Silent Sonora details the life of a heroic young girl, Lillian Carroll, whose family resides in two tents during the 1920’s and 1930’s. Set in depression-era Scottsdale Arizona, the book reveals Lillian’s daily life experiences, the family’s struggles, and her quest for a better life through education. Lillian tells readers directly about tent life, the local “emerging” Arizona communities, and the ongoing hardships she and her family confront. Both of Lillian’s parents are deaf—her father works in the local agricultural industry, while her strong-willed mother endeavors to make the best home she can for her children. Lillian admits that “life was tough,” but assures us she and her family had good times, too. Ultimately, Lillian’s desire for a better education helps her situation—her love of family and strong faith give her the support she needs to finally gain independence.

Cincinnati homicide detective and single mother Sonora Blair puts everything on the line as she battles to find justice after a multiple-murder home invasion At a house at the end of a cul-de-sac in the Cincinnati suburbs, widowed Police Specialist Sonora Blair and her partner, Sam Delarosa, discover the bodies of Carl Stinnet and two children. Hiding under the bed in the master bedroom is Carl’s wife, Joy. The dying mother holds her unharmed infant daughter and keeps repeating the Hail Mary, claiming “the Angel” saved them. Joy’s deathbed assertion that she saw two men and the Angel—along with differences in the victims’ manners of death—make Sonora believe there were multiple killers. Two suspects are found and arrested, but Sonora doesn’t get closure. She’s sure there was a third person in that horrific crime scene, and she can’t stop working the case, even after she’s warned to walk away. Amid concerns about her own son and daughter, and her certainty that she’ll never sleep soundly again, Sonora prepares to confront a murderer who’s about to collect on one last IOU. The Debt Collector is the 4th book in the Sonora Blair Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

This informal account of the people, culture, land, and history of Sonora, Mexico, is now available in paperback.

She wants vengeance. He wants to fulfill a promise. The hive needs a queen, but will they accept her? Trapped in a dying world, Estefania of the Melitto clan allies with the Bee Keeper. But their goals are too different to co-exist. Limah serves Sonora, attempting to honour his promise to safeguard the last virgin queen in the bloodline. But Estefania doesn’t want the throne. Strong willed and selfish, the last queen is unfit for her role. But she doesn’t care. The face of her destiny contains the smiling maw of death and she follows it, not considering the vulnerable souls she abandons unguarded in the hive. Assuming the weaponry of war, Estefania trains herself to kill the Wasp Lord. But her journey takes her somewhere she never expected to go. She must face herself and her flaws in a battle which will determine the outcome for everyone. The cost of victory is high, but defeat is not an option. As the dwindling survivors of the unnatural winter seek leadership in all the wrong places, Estefania must set aside the petulant princess and become the Bee Queen. Vengeance is coming. The death of the last bee queen. The end of everything. This is the second book in A Keeper's War trilogy.