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I've only listed the books that are still available outside eBay and the
magazine short stories, like my first one "A Year of Change" which appeared
in Australian Woman's Day on October 24th, 2005, are only available in their
back issues. (When I've accumulated enough of them, I'll offer them to a
publisher as an anthology)
magazine short stories, like my first one "A Year of Change" which appeared
in Australian Woman's Day on October 24th, 2005, are only available in their
back issues. (When I've accumulated enough of them, I'll offer them to a
publisher as an anthology)
Rocky River Romances (Saltwater Press)
Now sadly defunct, they were my first publisher. Only "Mitchell's Run" and
"Mitchell's Valley" are available from Amazon as secondhand books.
Both are the same story, "Mitchell's Valley" is the Americanized version
with the location changed to Sacramento and the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Saltwater Press attempted to break into the US market and requested the
rewrite, so it has the benefit of a five year learning curve, but I never felt the
story fitted its new location as comfortably as the original setting in the
Victorian High Plains. One day...
Mitchell's Valley
In Andrew Mitchell, Cynthia Sheldon discovers a man who would defy every
obstacle, even death, to save his beloved Mitchell’s Valley. When he rescues
her from a blizzard and leaves before she can thank him, she pursues this
gallant enigma across the mountains, to the Mitchell ranch itself. In the
process, she finds a horseman as good as any Texas legend, a mining
engineer with a lust for gold, and a message from across the bridge of time.
To find love, she must unravel Andrew Mitchell’s mystery, face death a
second time and overcome her terror of loneliness.
Now sadly defunct, they were my first publisher. Only "Mitchell's Run" and
"Mitchell's Valley" are available from Amazon as secondhand books.
Both are the same story, "Mitchell's Valley" is the Americanized version
with the location changed to Sacramento and the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Saltwater Press attempted to break into the US market and requested the
rewrite, so it has the benefit of a five year learning curve, but I never felt the
story fitted its new location as comfortably as the original setting in the
Victorian High Plains. One day...
Mitchell's Valley
In Andrew Mitchell, Cynthia Sheldon discovers a man who would defy every
obstacle, even death, to save his beloved Mitchell’s Valley. When he rescues
her from a blizzard and leaves before she can thank him, she pursues this
gallant enigma across the mountains, to the Mitchell ranch itself. In the
process, she finds a horseman as good as any Texas legend, a mining
engineer with a lust for gold, and a message from across the bridge of time.
To find love, she must unravel Andrew Mitchell’s mystery, face death a
second time and overcome her terror of loneliness.
New Concepts Publishing
They were my first essay into E-publishing. Rocky River Romances and LTD Books had folded
and I was searching for a transition from contemporary romance. The background to the three
published stories grew from the unlikely source of an obituary for a 107 year-old veteran of
WW1, yet they are sensitive romances and received excellent reviews as such.
The "what if" that drove them was wondering what sort of world the veteran would have created,
had he been given the power to do so? He hated war and feared for the future of a world driven
by the rapacious demand for irreplaceable resources, so my challenge was to build a believable
world where war was impossible and sustainable environmental planning a given. The result was a
world he would have hated, so I gave him the tools to change it and turned him loose.
I wrote five book-length stories in the series, but only offered three for publication because the
sales were disappointing. There are many reasons for this, but I suspect the most telling is that I
indulged my love of complexity, which made them uncomfortable bedfellows for New Concepts'
stock stories. I've since combined all five books into a single volume and one day...
They were my first essay into E-publishing. Rocky River Romances and LTD Books had folded
and I was searching for a transition from contemporary romance. The background to the three
published stories grew from the unlikely source of an obituary for a 107 year-old veteran of
WW1, yet they are sensitive romances and received excellent reviews as such.
The "what if" that drove them was wondering what sort of world the veteran would have created,
had he been given the power to do so? He hated war and feared for the future of a world driven
by the rapacious demand for irreplaceable resources, so my challenge was to build a believable
world where war was impossible and sustainable environmental planning a given. The result was a
world he would have hated, so I gave him the tools to change it and turned him loose.
I wrote five book-length stories in the series, but only offered three for publication because the
sales were disappointing. There are many reasons for this, but I suspect the most telling is that I
indulged my love of complexity, which made them uncomfortable bedfellows for New Concepts'
stock stories. I've since combined all five books into a single volume and one day...
If these books are still available, they can purchased at New Concepts
New Blood
This is not my favorite cover (only because it has no relevance to the story) but New Blood tells
of the veteran's advent to the world he has created and how he plans to change it by stealth,
choosing Dael as his means of introducing generational progress.
Their son, Karrel, is the first new blood this world has ever known and he saves his father,
Peter, from dying on his home world (ours).
Feodar's World
Karrel travels back into the past to discover where his mother's race came from and meets the
future of his father's world. Falling in love with Gabrielle, he frees humanity from the tyranny of
distance at the cost of Feodar's World. His son, Jack, rights the wrong done to Feodar's World
and rescues Rachael from the Pontiff's revenge.
Rachael's Return
Rachael returns to Feodar's World and joins forces with Jack to defeat the Federation and
complete Jack's mission of restitution for centuries of tyranny.
New Blood
This is not my favorite cover (only because it has no relevance to the story) but New Blood tells
of the veteran's advent to the world he has created and how he plans to change it by stealth,
choosing Dael as his means of introducing generational progress.
Their son, Karrel, is the first new blood this world has ever known and he saves his father,
Peter, from dying on his home world (ours).
Feodar's World
Karrel travels back into the past to discover where his mother's race came from and meets the
future of his father's world. Falling in love with Gabrielle, he frees humanity from the tyranny of
distance at the cost of Feodar's World. His son, Jack, rights the wrong done to Feodar's World
and rescues Rachael from the Pontiff's revenge.
Rachael's Return
Rachael returns to Feodar's World and joins forces with Jack to defeat the Federation and
complete Jack's mission of restitution for centuries of tyranny.
