Raine and Cisco Return!

The Dead Season: A Raine Stockton Dog Mystery (Volume 6)

Raine Stockton and her search-and-rescue dog, Cisco, return in their most intense adventure yet with The Dead Season. 

January is known as the dead season in the small Smoky mountain community of Hanover County, North Carolina.  For dog trainer and wilderness expert Raine Stockton, who hasn't had a client in six months, this season has been deader than most.  When the New Day Wilderness Program for Troubled Teens offers her a job leading a group of students on a winter camping expedition as part of their rehabilitation program, Raine jumps at the chance-- particularly since it means she will be able to take her golden retriever, Cisco, with her.  

But something is not right at New Day, and Raine and Cisco soon find themselves caught in a web of intrigue, suspicion and sabotage.  As the group moves deeper into the wilderness beneath steadily worsening weather, Raine begins to fear she and Cisco may soon find themselves trapped on the mountainside... with a killer.

The Dead Season is not your typical dog mystery, and the ending  already has readers talking. When you have finished reading, you can add your opinion on what really happened on that mountain  (SPOILER ALERT) by going to the Raine Stockton Dog Mystery page , or click "Dog Mysteries" above.  

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A missing teenage girl... a desperate mother... a frantic call in the night... is this a cruel hoax, or the work of a maniacal serial killer?


The peaceful resort town of St. Teresa-by-the-Sea on Florida's Forgotten Coast is known for its low crime rate, pristine beaches, and great fishing. But tragedy can come even to Paradise, as Carol Dennison found out two and a half years ago when her fourteen-year-old daughter, Kelly, disappeared on her way to a Tallahassee concert. Now, just as Carol as beginning to rebuild the pieces of her shattered life, she receives a midnight call from someone who calls her "mama" and begs for help. Is this a cruel prank designed to terrorize and punish Kelly's father for the role he played in bringing a recently paroled criminal to justice? Or is it possible that Kelly is still alive?

A grim investigation uncovers a connection between Kelly and other girls who have gone missing along the Gulf Coast in the past few years. When the body of one of those missing girls washes up on the shores of St. Teresa-by-the-Sea, the police are forced to admit they may have a serial killer in their midst. And with over three thousand college students poised to descend on the tiny community for spring break, their only hope for stopping him before he strikes again is the frightened voice of a teenage girl on the telephone... and the desperate determination of the parents who love her.

Shattered is not a book for the faint of heart.  It even scared me, and I knew the ending!  Mothers, beware.  Hold your children close while reading this one. 

For a limited time, anyone who is interested in writing a review for Amazon.com can receive a free digital copy of SHATTERED just by contacting me through this web site.  As a bonus, all of my reviewers through the end of May will be entered in a drawing to receive a gift basket filled with books and other really cool stuff.  More details to come!

Happy Holidays!

I am worse than a kid in a candy shop with my new Kindle Fire!  I just can't stop downloading books, movies and magazines-- in full color, no less.  Someone stop me please:)  If Santa was similarly good to you, here is a little something extra for your stocking: The following Kindle Books are FREE through December 28:

RENEGADE

NIGHT FLIGHT

SANCTUARY

EXPOSURE



Have a happy, prosperous and well-read new year!

More Happy Holidays from Ladybug Farm!



Now available in Print or e-book  

Yes, it's true!  In response to reader demand, Christmas on Ladybug Farm, a special holiday novella, is available just in time for holiday giving (and reading!)

Join the familiar characters from Ladybug Farm as they prepare for another hectic holiday and remember past Christmases that have had special meaning in their lives.  Meantime, one of their own has gone astray, and it begins to look as though it will take a miracle to bring the family back together again.

I hope you enjoy Christmas on Ladybug Farm, but remember--novella means short!  This book is under 200 pages in print, but it does include a bonus holiday recipe section.

And if you are a Ladybug Farm Lover,  stop by http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/59264.Ladybug_Farm   for news, contests, and a special behind-the scenes look at the writing of Christmas on Ladybug Farm.

Happy Holidays from Raine and Cisco!

Now in E-Book and  Print  Editions!

'TIS THE SEASON

It's Christmas time, and for Raine Stockton and her Search and Rescue dog, Cisco, Hansonville, North Carolina is just like a Norman Rockwell painting-- except for the rash of thefts of baby Jesus figurines from nativity scenes, an abandoned box of golden retriever puppies that someone leaves beside her mailbox, and a mysterious gift from one of Cisco's a grateful admirers.  Raine already has her hands full with her own misbehaving pooches, unexpected house guests, and a complicated new relationship.  But when a newborn is abandoned in the manger of the town's living nativity and Raine walks in on what appears to be the scene of a murder, she has more to worry about than keeping the Christmas spirit alive.

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 What a delight it was to come back to Raine and Cisco again!    I had such fun with BONE YARD that SILENT NIGHT practically wrote itself.    I hope you'll like the direction which I am taking Raine and Cisco's story, because I can't wait to get started on the next installment!

Check the Raine Stockton Dog Mysteries   page  for exciting offers and fun contests throughout the holidays, and please, let me know how you like SILENT NIGHT.

RENEGADE

After a wait of over ten years, readers of the Devoncroix Dynasty books The Passion and The Promise finally get to know what happens next!  Renegade is available  today in print and electronic editions.

Enter a world of lush beauty and dark mystique, where human destiny is controlled by a secret race of ancient, powerful creatures…

Emory Hilliford, a quiet anthropology professor, is drugged, held captive and interrogated by a mysterious stranger who wants only one thing: the truth about an ancient race of beings known as the lupinotuum, half man/half wolf, who have walked among humans for centuries.  Once they ruled the tundra, now they rule Wall Street.  Once they fought with teeth and claws, now they fight with wealth and power.  And Emory Hilliford, an orphan who was raised by a family of sophisticated, influential lupinotuum in twentieth century Venice, is uniquely positioned to chronicle their culture, their history, and their secrets.   

Unknown to all but a select few, Emory has also been carefully groomed to play a crucial role in history, one that could have deadly consequences for his own race, and theirs.  Now forced to tell his story, Emory must decide how much of the truth he can afford to reveal, and what secrets he will take to his grave… because his own time is running out.

From the ancient legends of Greece and Rome to the mysteries of the Dark Ages and the glitter of modern day New York, RENEGADE is a sweeping saga of passion and betrayal, sacrifice and destiny, that will consume your days and haunt your nights  long after the last page is turned.

Bone Yard

  Bone Yard,  a modest little Raine Stockton Dog Mystery novella, was released quietly as a digital book on May 15.  I'm pleased to announce that since that time it has remained in the top 10 in its category on Amazon.com and has outsold all of my other books put together-- including  A Year on Ladybug Farm , At Home on Ladybug Farm , Love Letters from Ladybug Farm and Keys to the Castle in both their digital and print forms! 
    This is the first Raine Stockton Dog mystery in four years, proving the loyalty of my readers and the tenacity of dog lovers.  I guess it's true what they say: If you write it, they will come.  Thank you, readers.  Look for more in this series soon.