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The Perfect Man: From childhood through adulthood, three young women strive to find the perfect man. But does such a man actually exist? 

The Perfect Man Blurb: Had he been female, Forest Gump might have said, “Men are like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get.” As Bella, Sylvia, and Marla mature, they encounter one dating disaster after another: stalkers, married cheaters, narcissists, abusive men, unfaithful lovers, alcoholics, drug dealers, and groomers. Bella concludes that her perfect man might not exist—that her love for Sylvia and Marla, and her platonic relationship with her gay friend, Jerry, are enough to complete her. However, a chance encounter with Todd offers a new and unexpected twist to her life. She is swept away, and the exhilaration she feels with every new day, every breath, and every touch brings deeper love than she thought possible. Bella is enrapt with her perfect man but is soon forced to make an impossible choice—life without Todd…or death with him.

The Man Who Could See Truth: Jack can see auras, the brain's composite electrical activity. The CIA works to duplicate his capability with hardware called Delphi, the ultimate lie detector. The ability to discern truth, combined with a fearsome new weapon, changes warfare forever.

The Man Who Could See Truth Blurb: Are nuclear weapons the most powerful deterrent ever conceived, or will incremental technological advances render them useless? Can any construct of lethal hardware ever be the ultimate weapon, or is there something more powerful within basic human nature? In this novel, two new weapons of war change everything—one dedicated to destruction, the other to discerning truth. As the new hardware is integrated into the world’s battlefields and society as a whole, the question must be raised: will such power be used to achieve peace…or to attain greater influence and absolute control of others? 

 

Dead Men Don’t Breathe: A globe-trotting high-intensity thrill ride as Jackson, Jeanie, and Di run for their lives from killers, mobs, and cartels.

 Dead Men Don’t Breathe blurb: What does a mind conceive as a person dies? Are memories relived? Are missed opportunities realized? Is a final fantasy experienced? As breathing becomes labored and breaths come further apart, does the mind accept death—resolved to its fate—or does it struggle to remain alive? This fast-paced adventure/love story delivers the romance and action these topics demand.

Jackson, a Fluid Motion chemist, develops a non-Newtonian fluid that will revolutionize bulletproof clothing, a formula evil people will kill for. Jeanie is Jackson’s lover and Wade’s secretary; Wade is Jackson’s boss. When Jeanie discovers Wade is selling secrets to the Chinese, she and Jackson are targeted for death. Their friend, Di, also knows too much, and the three run for their lives from enemies across the globe—Chinese spies, Mexican cartels, pirates, slavers, cattle ranchers, kangaroos, gangs of thugs, sharks, and grifters—not realizing the most dangerous enemy of all is close behind and closing fast.

 

Artificial Evolution: Can Competing Species Coexist: Is an inheritable Computer-Human Interface (CHI) a good thing…or do unintended consequences overshadow the risk? 

Artificial Evolution blurb: What are memories? How are they stored? Can a computer interact with them? These questions and more are addressed by DARPA scientists as they attempt to create an implantable computer-human interface (CHI). Test subjects James, Sherry, Jerry, and Cheryl fake results out of fear the government might use the true results to subjugate all people. They are subsequently fired and the program is canceled, but they have the wherewithal to continue development on their own. They create an inheritable biological CHI that can connect to computers and exchange memories and experiences between people. The CHI leads to deep and unbreakable bonds of love because people have nothing to hide. Love is addictive, the DNA is dominant, and massive changes to society follow as the modifications spread exponentially. A more loving world blossoms; however, even changes made with good intentions can have unintended consequences. Fearing a population based on love cannot survive, James and Sherry’s grandson resurrects their original research...and develops additional DNA changes that lead to stronger, faster, and smarter humans. But can dominant humans coexist with weaker ones, and can a world based on love survive without war?

 

Deepfake: Cause for Suicide…Or Prelude to Murder: Did artificial-intelligence-created pornographic videos cause young Katy Philips to commit suicide…or was there something more?

Deepfake Blurb: If a deepfake pornographic video can happen to Taylor Swift, then it can happen to anyone. It happened to thirteen-year-old Katy Philips…and then she died. Not knowing about the deepfake video, Katy’s family believed mean Facebook posts led to her suicide. However, Bob, Bobbie, and Gina—Katy’s closest friends—could not accept that. They searched her social media accounts until they found an obscure URL reference to a Pornhub video starring ‘Katy,’ an Artificial-Intelligence-deepfake creation. But who made the video, why was it created, and why was there a copy on the dark web? While seeking answers, Katy’s friends enlist the help of Mr. Deutch, a local computer repairman and retired NSA operative. They also involve Mr. Harris, a lawyer and Gina’s longtime family friend. With Mr. Deutch’s help, the kids uncover eight suspicious local deaths they believe might be related to Katy’s passing. They ask Mr. Harris to obtain police reports for all eight deaths—a request flagged by an FBI AI search algorithm. Suspicions over similar patterns of death lead to FBI, NSA, and CIA involvement in a series of discoveries that cast doubt on how Katy died. Was she murdered? Was her death part of a national plot…or an international plot? As the kids and Mr. Deutch peel back each layer of a deeply complicated plot that could impact world stability and the U.S. national defense, the kids are targeted for assassination. Kidnapped and tortured, they make peace with God as authorities at all levels race to find them. Even if the kids can be saved, are the investigations they began and the threats they uncovered so pervasive they cannot be overcome?

 

A Brief History of Sin: Miss Havana experiences horrific nightmares as she tries to overcome her dark history. Grasping for redemption she commits an unforgivable sin that lands her in hell…where she kills Lucifer and the Princess of Darkness before taking control of the underworld once again. This novel is the fifth in a series that includes The Substitute; Oh, Heavens, Miss Havana!; The Training Bra; The Trophy Wife; and A Brief History of Sin.

 A Brief History of Sin Blurb: Unable to sleep, Miss Havana sees a psychiatrist to help explain frightening nightmares. From Adam and Eve to the present, she has brought sin and suffering into the world. She has recently made peace with God, but that peace came at the expense of her ex-mate, Lucifer. Always seeking revenge, Lucifer decides to kill her. After prolonged conflict, Lucifer and Miss Havana end up back in hell…where Miss Havana murders both Lucifer and Lilith and takes control of the underworld. Now on the Throne of Judgment, she accepts an understudy named Nick, her spirit grandson, and trains him in the evil ways of the devil. Nick endures many lessons from the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Angel of Death, Hell’s Rule Book, and a shadow creature named Waldo, but he is as cavalier about being in hell as was Lucifer. Nick steals ‘Mr. Fixit,’ a spirit killer dagger and, after murdering Miss Havana with it, becomes the undisputed King of Darkness. However, God intervenes and returns her spirit to purgatory, where her heart’s desire is finally fulfilled.

 

The Trophy Wife: Miss Havana struggles to become the person God wants her to be while Lucifer subjects her to pain and misery at every turn. This novel is the forth in series that includes The Substitute; Oh, Heavens, Miss Havana!; The Training Bra; The Trophy Wife; and A Brief History of Sin.

 The Trophy Wife Blurb: God places Miss Havana’s spirit in a dying six-year-old girl, who becomes a flawed but beautiful high school teacher. Lucifer sends the Princess of Darkness, Lilith, to haunt Lily, one of Miss Havana’s students. Natural enemies, Lily and Miss Havana ratchet up the level of destructiveness as they discover more of their underworld powers…until murder becomes an option. Despite dips into horror and tragedy, the novel is a hilarious romp through heaven and hell. God continues to help Miss Havana, frustrating Lucifer and Lilith enough to char the pages. Miss Havana’s journey toward happiness is fraught with peril, but she finds inner faith along the way.

 

The Substitute: Can a woman defy logic, the authorities, God, and the men in her life…and still come out on top? This novel presents a hilarious romp through the final days of Miss Havana’s life, her trials in purgatory, and her afterlife with Lucifer. Witty and spicy, it leaves readers in tears of laughter. This novel is the first in a series that includes The Substitute; Oh, Heavens, Miss Havana!; The Training Bra; The Trophy Wife; and A Brief History of Sin

The Substitute Blurb: Miss Havana’s public persona was far from the truth. In her capacity as substitute teacher, the small community where she lived knew her as the breathtakingly beautiful young woman who demanded every student learn. However, in private she raced through the lives of powerful men, leaving a wake of destruction and a deep desire for revenge. Little did she realize her conflicted lifestyle would end in a chaotic death at an early age…and to eternal conflict with the devil. The surprise ending, after she sabotages Lucifer’s plans to become the Antichrist, will leave the reader stunned and gasping for more.
 

Infinity Quest: Can man confront God? Can God be defeated? Should God be defeated? These questions and more are posed and answered as Eve, the leader of the Endol, attempts to free her people from their God and enslavement by the religion he represents. This novel is the fourth in a series that includes Extinction, Aftermath Horizon, Beyond the Horizon, and Infinity Quest

Infinity Quest Blurb: Ten billion ancient Endol flee their dying sun in sixty-four fleets of gigantic starships. For 5.6 trillion years they scatter outward, spreading intelligent life to thousands of Universes. The sleeping population is gradually enslaved by a reasoning glyph known as Marid. Marid heads a fanatical technological religion called The Covenant. Over time he becomes the all-powerful God of all known Universes. He has brutally enslaved his people, and war between Eve and Marid becomes inevitable. Eve’s husband is brutally killed during battles with Marid, and nearly ten billion Endol remain imprisoned on outbound ships. Eve vows to defeat Marid wherever he exists or die trying. Permeated by love, deceit, and subterfuge, this novel presents entirely new views of space and imaginative technology. It is a true delight for Sci-Fi readers.
 

Beyond The Horizon: Are we the thoughts of a higher power? Is there a bound to infinity? The Judges from Earth attempt to answer such questions as they uncover incredible technology throughout many Universes. This novel is the third in a series that includes Extinction, Aftermath Horizon, Beyond the Horizon, and Infinity Quest

Beyond the Horizon Blurb: The Endol, an engineered race, evolved over trillions of years. On Earth they’re known as Judges. They appear human but can commune mind-to-mind. They use their gifts for good, but young Judge Daniel lives a hedonistic life that draws an ancient enemy, the Iblis. He is exiled to Alaska until the Iblis find and murder his parents. After the funeral, a humbled Daniel vows to complete his father’s lifelong research—a quest to prove the Bible describes the first Judge on Earth. Clues left for Daniel lead to discovery of a futuristic room near the Dead Sea…and a huge starship buried beneath the Negev desert. The starship takes the Judges to multiple Universes as they attempt to determine if they exist as thoughts of a higher power and if infinity is bounded.
 

Extinction: This novel postulates the origin of oil, suggests reasons for terrorism, offers a solution to the energy crisis, and presents the inevitable outcome of rampant hatred. It is the first in a series that includes Extinction, Aftermath Horizon, Beyond the Horizon, and Infinity Quest. 

Extinction Blurb: Dr. Marcy Whites overcomes enormous genetic engineering obstacles to resurrect a prehistoric bacterium (V5) capable of creating renewable oil. On the other side of the world, people die by the millions when genetically-engineered beta-hemolytic streptococcus (BHS), a pathogen developed for bio-terrorism, is accidentally released in Mecca. Carried by fanatical Ambulatory Infectious Agents seeking martyrdom, the flesh-eating disease spreads like wildfire with a 100% kill rate. Out of desperation, countries agree to sanitize the Kill Zone’s infectious outer perimeter with nuclear weapons. Dr. Whites joins a government team attempting to adapt V5 as a BHS antidote. Their deadline passes, and Operation Sanitize releases mankind’s most powerful weapons against its smallest enemy. Nuclear detonations temporarily halt expansion of the Kill Zone, but Dr. Whites continues antidote refinement knowing BHS-laden dust will someday settle to the surface.