by Karen Baker
What happens when you fall in love with your best friend? What if that best friend is a GHOST?
Stacey is your normal teenager, living with the the 'normal' teenage angst moments. She just happens to have a friend who is a ghost. This takes her on a journey, while it would have been normal for most people, it is guided by her friend Renata who just happens to be dead. As the years go by and Stacey experiences life she finds that love eludes her until she realizes it has been there all along. What do you do when the love of your life turns out to be a GHOST?
Ghostly Love:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LXX6V6
Video: http://youtu.be/zyC5CNIfNvg
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Discovering that you don’t have everything you thought you wanted is a surprise. Getting a promotion, finding new friends, learning you are attracted to women….
Nia Toyomoto has worked hard all her life to prove she was the best; she graduated early from high school, college, and got the dream job in Manhattan. Becoming a partner at the tender age of thirty she thought she had it all until the law firm made demands about her personal appearance and a few other things that made her change her life for the promotion. Then she realizes having everything isn’t all that it is cracked up to be without someone to share it with…
A successful lawyer in the big city, choices have to made, sacrifices and surprises await this beautiful and talented woman….does she make the right ones though?
*Lawyered:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LPQ1YRG
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When you unexpectedly fall in love, don’t you take it for what it’s worth? Don’t you love the person while you can? When you can? What if they live on the other side of the globe though? Could you handle that long of a distance? Patience becomes the word when two women of independent character fall unexpectedly in love. From different lifestyles, to different geographic locations, the problems of maintaining this relationship seem astronomical. Just when they think they have solved these minor problems, new ones seem to pop up. Will they survive a Long Distance Romance?
Eliza is from the Midwestern United States, Wisconsin. Independent, a business woman who has finally achieved her dream. She is determined to fulfill and continue to live this dream when in walks a woman that knocks the old dreams out of her head for new ones. Will she someday have the woman of her dreams? Should she abandon that what she knows for the unknown? Can she have what she knows she wants?
Krystal is from Austria. Rich, cultured, and bored; she has seen everything and done everything. A side trip on another trip to the United States proves to be interesting when she walks into Eliza’s store and is knocked on her back side by the feelings that this woman provokes. The distance thing is easy to someone who owns a jet but even she has responsibilities back home. Will she be able to have this woman she has fallen so deeply in love with? A woman who fascinates her, intrigues her, and challenges everything she is? Even if all her dreams come true, is it enough to keep them together?
Long Distance Romance:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AADOQHU
Video: http://youtu.be/hcHq56MYe-A
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LARGE PRINT: https://www.createspace.com/4273787
Meeting a mysterious woman in a bar, Deirdre's life is about to change. The abuse from her husband stops suddenly as this woman enters their lives. What does this woman want in exchange for her help?
Mysterious Malice (Book 1):
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005Q17Y4I
Paperback: https://www.createspace.com/5268877
Murder requires technique, it requires meticulous planning, and genuine care if you’re going to do it right, right? Random acts of violence are not Alice’s style, however when forced on her, well let’s just play along….
Meticulous Malice delves deeper into who Alice really is…let’s play by HER rules…
Meticulous Malice (Book 2):
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005SJL8O0
Paperback: https/www.createspace.com/5152246
Making a mistake is something Alice DOESN'T do. Can she deal with the fact that someone might not have needed to die? Can she deal with it when someone else makes a fatal mistake? Into Alice's arena comes Senator's Cecilia and Ken Edwards, is the interest she sees for her money, her power, or her desirable body? Pursuing this 'friendship' will create consequences none of them intended...
Mistaken Malice (Book 3):
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006KX8FBC
https://www.createspace.com/4716631
Alice is angry and out for revenge!
Malicious Malice (Book 4):
Paperback: https://www.createspace.com/4716635
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007MGRLVG
When Alice gets a plea for help from a friend of her sister can she do anything to free her from the bonds of a sadistic man determined to have her? What about the bonds that Kathy begins to place on Alice's cold little heart, how will this affect the killer in Alice....
Masterful Malice (Book 5):
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007NUPI4I
Paperback: https://www.createspace.com/4716638
Malice Masterpieces The First Five Books:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ABMT1FC
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Alice is getting married, has she finally fallen in love…and first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby or babies in the baby carriage? Is this possible for Alice’s cold little heart?
Matrimonial Malice (Book 6):
Paperback: https://www.createspace.com/4716639
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0086K9I4K
Dealing with the death of her wife, Alice finds raising a teenage daughter and two other children to be a challenge. She hadn’t planned to ever be a parent, but for the love of her wife, now deceased she will do what she has to.
A threat to her teenage daughter leads to other revelations that bring out the ‘old’ Alice we all know and loved….her predator instincts are aroused…what will she do next?
Mourning Malice (Book 7):
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008GPTEDA
Paperback: https://www.createspace.com/4716642
In book 8 of the MALICE series Alice finds out the truth about the past year and the manipulations others have enacted on her and her family. Her anger burns hot and she returns to what she was born to be...a killer. Our anti-hero returns as she wreaks vengeance for the sake of her family...
Murderous Malice (Book 8):
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008UNAJNC
Paperback: https://www.createspace.com/4716644
In book 9 of the Malice series, Kathy has to deal with the mental damage as well as the physical that has been inflicted on her. Between Federal Agents, Doctors, and her own family the stress is nearly killing her. Can Alice be patient enough to wait for her wife after she has been gone for so long, both mentally and physically…can Alice wait to extract revenge for what has been done to her wife?
Mental Malice (Book 9):
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FISFND8
Paperback: https://www.createspace.com/4716646
Book 10 of the Malice series, Kathy has figured out Alice’s secret. Can she deal with the enormity of realizing what a monster her wife is? Will it destroy their marriage? Will it destroy Kathy? How can Kathy survive with the knowledge of what Alice is capable of? Can Alice share herself completely and honestly with her wife? Can she let her keep this knowledge?
Menacing Malice (Book 10):
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FPGYM30
Paperback: https://www.createspace.com/4716648
*Malice Masterpieces 2 Books Six through Ten:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FRV2X2U
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/4447931
Malice Masterpieces 3 Books Eleven through Fifteen:
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Among the majestic shoreline of the Central Coast of California lies a secret…Leah Van Heusen finds a hidden staircase….
The ancient house she finds among the overgrown foliage is amazing…and eerie, most wouldn’t even step a foot closer but she is intrigued and feels drawn to the old mansion….
Leah finds more than she bargains for after seeking out the owner and purchasing the entire estate for a dollar. As she starts to restore it, she finds out who her real friends are, she also finds out who her family really is…What’s a few ghosts between friends?
Between repairs, upgrades, and finding out the houses secrets, Leah has her hands full. Finding out her sexuality and dating is the least of her worries. As her beloved dream of an Inn becomes reality she finds it suddenly in jeopardy, who will kill for it or the immense fortune that she has found?
*Out at the Inn:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I06L8JI
Print: https://www.createspace.com/4591824
Coming out is hard. Coming out in the public eye is even harder. People think they own a piece of you, your work, and your life, they feel they have the right to judge you. You lose not only friends but fans and ultimately, possibly, your career…or your life.
Cassie Summers is a Southern Rock Star; she came out so that she could feel true to herself. Her family including her band and those important to her support her but there are others that feel she betrayed them, they have revenge on their minds…
Karin Myers is a Rock Star in her own right; she is one of those new super promoters: Manager, go-to gal, agent, public relations expert, and hand-holder all in one. Her name is synonymous with getting someone recognized, promoted, and making money. She only handles particular clients though; she’s choosy…for some very specific reasons.
Meeting Cassie at a party there is a definite attraction. She does not however wish to represent her despite her excellent reputation. She fights it tooth and nail until she is contractually required to do so. In nearly costs them more than either of them anticipated….their lives.
*REPRESENTED:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BRPAJGM
Print: https://www.createspace.com/4196418
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LPSJGQ
Marley has become a successful horse breeder and rancher. Gypsy Vanner's have become her life. She makes ALL the decisions in her life, at her work, in her home but she is horribly alone.
Alexandra, Alex to her friends has been independent and alone for a long time now. Very successful in her job which gives her great satisfaction she finds being alone to be its greatest draw back.
When the two lifelong friends meet up after years apart can the spark they now feel heal the rift that tore them apart for so long? Have they both grown up and past the pettiness and the competition that drove them before? As adults will they recognize the spark as attraction and do something about it?
For Alex it's a lot of firsts can she overcome her hesitation over her former friend's attraction, can she trust Marley enough to enter into a sexual relationship that will affect both of their lives?
Sapphic Cowgirl:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0092VEQ7G
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Video: http://youtu.be/HAv8aJeGkQ4
Ashley is a Midwestern girl who is enjoying the life in Southern California. She learns to surf, a lifelong dream that wasn’t possible in Illinois. Now she meets professional surfer Willow Samuels who becomes a good friend to her. How good isn’t really apparent until she realizes there is a mutual attraction. Can a virgin such as Ashley cope with the feelings that are building inside her for the famous surfer? Can a Midwestern girl with all the morals and hang-ups ingrained in her overcome them to actually enter into a Sapphic romance with this woman?
Ashley is conflicted when she realizes she is having feelings for her famous friend Willow. When Willow makes a pass at her she realizes that her friend is gay and attracted to her, how can she overcome a lifetime of ethics and values that just might destroy the happiness that Willow offers her?
Sapphic Surfer:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LVQM46
Print: https://www.createspace.com/5103923
Video: http://youtu.be/jHj0LJzFlRU
Ships are created when a straight woman finds herself falling in love with a gay women. The complexities of maintain such a friendship and relationship over the next 20 years…
Joan is a world renowned artist who is straight, has three children, and is content with her life when she meets Grace, a respected psychiatrist who also happens to be a lesbian. Joan is conflicted and has to deal with her feelings, the incredible woman she finds herself in love with, and the relationship that occurs over the next 20 years.
*SHIPS:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005KEJV2O
Print: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1462643396/ref=r_soa_w_d
Video: http://youtu.be/OXRE-958kY8
*Shorts:
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Anna Schmidt is too independent for a woman of the 1800’s. Worse yet she doesn’t have a man to curb her unwomanly like tendencies. When she takes a claim of 160 acres and then another tree claim of another 160 acres has she taken on more than she can handle? Its work that could cripple a man, a woman alone can’t expect help or understanding when she takes this one on and willingly. Flooding, blizzards, heat, dust, and an incredible amount of physical labor are all set to do this determined woman in. She takes it on and through the years succeeds despite the odds, despite not having a man to depend on, showing herself and the world that this woman not only can but will make a home, a farm, a ranch on the wild prairies. Follow along in her journal telling of her experiences.
*THE CLAIM:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A8UR60Y
In Print: https://www.createspace.com/4039781
In the midst of the Great Depression, Cassandra (Cass) Scheimer is trying to keep the family farm afloat in the Big Woods of Wisconsin...alone. As a local midwife and struggling backwoods doctor, she certainly doesn't need more mouths to feed.
Stephanie Evans is a widow enceinte with her third child. She accepts a kind stranger’s offer of marriage in exchange for keeping house for him...but he never shows up to claim her. While dealing with unrequited guilt and the desperation of impoverished motherhood, falling in love with Cass is the least of her worries.
For Cass, having been in love with a woman once before, she feels it couldn’t possibly happen twice. When it does, Cass is convinced the love cannot be returned. Can she and Stephanie keep it hidden from the prying eyes of children and the meddling neighbors in this small rural community?
Can Cass deal with the guilt she feels over her brother’s injury, an injury that prevents him from doing his duty for their country? Joining the Nursing Corps may put too much stress on her newfound relationship with Stephanie. The woman who returns from the war and the woman left behind on the farm are not the same people who once fell in love. Can they return to being lovers after years spent apart? Destiny put them in each other’s path, but World War II has them tearing apart.
This is The Journey Home.
THE JOURNEY HOME:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HGELGQA
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Falling in love gives you no time or place, no reason or excuses. It’s a deliberate act that can leave you breathless from ecstasy or pain. There is no rhyme, no sense, no time. There is no precedence, no priority, it befuddles you. In the right time and place it can cause you to reach the highest highs or the lowest of lows. Bad timing though for any romance can hurt you more than the love itself.
Reese has worked hard all her life to garner the satisfaction in the jobs and levels she has obtained. Landing the position of estate manager for the Cavindish family of England is exciting. A new country, a new challenge, and a new life. She packs up her life in Connecticut, kisses her d
aughter good bye and set’s off on what she is sure will be the adventure of a lifetime…in its own time.
Lady Cavindish is shy, retiring, and a bit out of her league when the attractive confident blonde, Reese Paulson arrives on the scene to run their family estates for her brother the lord of the manor. Her admiration for Reese soon turns to hero worship and at some point to a love that neither expected. Their love however isn’t what the Cavindish family name or property’s need, it is bad timing for everyone involved.
The love she feels for Lady Cavindish is totally unexpected and Reese soon realizes that her presence can only hinder the woman she has fallen for. She makes the excruciating decision for them both to move on, without her.
Finding a new love in Australia though proves that life has plans for us that we can only hope gives us what we need, can Reese move on from the woman she loves, or can she love the women she has moved on to. How can she forget Victoria, her first love?
Fate however brings them together time and time again, can it time their romance so they can have their happily ever after or is it determined to rip their hearts raw time and time again?
Timed Romance:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CMS6NEA
In print: https://www.createspace.com/4212314
Video: http://youtu.be/Hc3P_a14NYg
Erin Ingram is an enormously successful Hollywood star. She has stared, directed, and produced many films over her long career, starting as a child. She has even won several Academy Awards. She is also a closeted lesbian. Will announcing to the world that she is in love with a woman destroy her long and successful career? Is the world ready to let the ‘girl next door’ come out of the closet?
