Raised as a penniless drudge in a working man’s saloon, it’s now 1892 and Victoria has become a beautiful, alluring woman. Involved with an eccentric genius, she hustles wealthy men to fund his invention. It’s revolutionary and should generate a fortune. But powerful business and foreign figures are after his patent. Determined to escape their clutches, she and the inventor flee Chicago and head for Mexico. Except their trip goes badly. They’re captured by highway men, ensnared by a powerful feudal lord, and hunted by the Mexican military. Facing doom, Victoria is forced to choose – change the course of her life or die by its hand.
Jordan Monroe is an ex-cop turned freelance writer. Desperate for money to cover her daughter’s medical needs, she unexpectedly receives a hefty commission to write the history of a dynastic family. Descendants of nobility, their mansion lies on the shores of the mysterious Lake of Dreams, deep within the brooding Great Wolf Forest. She soon discovers everything about the family is sinister, and what seemed to be a stroke of luck pulls her into a dark world of lies, treachery and evil. With events running wild, Jordan makes a staggering discovery. What she learns changes everything.
Based loosely upon several actual events, The Promise tells the story of an exceptional woman during WWII. Brilliant and strong-willed, she’s the youngest of three siblings. When she inherits the family’s shipbuilding business, her brothers are jealous and set out to crush her. Things worsen as the mafia, Catholic church, Italian Secret Police and Nazi agents add to her woes. Worst of all, her son becomes a British prisoner of war.Will she ever see him again? Will things ever work out?
As a teenager, Brinn van der Sloot was beautiful, impulsive and lusty. Now she’s a grown woman, and a very different person.
The head of campus security for a prestigious university, her job is her life. But things aren’t going well. The university has become swamped with illicit drugs and deaths from overdoses are escalating. Despite everything she tries, progress eludes her.
Then, in the midst of it all, Brinn encounters an eccentric old man and his dog. Known only as “The Colonel”, the dotty man is unlike anyone she’s ever known. So, is he just another complication to her life, or has he appeared for a reason?
A single mother with two children and a pile of bills, Gwen McKee’s life is unraveling. Then, out of the blue, she inherits her great-grandmother’s Arkansas farm. Has her luck finally changed?
She heads south from Chicago with her three best friends. At first their road trip is filled with old stories and laughter, but when they arrive at their destination things take a dark turn. Soon, with no other options, the women are soon forced to flee into the unforgiving mountains to save their lives.
With adversaries closing in and time running out, things escalate to a chilling climax when Gwen decides she’s had enough – she will stand her ground.
Some poetry stirs the mind to introspection, some stirs the heart to long ago memories, and some unquiets the soul with questions never really answered. Sea of Currents works at the edges of all three. Often evocative, sometimes playful, its poems look at the reality of life along with its mysteries. More than any other thing, Sea of Currents invites dreams, the magic of minds let loose.