Montana rancher Jake Falcon is a widowed father to two rambunctious kids. While he knows his children need a mother, he is reluctant to admit that he needs a wife. Redheaded, hot-tempered Suzanne Sullivan literally storms into his life in the midst of a long summer drought threatening the rangeland. Before he knows it, Jake finds himself facing renegade rustlers, runaway action, and a rendezvous with romance.
On the night of her mating ceremony, the heroine is publicly rejected by her fated mate, the most powerful Alpha in the region. Humiliated and cast out, she disappears… only to return years later as a stronger, richer, and completely changed woman with a secret that could destroy him.
A Dark Wars Tale
One of the greatest prophets in human history was just born in an out-of-the-way inn's stable and already his destiny is in jeopardy. The King in Jerusalem and the religious elders, warned of his coming, seek out the child in order to assure fate does not play out as is foretold. Shocked by this vision, the master of a school for the arcane in the city of Taksasila summons three of his best masters for a mission into the Roman Empire to lay protections upon the child and save his destiny.
Albert Namatjira (1902–1959) was an Aboriginal painter from Central Australia. Widely considered one of the most notable Australian artists, he pioneered contemporary indigenous art. He was the first Aboriginal artist to become widely popular, and the first of his people to be given Australian citizenship rights, a mixed blessing. (See Wikipedia.) Time gets bent a little in this retelling.