Eliza Banes, her ambition for adventure and her penchant for trouble, have often been trying on her poor mama's nerves. All her mother desires is for Eliza to be married and settled, but Eliza has other plans. Seizing an opportunity to stow away on a merchant ship to live out her dreams of seeing the world, Eliza has...
Katy Fairchild is an orphan and knows that no respectable man will marry her. But when a storm throws her into the arms of a mysterious stranger, will she fight society's opinion of her low status to pursue a forbidden romance? ***** At the age of nin...
Moving back to a hometown she had left before she could even remember it was never supposed to be a big deal. But for Sara Bryant, everything is about to change. Everything. She will be forced to question her reality, her sense of being, and the people closest to her. In small town Providence, North Carolina, Sara is...
When Myrtle and her friend Miles set out for adventure on the high sea, they assume most of the trip's excitement will result from shore excursions to charming Alaskan villages. They feel as if their ship has come in. But when a fellow passenger disappears, Myrtle realizes she must seize the helm and find the killer...
Falling off her ride is always a risk, but falling for her teammate may hurt more. ***** Lauren Dimas has been riding motorcycles since kindergarten, and she's pretty sure Cadmium Racing contracted her based on her technical skills. But as the first...
As if being orphaned, broke and forced to answer an Ad for a mail order bride isn't bad enough. Lily finds out, much too late, that she must be a mother as well. Unfortunately for her, being a mother is the least of her problems compared to the very glaring problem of whose mother she has to be; a mother to six childr...
What if you could make travel planning effortless? This collection contains my entry for the Marriott #travelbrilliantly contest that was chosen as a Top 10 story, along with some other one shots related to travel.
When Myrtle Clover and her friend Miles attend a play in their small town, there's a full house on opening night. It's clear to Myrtle that one of the actresses is a stage hog who loves stealing the spotlight. Nandina Marshall certainly does upstage everyone-when her murder forces an unexpected intermission. Can Myrtl...
Kit Kensington was a boy born with nothing. Olivia Pendleton was a girl born with everything. While Kit was fortunate enough to be taken in and raised by a loving family, revolutionary Olivia was cast out and left to fight for her beliefs alone. After meeting as children, Kit and Olivia are reunited as adults, and a...
UPDATE: ***Available on Amazon*** Remembrance is coming in E-book and paperback July 27th, 2021, published by Darkstroke Books. This is now only a preview but you can check back here for more details or (best option) sign up for my newsletter at sjmoquin.com and follow me on social media to stay up to date with the la...
Playing Bunco may be fun...but murder proves a game-changer. Octogenarian sleuth Myrtle Clover has never heard of the dice game Bunco. Regardless, she steps in as her daughter-in-law's sub and reluctantly puts her game face on. Bunco turns out to be child's play. But when a body is discovered, Myrtle realizes another...
Fate calls heiress Sabrina Windham to her grandmother's hospital bed where she hears a confession of betrayal and death. Sabrina learns of another, heartbreaking family legacy: the Zephyrus. Built by Don Windham and Derek West, the classic sailboat is lost to time. Is Destiny leading her on a twisted path? Her search...
A chance encounter between two people changes the trajectories of their lives forever. Cassian Kensington was a poverty stricken man, on the brink of starvation, before a chance encounter with a mysterious woman changes everything. Leaving him with only her name - Faith - and a purse full of coins, she tells him to ma...
Margaret always talked about writing her story but could never get beyond the first chapter. Born illegitimately to a domestic servant in 1930s Brighton; the circumstances of her birth affected her whole life. Subject to emotional abuse from foster parents and her grandmother she married young and had four children...
#328 in Action on 6/22/17 What if your dream career became too dangerous? What if everyone you served spit in your face and threatened to kill you? But despite these things, what if you continued your dream job? What would make you want to give up? And most importantly, why would you keep going? These questions are...
It's 1939, and the world is at the precipice of war. But life for one young man in rural America couldn't be better. Jonathon Blackwell is the eldest son of the most powerful family in town and heir to Blackwell Iron and Mining. Unlike many who struggled to survive the final years of the Great Depression, he has ev...
Officer Brian Andrews is dedicated to protecting and serving the community of East Effete. He's watched the city go downhill fast in his fifteen years on the force but is dedicated to restoring it back to what it once was. Also, read Battle in the Streets
When real diamonds have been replaced with fake ones at a local gem club, the CHP knows they need suspects and fast. The thief is stealing diamonds left and right. When they find out Ponch's new girlfriend goes to this same club, they assign him a special assignment. Ponch goes undercover to see what is really happeni...
Officer Jim Reed gets in a car accident and goes into a coma. When he wakes up, he's blind! He won't be able to do his job anymore, see his kids grow up, or just simply be independent. What will he do? ********** Cover credit: @bigsiscd
Penny Hale has a lot of items on her checklist before she leaves for college at the end of the summer. The sudden and unexpected return of her childhood, imaginary best friend is not one of them. As it turns out, Leander, Prince of Bees wasn't so imaginary and the beloved town of Sugar Falls is in very real danger. On...
A Wyoming blizzard. A crashed car. Haloke's only six years old, but there's no one else. Her father's dead. Her mother's clinging to life. She draws deep within her, to her Arapaho and Navajo roots, to set out to find help. Twenty years later, it's Haloke's younger half-sister, Johona, who desperately needs help. She'...
A sequel to 'Adam-12: Always Something Worth Planning For'. After a long day of working, Officers Malloy and Reed make a quick stop at the bank. Doing so, they get involved in a robbery in progress and become hostages. An act of heroism is courageously performed that day. Every day or night, on-duty or off, as hard as...
While out on a family outing at the park, the family dog runs away. Without permission, one of Roy's kids searches for him. Then, he gets lost. How will anyone find him?
Roy loves his job, but when he runs into a burning house to save the people trapped inside, he misses two victims. Then comes the fears and doubts just about every firefighter has at one time or another. The question is will he be able to overcome them.
The life of a first responder. It's dangerous and scary, but it's also rewarding. With the troubles they have on the job, plus the criticism they get from the public, why do they do what they do? What makes it worth it? This is 'The Life Of A First Responder'.
When Doctor Dorothy Sinclair, co-director of acquisitions for a New York museum, boarded a train from Calgary, she expected to be home to Findlay, Ohio for Christmas. With her beau in Findlay, waiting to propose, Dr. Sinclair is confronted with a strange proposition from her co-director and colleague - leave the museu...
My parents just didn't understand me. They thought I should settle down, get married, and kick out a couple of grandkids. This despite the vast problems of overpopulation in 2103. But my heart drew me elsewhere. I longed to retreat to the solitude of the Chartreuse order and put my botany skills to good work. Maybe, j...
The peculiar behavior of Airship Captain Melville inspires many rumors, but one curious midshipman finds himself drawn to her. Determined to find out why she prowls the decks at night like a phantom, Officer Byron Coyle risks his position to uncover the truth.
[This story is now FREE] Florette moves to Versailles, only to discover a group of Fae are destroying France. Allying with the battled-scarred Destan, she has to save the kingdom. ***** Florette, a painter's apprentice, is finally welcomed to the pa...
[Story removed for querying and publishing] Fairy Godmother in training, Zelda Ravensdale is starting her fourth and final year at Madame LeBleu's school for godmothers. She hopes to earn the title of First Fairy and graduate at the top of her class, but there are forces working against her. With a prince in distress...