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         The Perils of Tiffani Universe

        New! 2023

       Featured Novel: A Discovery of Time and Space

Imagine you're an ordinary college student, going to classes and hanging out with friends. And then you discover you're anything but ordinary...
Can Tiffani Taylor travel in time? Can she travel in space? Between worlds? Is she even human?
With the help of her friends, Tiffani answers all her questions and the answers are even more exciting than she imagined.


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         The Kat Cubed Universe

        New! 2021

       Featured Novel: Neutrino Warning

            What would you do to save your whole world?

In grad student Kathy Garcia's world, the United States suffers droughts, floods, avalanches, pandemics and other hazards.

When disaster hits the university's fusion research group, she steps up to save the project.

After an amazing discovery, she risks her life to combine her old neutrino expertise with her new fusion skills to send a neutrino warning about climate change into the past.

Will her message reach the scientists of yesteryear in time to stop it?

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      Featured Novel: Kat Cubed

      Book 2 of The KatCubed Universe

     The multiverse is imperiled when three Kats discover each other...


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The Space Operetta Universe

New! 2020

      Featured Novel: A Jack For All Seasons

     Book 3 of The Space Operetta Universe

      Singer-, spy-, lover-extraordinaire Jack Jones is at war!

When the nefarious octopi Quihiri sabotage the FTL-drives throughout the galaxy, it's Jack Jones to the rescue!

In his quest, Jack recruits a top-notch troupe of players, including a sentient dog, a baby cloud, and the crew of the Shakespeare.

Can he win the war and fix the FTL-drives while singing a song, making sweet, sweet love, and fighting off evil space pirates?

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      Featured Novel: A Jack In The Dark

      Book 2 of The Space Operetta Universe

     A lusty, newbie-spy uncovers the greatest secret in the galaxy...

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      Featured Novel: A Jack By Any Other Name

        Book 1 of The Space Operetta Universe

        In space, a spy-in-training must solve his own murder...

        See how it all began!



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         The Quantum Cop Universe

      Featured Novel: Quantum Mayhem

     Book 3 of The Quantum Cop Universe

      When mayhem spreads across the globe, can the Quantum Cop save us?...

When quantum physics destroys a Colorado ghost town, professor Madison Martin investigates but things get weird when a ghost starts following her around.

In the meantime, her steamy romance with a fellow professor turns into a steamy love triangle when a hot cop romances her.

As quantum crimes spread throughout the world, Madison discovers her power may be more dangerous than she ever suspected. Can she reverse the quantum mayhem before it's too late? And if so, will she survive?

                     

         Quantum Murder

        Book 2 of The Quantum Cop Universe

      "Imagine if Janet Evanovich had given Stephanie Plum a science-teaching degree..."--Kirkus Reviews

                     

         The Quantum Cop

         Book 1 of The Quantum Cop Universe

         A quantum physicist must use her powers to save reality...

       See how it all began!



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        The Conservation of Luck Universe

      Featured Novel: Conservation of Luck

      For every good fortune, there's an equal and opposite misfortune.

 

As a brilliant young computer scientist working on her master's degree, Ella Hote doesn't believe in luck. But when bizarre accidents, insane coincidences, and weird encounters with improbably handsome strangers start to happen all around her, even hardheaded Ella has to change her mind.

She comes to realize she's inadvertently created a luck generating computer that can make even the longest of long shots pay off.

Unfortunately, for every stroke of good luck, someone else pays the price in bad luck.

Ultimately, when lives are on the line, how far will she go?


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         The Reality Alternatives Universe

         Reality Alternatives

            What is real life?

           A physicist gets trapped while investigating...

When lonely physicist Chloe Carsen discovers a parallel world she becomes addicted to her life there with a perfect family and a perfect career. She doesn't even care that her physical body in the real world is wasting away.

But, then, in the alternative world her ideal life begins to fall apart. Her anti-gravity experiment unleashes a government manhunt for her and her family; they'll do anything to get their hands on her tech. The lives of Chloe's alternative-world husband and sons are endangered.

Chloe is torn away from them as her real-world brother finds her on the verge of death and destroys her equipment. Heartbroken and torn between two worlds, Chloe pushes her scientific expertise to the limit to find a way to reconcile her two lives. Can the husband and sons be saved? Can she build a life for herself in the real world?


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         The Temporal Dreams Universe

        Temporal Dreams

          Dreamtime is Real.

 

In Colorado in the near future, twenty-one-year-old former foster-kid Kairi Johnson's dream is to start a family of her own. So when her boyfriend proposes on spring break, she thinks she has it made--until she wakes up alone in the middle of nowhere. When she hitchhikes home she realizes she's trapped twenty years in her past. Kairi discovers she can time-travel and attempts to use her power to get back home.

But time-travel isn't as simple as it first appears. Each successive time trip results in more and more people getting hurt: she loses her fiance and her best friend and discovers she's the reason for her parents' deaths. All seems lost until she meets a fascinating stranger, Kyle.

In Sydney, Australia in the near future, twenty-five-year-old Kyle Barada is heir to his clan's Time-Travel business. When his dad dies under suspicious circumstances, Kyle becomes The Traveler and does his duty for their corporate clients. But when he vows to find out what really happened to his father, Kyle rebels against the regulations of his clan's Traveling legacy and discovers a mysterious relative's been working against him. When Kyle's replaced by this usurper, all seems lost until he tracks down clan member, Kairi.

Can Kairi and Kyle time-travel together to save everyone they love?




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