert not only in firefighting, driving the engine and tanker trunks, but also had training in hazardous material (Reynoldsburg Fire Academy, Columbus, OH). My books always reflect what I experienced. If you like edgy, gritty, deeply and emotionally intense love stories with sympathetic heroes and heroines, check out my newest series that will be available mid-Oct. 2015, and it incorporates much of what I have lived.
Series
Books
Morgan's Son
1995
The Heart Beneath
2002
Tangled Pursuit
2015
Boxcar Christmas
2018
On Fire
2015
High Country Rebel
2013
Beyond Valor
2013
Heart of the Eagle
1986
Wild Mustang Woman
1998
Too Near the Fire
1984
Heart Of The Warrior
2000
Dark Truth
2007
The Five Days of Christmas
2013
Untamed Desire
2013
Hold On
2016
Forged in Fire
2015
Heart of the Storm
2007
Course of Action
Crossfire
2015
Ride the Thunder
2002
Out Rider
2016
Sister Of Fortune
2004
Man With A Mission
2001
Never Enough
2017
Taking Fire
2015
Wolf Haven
2014
Sanctuary
2018
Point of Departure
1993
Lone Rider
2018
Wind River Undercover
2020
Guardian
2010
Wind River Cowboy
2017
Return of a Hero
1989
His Duty to Protect
2012
Hold Me
2016
Stallion Tamer
1998
Wounded Heart - Crossfire
2022
Red Tail
1985
Courage Under Fire
2021
The Loner
2013
Beyond The Limit
2006
Unbound Pursuit
2016
Night Hawk
2015
Silver Creek Fire
2020
Heart of the Hunter
1998
Man Of Passion
2003
Nowhere to Hide
2015
Her Healing Touch
2003
Under Fire
1991
Christmas Angel
2018
Love Me Before Dawn
2013
King of Swords
1992
Wild Woman
2005
White Wolf
1997
Heart Of The Jaguar
1998
Enemy Mine
2005
Operation
Forbidden
2011
A Measure Of Love
1987
No Quarter Given
1991
Hangar 13
1994
An Honorable Woman
2003
Course of Action
2013
The Rogue
1993
Brave Heart
1993
Destiny's Woman
2002
Dangerous Prey
2007
Danger Close
2000
Morgan's Mercenaries
Heart of Stone
2001
Blind Sided
2016
Saved by a SEAL
2016
The Quest
2008
Morgan's Wife
1995
Christmas with My Cowboy
2017
Dangerous
2018
No Surrender
1989
Broken Dreams
2016
The Untamed Hunter
2000
Hunter's Pride
1999
First Born
2004
Solitaire
1987
Wind River Protector
2019
A Proposal for Christmas
State Secrets / The Five Days of Christmas
2013
Lord of Shadowhawk
1992
Heart of the Tiger
1988
Breaking Point
2014
Running Fire
2015
Last Chance
2015
Wrangler's Challenge
2017
The Gauntlet
1991
The Seeker
2009
Silent Witness
2005
The Wrangler
2012
Daughter of Destiny
2004
Woman Of Innocence
2002
Protecting His Own
2002
Down Range
2013
Off Limits
1992
Morgan's Rescue
1995
Wilderness Passion
1984
Reunion
2010
Sun Woman
1991
Snowflake's Gift
2017
Morgan's Marriage
1996
Snowbound
2008
Marrying My Cowboy
2019
Dawn Of Valor
1991
Silver Creek Bodyguard
2022
Kassie's Cowboy
2018
Secrets
2016
Unforgiven
2006
Trapped
2017
A Man Alone
2000
Heart Of The Wolf
1993
Commando
1993
Risk Taker
2014
A Question of Honor
1989
Wind River Lawman
2018
The Hidden Heart
2017
Wind River Rancher
2016
Zone of Fire
2015
Home to Wind River
2018
Deadly Silence
2011
The Defender
2012
The Last Cowboy
2011
Degree of Risk
2014
Secret Dream
2016
Texas Wildcat
1985
Strength Under Fire
2021
His Woman in Command
2010
Shadows from the Past
2009
Never Surrender
2014
The Will To Love
2002
Deadly Identity
2010
Chase the Clouds
1983
Wind River Wrangler
2016
Ride the Tiger
1992
Countdown
1994
The Adversary
2010
