Not by choice but from necessity, Random Chance has always managed to survive by living a little outside the law. Now he's not so sure about the survival part. While fleeing a marshal whose brother he killed in self-defense, he comes across a young couple who have been mortally wounded by two thieves he saw stealing their horses. In the couple's wagon, Random finds a baby girl, and he promises the dying mother that he will raise the child as his own. Riding into the next town with the baby, he is mistaken for the dead man, who was to have been the new preacher. Needing a place to stay and raise the child, he decides to go along with the deception. Besides, he's determined to catch the killers who made the baby an orphan, and he knowst hey are nearby--which is why he agrees to become the town's sheriff too. Now, if he can just be a good father to the baby, and keep the towns people from finding out that their preacher can't read or write and that their sheriff is wanted by the law...

Young widow, Alice Porter, never thought she would fall in love again, and that her family's journey along the Oregon Trail was the end of her story. Rugged militiaman, Jarvis Flint, never thought he would fall in love in the first place, even though he is determined to be a man of honor and to do his duty. But sometimes the things you never think will happen are the ones that hit you when you aren't looking. When a routine rest along the trail turns into an opportunity to stop a land war between feuding brother and sister ranch owners, Alice finds herself draw into an adventure her grieving heart isn't prepared for. More than an adventure, as she and Jarvis work together to resolve the siblings' dispute, they find themselves battling a passion that neither can deny. In competition with each other and with themselves, they fight to uncover a love that is worth sacrificing for and a life after heartbreak. Only love has the power to heal hearts and mend fences.... Please Be Advised: Steam Level - HOT

Humans are "primitive, unintelligent, and highly emotional." Luckily that's only half of Isobel's problem...Dark beasts and terror are coming. Isobel is warned that only her special instincts and abilities can save her villagers from extinction caused by evil creatures called the Carachi, possibly sent by her mother's killer. To save her people and preserve her safe world, Isobel must cross the bridge from her childish mind to reality and accept that she cannot escape her destiny.Legends are steeped in truth and there is much to learn about the secrets of the world in which Isobel lives. Isobel must now leave her childhood home in Greenhill to forge new bonds with an ancient race that has been hidden for centuries, and try to persuade them to emerge once again and fight for her people. If successful, Isobel could confront her mother's killer......But, if she fails, the world could fall into darkness forever.Full of adventure, The Burden of Destiny follows a young heroine's quest to find her place and save her people. It will inspire readers by addressing the meaning of trust, duty, loss, love, and the importance of preserving the world in which we all belong.