Books


My books are all available from my online bookstore (ebooks only) and on Amazon (ebooks, paperbacks, and some audiobooks). When you buy ebooks directly from me, you get the exact same books (sometimes at a discount) as you would from Amazon, and you can read them on a wider variety of devices. I also get more of the royalty than Amazon pays.

PEACH BLOSSOM ROMANTIC SUSPENSE SERIES

Love and danger spar in the Oklahoma farming community of Peach Blossom, where couples lean on their faith and each other to overcome life-altering obstacles.

Book 1: Into the Fog (placed 2nd, Selah Awards, & 1st, Audio Book Review Awards)
In this award-winning book, MJ Goodrich thinks no one would ever want to marry her once they discover a debilitating injury stole her ability to have children. Josh Rivers doesn’t think he deserves love again, not after his military-related PTSD destroyed his family. When he finds her unconscious in a chilly stream, she claims her friend Kelsey was hit by a car, but he sees no sign of it. Time is running out for Kelsey, and MJ and Josh team up to find her despite the danger that seems to lurk behind every corner. Find out how MJ and Josh—swirling in a whirlwind of mystery and suspense—lean on their mutual faith to find answers, courage, forgiveness, healing … and wholesome romance.


Book 2: From Chaos
Kelsey White fees her ex-husband’s family with secrets she can’t risk revealing. Gregorio Moreno shields his broken heart with an adrenaline-inducing lifestyle. After eight months of friendship, she still keeps him at arm’s length. He finally convinces her to go on a solo date, and, wouldn’t you know it, they witness a murder. Now they’re on the run and must face their fears, secrets, flaws, and lies they tell themselves to survive. Follow the riveting story of two friends with very different backgrounds whose traumas convince them they aren’t good enough for a second chance at love. But will the murderers let them have their happily ever after they crave?


Book 3: Deadly Christmas Secret
April Carlston’s dreams faded long ago, and she’s just trying to get through each day on a menial income. Assistant Regional Medical Examiner Ethan Smythe is too focused on his own ambitions to consider romance. Days before Christmas, a fateful collision forces them into a life-altering encounter. Shocking family secrets lead them on a perilous chase for a ruthless killer. Uncover a Deadly Christmas Secret that will thrill and warm your heart. In this inspirational, suspense-filled page-turner, watch as mystery unravels, sparks fly between unlikely allies, and love emerges from the shadows.


Last Stop by Karen Randau

Book 4: Last Stop
Meet Savannah Douglas—a woman haunted by a traumatic past that has left her commitment-averse. When her attempt at marriage unravels at the altar, she finds refuge in Peach Blossom, colliding with Deputy Zach Gleason, a man scarred by his own history of abandonment and tragedy. Their lives intertwine when she causes a bank robbery to go wrong, propelling them into the path of a vengeful criminal who unleashes havoc on the town. Savannah and Zach navigate suspense and danger, forming a bond fueled by shared faith and a desire to protect the ones they hold dear.


KAYLA WALSH MYSTERY-SUSPENSE TRILOGY

A young woman embarks on an international quest to deliver justice to a brutal murderer in this thrilling trilogy!

Nowhere to Hide, Book 1 in the new Kayla Walsh Mystery Suspense Trilogy

Book 1: Nowhere to Hide
Kendra McGee wouldn’t have entered her parents’ house if she’d paid attention to the sound of a gate closing nearby, or if she hadn’t discounted the shadow that briefly appeared then ducked back into the darkness. But she did enter, and now she’s dumping witness protection to embark on a quest with her best friend, Martin Daniels, to bring justice to the home invader who killed her parents and put her in a coma. Get Nowhere to Hide now to see how Kayla and Martin grow closer as they unearth the life-threatening truth!


Book 2: No One to Trust
Now officially Kayla Walsh and on a life-threatening journey to deliver justice to a brutal murder, she places her trust in the wrong person and soon regrets it. Devastated when she learns why and how her parents were murdered, but not who did it, Kayla and follow clues through Paris and into the French countryside — only to end up in the killer’s lair. Can Kayla and Martin survive their misplaced trust, or will they become the next victims? And will their love survive with them? Find out now.


Book 3: Nothing to Lose
On the final leg of her quest for justice, Kayla arrives in Australia under duress. She’s on the run from the man who killed her parents. She soon learns she must find a priceless gem as ransom for her grandmother. What she finds in Australia cringes her, but will it gives her the evidence she needs to take down her stalker? Will she get there in time to save herself, her grandmother, and the man she loves? To find out, buy this bone-chilling final installment in the Kayla Walsh Mystery Suspense trilogy.


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3 Books in 1!
Lies and secrets destroyed Kayla’s family. Her quest to find the truth could turn deadly. When they realize their lives crossed by design, they join forces to follow clues across the globe to find out why. Their agonizing discovery: They’re puppets in a sinister international plot. Read More >>

Prequel: Hidden No More
In this exciting prequel to the Kayla Walsh mystery-suspense series, Amelee Hodgins is at the top of her game as a news anchor at a Tulsa television station until the day her husband leaves her for a younger woman … and takes her treasured dog with him. While listening to her co-anchor report on a murdered family, she falls out of her chair on live TV, drunk. She’s determined to solve the crime to repair her career. Will Amelee and Kate find the killer before becoming the next victims of a scheme that reaches deep into Tulsa’s elite? And how does that murder tie in to the home invasion story? Get Hidden No More now and unearth the life-threatening secret Amelee discovers.



Frankie Shep Suspense Novella Series

A middle-aged, isolated widow gets a second chance at love after finding a mass burial ground on her Wyoming Ranch

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Book 1: Mystery Bones Murders
Frankie Shep is a modern-day Wyoming rancher who holds a shameful secret close to her heart. Plagued by guilt over her husband and son’s deaths, she isolates herself with just her animals for companions. Her new neighbor, Pastor Quint O’Brien, moved to Wyoming to find peace. He and Frankie try to deny the automatic attraction between them. When she finds a human bone exposed during a storm, she’s shocked to find it links back to a brutal 17-year-old crime that forever changed Frankie’s life. As Frankie and Quint become closer, they help each other deal with the traumas of their past. But can they survive a plot to destroy Frankie’s future? Find out now.


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Book 2: Survival Instinct
Frankie still harbors the gut-wrenching secret that has haunted her since the deaths of her husband and young son. Still, she’s moving on with her life with Pastor Quint O’Brien by her side. Then tragedy strikes again. Her flight crashes on a lofty peak in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park. She has no food, water, or shelter in arctic conditions. Instinct kicks in when she finds the only other survivors: a toddler and a small dog. She taps into skills she learned as a child to overcome unspeakable odds. But the guy who crashed the plane will do anything to guarantee that all witnesses perish. Will she find the redemption she seeks? Or will she become the killer’s next victim? Find out now.


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Book 3: Choir Loft Murder
Frankie Shep has endured too many tragedies in her life. When she finally dares to love again, a revengeful plot threatens to cancel her wedding plans and send her fiance to death row. But this feisty modern-day rancher won’t stand for it. A member of the church choir dies in an unusual way that implicates her fiance, Pastor Quint O’Brien. She is shocked to discover Quint was a champion in a rare sport but quit the sport after a family disaster. And now he’s refusing to talk about his fate. Can she unravel the vindictive plot before she becomes a crazed killer’s next victim? Get Choir Loft Murder to find out!

3 pulse-pounding reads in 1 e-book!

Frankie Shep’s shameful secret keeps her isolated with just her animals as companions. When a handsome new neighbor rides up on his horse, her attraction to him gives her more to deal with than a serial killer burying his victims on her property. Can she overcome her guilt and shame enough to trust herself to love again? And will the couple survive plot after plot to destroy their future?


Rim Country Mysteries

A later-in-life widow gets a second chance at love after her husband of 30 years dies in a mass theater shooting. Because these books were traditionally published, they’re aren’t available in my online bookstore.

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Book 1: Deadly Deceit A cocoon of naiveté shatters on Rita Warren’s thirtieth wedding anniversary, when a terrorist murders her former-Marine husband Jared and thirteen other movie goers. Ensnarled in a cover-up that puts her in an assassin’s crosshairs, Rita must unravel a web of lies and connections that date back to Jared’s service in the Iraq war – before a mysterious kidnapper returns Rita’s daughter Zoe one body part at a time. This fast-paced thriller is one you won’t want to put down from beginning to end. Read More>>

Book 2: Deadly Inheritance
Rita and Cliff are are on their honeymoon in Scotland, where Cliff also plans to meet his grandfather for the first time. While the newlyweds check into the honeymoon suite at a luxurious Scottish hotel, the reception clerk dies after opening a note meant for Cliff. The action shifts into high gear when a mysterious woman uses the hotel clerk’s car against Rita and Cliff. The couple team up with Detective Ian MacDougal to discover who wants them dead and why. The search for answers takes them on a one-of-a-kind tour of Scotland. Murder and a fistful of action combine to make Rita’s Scottish honeymoon something she didn’t envision! Read More>>

Book 3: Deadly Choices
Rita and Cliff Avery team up again to solve a spate of murders in their picturesque Arizona mountain town of Rim Vista. Rita’s mother Willow delivers gut-wrenching news while falling for the man who could be responsible for four deaths. And Rita must escape a string of life-threatening predicaments thrown at her by an assailant willing to do anything to scare Cliff off the case. Read More>>

Book 4: Deadly Payload
Rita’s husband and son are gravely ill after an attack on Rim Vista’s water supply. In Book Four of the Rim Country Mysteries, Rita  partners with a homeless war vet nicknamed Crazy Mary to save her family and community from the next strike. This book was a finalist in the Beverly Hills Book Awards and the Book Excellence Awards. Read More>>


Tawnee Mountain Mysteries

7 Authors; 7 Novellas; 1 Final Destination

One of seven books in a multi-author series, Deadly Reception takes Rita and Cliff on an action-filled “vacation” to a posh resort for the wedding of her daughter Zoe. Except she didn’t count on a severed head in her closet or skeletons in the basement where she is held hostage! This wasn’t the perfect wedding Rita planned.