Joellen Conger
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Seventeen year old Lorna Heather Beckman is orphaned when her papa, Dr. Louis Beckman, dies suddenly without telling her where he's hidden the family fortune. Desperate to make ends meet, Lorna spies a flyer advertising a fortuneteller. Can the fortuneteller tell her where her papa hid the treasure inside their five-story gingerbread house?
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Attacked by banditos, Tonya Baldwin and her personal maid, Mindy face the perils of wild Mexico. The bandits shoot and kill her driver as well as her body guard. Tanya realizes she must escape before the bandits discover the wooden chest they have stolen from her does not contain gold. The ladies are rescued and hosted by a rich landowner, Senor Carlos Molinaro. Beowolf, an aging Russian wolfhound, grieves for his lost mistress. The hacenado pleads...
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After dark, Bob and I joined some others on the top of the hill behind the camp. The ships back at the beach were under attack by Kamikazes. The air was full of anti-aircraft fire, tracers laying a heavy crisscross lace above the water. Ships were exploding and burning at their moorings and planes were detonating in midair. We could easily hear the rumble of the explosions from where we were. It made me think of watching a fireworks show back at home,...
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Grand Princess Iona Anders's world turns chaotic on her 16th Natal-Day Celebration. With her king away at war, her scheming cousin, Prince Sweetbrier, arrives to claim Iona as his bride. He imprisons her for her refusal to wed him. When a mirror is brought to her cell to aid her in her nuptial preparations, she falls through the magical glass into a parallel world, meeting the man of her dreams. Iona must learn to fight like a warrior to save both...
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Erika Laughton-Paston has recently moved into her own townhouse, against her parents' wishes. There, her life begins to change even more dramatically than she could ever have imagined. Her paranormal dreams lead her into a lover's madcap existence: a relationship with a wicked black tomcat, and a phantom lover…never considering that one day her pretend world must surely come to an end.
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Recently widowed, Barbara Livingston flies to New Mexico to stay with longtime friends for the summer. However, instead of her friends, a sexy, Spanish cowboy meets her at the airport. While awaiting her friends to retrieve her, he takes her home to his working ranch. Trini Montoya tells her about Kokopelli, the shape-shifter in local Navajo legends and folklore. When she hears Coyote's mystical flute music drifting on the wind, she understands there...
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Recently widowed after thirty-five years of marriage, Maude MacGinness steps aboard the Windjammer Cruise ship determined to make this Wedding Anniversary trip her last farewell to her husband's memory. However, this time she travels alone. Her roommate would be a stranger instead of her life-time partner. Sharing her stateroom, a willowy Chinese gossipy teenager turns up with more luggage than royalty, its contents perpetually scattered about their...
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Teenager Tamara Hickerman is away from home to study at Sanbrossa University to become a private detective. Her mother has insisted she take Robin, the family bobcat, to be her animal companion. Together they become intrigued by her neighbors' suspicious antics. Meanwhile, undercover officer Kyle Rosenthall befriends her, believing Tamara may be a member of the drug gang at the campus.
11) Unusual Stories
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Writing as JoEllen Conger, I write in tribute to my co-author and twin, who passed into the next world in 2015. I miss her dearly. Here is a collection of our work, as multi-faceted as any reader could hope for. It has been written in the hopes there will be something for everyone, molded as it has been with a great deal of diversity.
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When the runaway Iberian princess Lena Maria reaches adulthood, she will become the most powerful witch in all the land. As a ten-year-old bride, she uses her magic to fight off her unwavering Far Northlander bridegroom, who is satanically determined to steal her magical powers for himself.
13) Darkdragon Clan
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The grandsons of Dowager Queen Gwyndalin are growing fast. Lugas, age 13, is assigned a tutor to prepare him for princely duties. Grayson finds a mysterious egg, which when hatched, reveals a baby dragon, which instantly bonds with the eleven-year-old. Life at Joyous Keep is filled with intrigue, marked by an invasion by strange outsiders. It's up to Gwyndalin to guide the boys toward the future roles they inherited. Will the presence of the young...
14) The Future King
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The Future King is an adult saga of bringing up a mischievous upstart to take on the responsibilities of becoming the High King of all Brightland. It is the continuing King Arthur-like adventures of the 'Queen Of Candelore' and her efforts to rule all of Brightland in her king's stead.
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Prince Anthony of Candelore becomes crowned High King of Brightland on his wedding day to Princess Bodicca of Castlerald. Together, they begin their royal family, while he governs all the united realms, she proudly begins her battle training kennels for Irish Wolfhound war dogs. Suddenly, a distraught nine-year-old run-away bride, Princess Lena Maria appears at their gates, seeking sanctuary. Anthony and Bodicca swear they will never permit Lena's...
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What happens when you vacation in Cabo San Lucas for your 10th Wedding Anniversary, and you've gotten separated from your spouse? Joanne Strong wonders the same thing when she goes to what she thinks is her hotel suite overlooking the historical arches at Cabo, only to find… not her husband, but a naked drunk in her room. Now what should she do? Then, the excitement begins when a handsome stranger comes to her rescue.
17) Rite of Passage
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Corrine is near exhaustion on the downward trail. Pausing for breath on an open ridge, she hears a strange, whistling sound. At first, she is unable to identify it. Anxiety rising, she whirls about and raises her eyes to the sky to see the she-eagle plummeting toward her. She doesn't know whether to expect a greeting or an attack. She only knows she mustn't run.The wind from the eagle's strong beating wings whips her hair wildly about her face. The...
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Princess Gwyndalin Victoria Alexander, finds herself shipwrecked on a lonely island at the beginning of her voyage to Cornrow, where she is to be wed to King Anthony. She realizes she must survive until she can be rescued. Prince Laurance del Mar is selected by Brightland's Head Druid to Companion the future high queen. When Laurance and the king's messenger travel to Kamlaird to escort the princess to Cornrow, they discover her missing. However,...