Stories

XX Book 3 of the ORDER Trilogy XX

The King of the North

You want the throne, you'll pay in pain,
In the North, it's he who reigns.
The price is blood, the law is steel,
A truth this frozen land makes real.
So bring your claim, a fool's crusade,
You'll learn the choice your pride has made.

In the bruise-yellow fog of Victorian London, two ruined men find an illegal warmth. Liam Carter, a shattered cavalry officer haunted by war and a broken marriage, saves Anders Highmore, an ethereal painter freezing in an alley. Forced together in a mildewed garret, their survival sparks a dangerous, deepening intimacy—a fire that could save them or see them hanged. A brutal, beautiful historical romance about finding light in London’s darkest corners.

Christmas time in Australia.
Alex has decided to get Brian a present.
Brian, however, can't resist the big red button.
Now how is Alex going to keep Brian from getting arrested and deported?

Steve has decided to cook Kenny Christmas Lunch.
It goes about as well as Kenny expects
One day, one day, poor Kenny will get a quiet day of peace.

Merry Christmas

Silver Creek is dying, greed and corruption are bleeding it dry.

A lost lawman, Sawyer, finds himself trapped in the death throes of a town in decline.
Theodore Harding, local savant and guide has to keep him alive long enough to make a difference.
Horses, gunsmoke, and silver.

The two lawmen must make a last stand, and help the townsfolk break free of the grip of Cobb's Red Sash Gang, and the closing fist of the Pinkerton Detective Agency set to betray them all.

Folk up and risk everything on a long journey North, to safety and a chance to build a real lasting life for themselves.

It is August of 2004, the month that the Olympics were held in Athens. Will Schluter will be there, then he'll start his freshman year at Harvard with his cousin Marie. It's a bittersweet event because the man he loves, Travis Buck, has to remain in Hollywood to work on his acting career, and they'll have to deal with being separated by thousands of miles.

Meanwhile, Will's brother JJ is firmly established in New York City, trying to deal with the inevitable challenges life throws at him, while his father Brad will face a crisis that could ruin his marriage.

When private investigator Killian Kendall takes on two new cases, he expects challenges — but not the kind that cut so close to home. A murder tied to his boyfriend’s past threatens their future, while a friend’s secret life drags Killian into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. As lies unravel and loyalties are tested, Killian learns that in a world built on secrets, the truth of yesterday becomes a lie tomorrow.

XX Book 2 of the ORDER Trilogy XX

The fight is no longer political—it's personal.

The constitutional crisis that put Will Carter in the Prime Minister’s office isn't over—it’s evolving. Will must now fight a sophisticated terror network, The Order, while building a fragile new government. To survive, he relies on his husband, CSIS Director Andrew Carter, to fight the war in the shadows.

But when Andrew makes a bloody sacrifice, stepping across the line to save his family, a trap is sprung. Andrew descends into a paranoid war for his mind, forcing the ultimate question: Can the protector survive the necessary evil he wields?

*** Book Two of El Coyote ***

Brian Higgins is hiding a lie.
He must convince the boy he loves to go on a dangerous mission for the Canadian Government.
His handler knows that Alex Alvarez is the son of the elusive Grey Eminence: El Coyote
Now in a race against time to stop the Canadian Hydro Electric system from collapsing and taking down the entire US Power Grid with it, Brian must convince a boy he's lying to to do the right thing.
Meanwhile the Water Wolf stalks it's prey in the great Canadian Wilderness.

XX Book 1 of the ORDER Trilogy XX
Conspiracy, Treason, and Order.

The spectre of the Religious Right moves behind the scenes, reaching out a claw to seize control of the Canadian Government as the world teeters on the very edge of complete disaster. Andrew Carter is running out of time to stop a coup in the shadows as Father's hand closes around the nation, and the Prime Minister in Waiting must be protected at all cost. And for Carter, there is no quarter, no line he won't cross, and no stopping him when it comes to rising to meet the enemy within.

We first met Nate and Danny in The Seventeenth Summer. Best friends forever, but then Danny fell in love a year ago, and left Nate behind.

Nate couldn't blame him; after all, who wouldn't want to escape Thompsonville, but that didn't change his feelings. One year on, it's Nate's turn to escape, but first he needs to see Danny, perhaps for the last time. Can he finally tell his best friends how he really feels? Or is it time to finally spread his own wings and experience life for himself? Or perhaps, life has other things in store for him? The only way to find out, will be to find out what happens in Kandanga Falls.