Karen Wiesner

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First Draft in 30 Days

Erin Shanley, a hospice nurse, turns amateur sleuth when she realizes that some of her patients are being swindled out of their life savings by the new "psychic" fortunetellers in Briar's Point. She confides in her neighbor, Detective Tyler Shaw, whom she grew up alongside and considers her best friend. Tough guy Ty has been in love with Erin since their disastrous first attempt at a romantic relationship when they were teenagers. Erin has been skittish about love since she discovered her father was cheating on her mother--and Ty is so much like her father. How can she risk loving a reckless, restless adventurer when her mother's loyalty to a man like that brought her so much pain? But when Erin's bumbling sleuthing attempts arouse someone's wrath, she realizes her heart isn't the only thing in danger.

Fate of Souls

Chris Spindler

The third collection of Falcon's Bend Detectives Pete Shasta and Danny Vincent's cases, with Patrol Officer Amber Carfi including: First Sight: Patrol Officer Amber Carfi and her partner on and off the Falcon's Bend Police Department, Warren Jensen, are facing some major life changes. They eloped a month ago, and Amber's not keen on telling her father why she'd deprived him of being present for the event--namely that she was tired of the heated "nuptials" competition with her father's bride-to-be Cora. Additionally, following an on-the-job injury that's left him unable to do his work properly, Warren is retiring early from the force. On this, his last day on the job, Amber and Warren are called to the Falcon's Bend High School. Sloane Oligney and high school math teacher Chad Martin are two of the unfortunate hostages of a troubled, violently dangerous student "JZ" who blames Sloane for his girlfriend Laura breaking up with him. Sloane's daughter Laura is the picture of popularity--good grades and a cheerleader. She'd been tutoring JZ this school year and flirting with him, not realizing how much he's fallen in love with her until it's too late. Laura uses her mother as a convenient excuse to end any potential romance when JZ tells her how he feels. But a furiously angry JZ won't let it end at that, not when he discovers that Mr. Martin has asked Sloane to speak at their Careers class. Sloane has been blind since birth but she hasn't let her disability slow her down. She's an inspiration to those around her. Still, the one mistake she believes she'd made was falling in love with the wrong person. While Laura came out of that ill-advised union and her daughter has been the best kind of blessing, she doesn't believe in "love at first sight"--certainly not the ungrounded type JZ is convinced he holds for her daughter. Nevertheless, when Sloane hears Chad's voice as he talks her down and helps her through their precarious situation, she wonders if "love at first sound" is possible...and whether they'll make it out alive to find out for sure. Identity: With his own adopted young son to guide him, Falcon's Bend Police Department Investigator Pete Shasta has been working on a relationship with both of his parents after their traumatizing divorce during his childhood. They're closer than ever before when his father is diagnosed with end-stage cancer. Pete and his brother Jordan know for sure that their younger sister Crystal, whom they'd all lost touch with years ago, should be here with them. When Pete's own investigation into her whereabouts comes up empty, they hire a private detective to find her. Unfortunately, by the time she's located, it's too late. Their father is gone, leaving an immense inheritance for all of them to share. But their sister is no longer the girl any of them remember, proving the hard lessons Pete's been learning of late: that a person's identity changes as they get older and priorities shift for better or worse. But is his sister's homecoming too little, too late...in more ways than one? Cupid's Romance: Falcon's Bend Police Department Investigator Danny Vincent is always wary when his partner Pete leaves town for any reason. In the past, he's gotten some of the strangest cases when he's on his own, and, after Pete and Lisa take leave to receive the newborn baby they're adopting, Danny and his temporary partner, Patrol Officer Amber Carfi get a doozy. Dispatch takes a call from a separated-and-on-the-verge-of-divorce newlywed, complaining of a stalker, and Danny's bad premonition gets worse. Rye Iverson doesn't know the person following him, watching his house, sending him strange little notes signed "Cupid" that insist in no uncertain terms that the Iversons continue the happily-ever-after brought about by the winged messenger of love with its Golden Arrow. Does Rye Iverson know much more than he's divulging? Out of Mind: Out of sight is not out of mind for Falcon's Bend Patrol Officer Amber Carfi, who's long-time partner and new husband has retired and she'd not sure what to make of his replacement, Fergie Giles. She knows the chief was pressured into hiring a woman, and she can't see any other reason why the defensive, closed-book Fergie would have been hired...until they get a case of a woman who insists she's being pursued by her childhood kidnapper. Hailing from Minnesota, Molly Keane is found hiding on a farm in rural Falcon's Bend and is admitted to the hospital. Though the woman insists she's running from the same kidnapper who tried to take her as a child and her journal gives a vague description of the person in question, Amber and Fergie can't find hide nor hair of the perpetrator. The woman's father tells them this event is fabricated in Molly's very confused head. Since she was five years old and fell down a steep case of stairs, hitting her head and causing a violent concussion, she's suffered from anterograde amnesia and her brain can't form any new memories for longer than 24 hours. The only thing she seems to remember is a kidnapping that never took place. Just as abruptly as she'd been discovered hiding, Molly disappears again. Amber and her new partner, who suddenly has a lot to say, begin to piece together the fifteen-year-old tragedy of a child who may never escape her trauma. Lonely Hearts: Lisa, wife of FBPD investigator Pete Shasta, is trying her hardest to avoid mystery in her very full, busy life. But when her sister-in-law confides her worries about her sister Shelley Wilson, who's had nothing but bad luck with men and has all but abandoned her daughter, Lisa also becomes worried and then downright concerned about Shelley's involvement in a "lonely hearts" support group, where she falls in love with a man accused of fraud and murder. Is Shelley again a victim or an accessory to organized crime? Assassin: FBPD investigators Pete Shasta and Danny Vincent have prayed mightily to have seen the last of FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Lock. But when he shows up in Falcon's Bend at Christmastime, they find themselves involved whether they like it or not. A pseudo Christian doomsday cult believes that the World Wide Web is evil. They've set up multiple cells around the world focused on bringing down the internet beast. According to Robert, their ringleader is the most unlikely terrorist in the world--a mouse of a man who actually runs his own successful internet business in Falcon's Bend. Robert is determined to destroy the cult from the inside out...to protect his wife Azure, the daughter of the FBI's Associate Deputy Director, who's not only involved in the cult but has been sent to prove her loyalty to them by killing him...

Falcon's Bend Case Files, Volume III

The third collection of FalconÕs Bend Detectives Pete Shasta and Danny Vincent's cases, with Patrol Officer Amber Carfi. First Sight: A troubled student holds a gun on a teacher and another studentÕs mother. Identity: Is Pete's long-lost sisterÕs homecoming too little, too lateÉin more ways than one? Cupid's Romance: An on-the-verge-of-divorce newlywed complains of a stalker that signs ""Cupid"" to every threat. Out of Mind: A woman on the run insists she's being pursued by a childhood kidnapper. Lonely Hearts: A sister-in-lawÕs sibling gets involved in a Òlonely heartsÓ support group. Is she the victim or an accessory to organized crime? Assassin: FBI agent Robert Lock is undercover protecting his wife who's not only involved in the cult heÕs investigating but has to prove her loyalty by killing himÉ

When mankind realized Earth would become uninhabitable, Humans built space habitations. Their first allies arrived in 2073 and shared their technology to power ships through space corridors that fold space and time. Only 58 years into their struggle for survival, an enemy emerges. In the wake of this threat an organic menace is only beginning to be recognized, ensuring the annihilation of every living thing if, together, they can't find a way to stop it. Spacefaring liveship, the Aero, is on a routine mission to the far-flung regions of the galaxy when they receive a distress call from their oldest space habitation outside the Sol System. The structure has been brutally attacked, inhabitants kidnapped or outright killed. The crew aboard the Aero including Astoria Bertoletti, librarian and planet cataloger, and Raze Salen, mankind's emissary, search for clues to explain the unprecedented tragedy. After several more, similar distress calls from other habitations, the savage pieces of the mystery begin to emerge--and point to the culpability of humanity's short-sightedness and desperation when they first began seeking out alternate spaces in the galaxy to call home. In the midst of the imminent threat of war, Raze and Tori present the immutable evidence of wrongdoing both intentional and inadvertent to their government as well as to their strongest and weakest allies who may have no choice but to desert them in yet another hour of dire need.

Immutable

Incognito Series

Dead Drop

Someone has unleashed an ancient evil bent on destroying Cassidy Christopher by eradicating the women he loves, one by one... Just one year earlier, Cassidy's daughter, Maddie, was attacked by a creature who was unleashed by human hands from its chains beneath The Protector, an ancient oak on the Christopher property. In the dead of the night, Maddie calls her best friend, Robyn Warren. Robyn hastens to be with the only family she's ever known. In the wake of newfound surrender to a love they can no longer fight, Robyn and Cass find they have everything they've ever wanted...except time.

Sweet Dreams

Paper Tiger, Book 5 of the Kaleidoscope Series

Tori Bertoletti, librarian and planet cataloger, and Raze Salen, mankind's emissary, aboard the Human spacefaring liveship the Aero have convinced their government of the dire need to negotiate formal alliances with the other cultures in the galaxy. The monumental task they're undertaking and the consequences of failure are mind-rattlingly clear. Complications muddle the mission in the form of uneasy truces and frustrating stalemates, long-held enigmatical cosmologies suddenly called into life-altering question, along with immediate and imminent threats that could tear apart the fabric of the entire universe and everything living in it.

Inevitable

Unlucky in love and unable to count their blessings during the Thanksgiving holiday, Layla and Adam find themselves jilted at the same time by the person they assumed was their soulmate. Heartbroken, snowed in and forced to share the only available cabin in town, they have no choice but to re-evaluate everything they've ever wanted in life...and love.

Adventures in Amethyst Series, Book 12: Unlucky in Love

For the ten generations since the evil first came to Woodcutter's Grim, the Guardians have sworn an oath to protect the town from the childhood horrors that lurk in the black woods. Without them, the town would be defenseless...and the terrors would escape to the world at large. The youngest son in a family of shape-shifting goats, William Gruff escaped a dire fate but his life is desperately lonely, engineering fantastical bridges that defy logic. Nothing prepares him for meeting Adaryn Azar. Adaryn has a secret that keeps her on the run. Just as everything she's ever wanted is about to come true with Liam, her enemy discovers her. But starting over would mean losing the timeless love she's found with Liam.

Bridge of Fire, Part 1: Out of the Ashes

What do you get with a former wild man who's committed his path to the Lord and a woman who has absolutely nothing to lose? It's either a match made in heaven...or a sure-fire heartache. Gregg Stevens has spent a lifetime making bad decisions, never knowing true love. Stormie Knight, a new Christian, beguiles him with her eccentricities and with her well-kept secrets. But extracting them could shatter both of their hearts, along with the newborn faith of a wayward angel not yet ready to spread her wings.

Book 4, Wounded Warrior Series

Wayward Angels

Second in Network command, Shannon McKee leads the organization with an iron fist. Yet, when the opportunity comes to take down the most notorious drug dealer in history, she goes after her heart�s desire�to utterly destroy the man who killed her younger brother. Shannon has more reason to hate this criminal than anyone else, yet she finds herself confused by his contradictions. Is he a man with no options, playing a game he desperately wants out of? Or is he an enigma, trying to seduce her in a cat and mouse chase she can�t win? The only man alive who can stop this undercover angel from her suicide mission is the Navy SEAL she served with and nearly lost her heart to, Ron Blair. But can Ron save her...from herself?

Undercover Angel, Book 7 of the Incognito Series

In Cahoots With Cupid, Book 2 of the Kaleidoscope Series

Kaleidoscope Office Building provides employment to nine hot, young singles-all about to make a love connection. Working 9 to 5 has never been so complicated...or so much fun! Kaleidoscope Series is a compilation of all seven novellas in the series including "Perfect Cadence" (Book 1), "In Cahoots With Cupid" (Book 2), "Behind Amethyst Eyes" (Book 3), "Jordana's Chair" (Book 4), "Paper Tiger" (Book 5), "Cabin Fever" (Book 6), and ""The Longest Night"" (Book 7)

Kaleidoscope Series

Detailed examples from published novels, the principles of building a story, worksheets and checklists to assist with character development, and the proper steps for submitting a completed work are provided in this comprehensive guide for aspiring writers. Original.

A Writer's Guide To Cohesive Story Building

From First Draft To Finished Novel

Long-time Head of Network Operations, Angelo Pluzetti, has faced danger in every form, to the most extreme degree. He gives his loyalty without question to the primary mission of the Network and to his family of operatives. He's kept his own heart, emotions and personal needs buried. After countless years, Angelo has never failed and never been captured by an enemy...until he's targeted by R.E.D. and kidnapped. The last thing he expects is the deceptively-frail, Network doctor and the mother of his unborn child, Celine Savage, to be the one to save his life and unbury his heart.

Dance In Shadows, Book 9 of the Incognito Series

Roan Emory, Network operative, formerly Daniel Sands, was inducted against his will. Perry L Engle, an FBI agent and the only woman he ever loved, has never been convinced that the car accident that took Daniel's life was legitimate. Just before his disappearance 25 years earlier, Daniel had been approached for recruitment by a covert agency. Now the scenario that had seemed like the catalyst to tragedy is taking place again. Outside her son Danny s office, Perry hears a familiar voice she d overheard the day before Daniel disappeared, giving an identical recruiting pitch to her son. When she finds the man Roan Emory in Chicago, she has to face the fact that Daniel had willingly given up her, their love, and the child he d never known she was carrying. In a horrifying twist of fate, Perry realizes the only one who can save their son is Roan Emory--the most dangerous man in the world.

Dead Drop, Book 4 of the Incognito Series

Heaven's promise, desire's flame There are no scars like those inflicted in childhood, and no love like your first. Timeless couples Rori Mason and Nate Jovanovich, Darlene Foxx and Jace Radcliffe, Savvy O Brien and Brett Foxx seek out the unconditional love and healing of an angel and the scorching heat of unending passion. A man of God, a fallen angel. Two different worlds, one undying love... For the first time in her life, Rori Mason is independent, supporting herself; she has friends who love her, and most importantly she respects herself. She's vowed never to allow a man to hurt her again. Nate Jovanovich broke the heart of a younger, less cynical Rori by marrying her rival. Eleven years later, Nate has lost his wife, gained a child and, at the end of it all, realizes Rori is still the woman of his heart.

Falling Star, Book 1 of the Angelfire Trilogy

For the ten generations since the evil first came to Woodcutter's Grim, the Guardians have sworn an oath to protect the town from the childhood horrors that lurk in the black woods. Without them, the town would be defenseless...and the terrors would escape to the world at large. Very loosely based on "Metamorphoses: The Story of Pygmalion and the Statue" by Ovid. Cheyenne Welsh can't forget her past and the disappearance of her younger sister. When she returns to Woodcutter's Grim to sell the family property she grew up on, she's confronted with all the nightmare-realities of her childhood, still alive and well, still right where she left them--down in the darkness the Deep dwells inside. Her home...

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