Mac Travis went to the Florida Keys to disappear, but his new commercial diving job turns out to be more than he planned. An artifact discovered while working on a bridge pier quickly draws the attention of a real estate tycoon, a Jersey mobster and twin Indian Chiefs all trying…
Wood’s Ledge
Meet Mac and Wood in this short prequel to Wood’s Reef and Wood’s Wall While tarpon fishing in the backcountry of the Florida Keys, Mac Travis discovers a plot to drill for oil in the pristine waters. After his life is threatened he teams up with his long time friend…
Wood’s Reef
It’s easy to become invisible in the Florida Keys. Mac Travis was doing his best to keep a low profile: diving, fishing and enough salvage work to pay his bills. It’s a good life until he discovers something while spearfishing that could change the pristine Keys forever. His drunken crewman…
Seven Daze: Redneck Rendezvous
You can’t fix stupid with duct tape. But you can muffle the sound.When Val tries to revive her old writing career, story ideas prove as elusive as a moment alone without her boyfriend Tom breathing down her neck.Tom’s moved in, and Val’s itching to move out – at least temporarily.…
Figure Eight: Yard-Sale Karma
Old habits die hard. But old lounge chairs die harder.Val can’t solve all the world’s problems, so she’s settled on two: smashing every tacky figurine on the planet…and ridding the universe of her boyfriend’s hideous Barcalounger. During a neighborhood yard sale, the fate of Tom’s beloved chair comes down to…
Cloud Nine: When Pigs Fly
Change happens. Even when it doesn’t make any cents.Planning for a rainy day has never been Val’s forte. But when a storm brews up right in her own backyard, Val’s forced to get off her lounge chair and spring into action. A shady, ham-fisted developer’s threatening to knock down Val’s…
Five Oh: Fifty is the New F-Word
Ever Notice How a Wedding Ring and a Noose are the Same Shape?Val’s always been unlucky at love – and a whole bunch of other things. But she’s never actually felt cursed. Until now.When fiancé Tom plans a romantic getaway and can’t go, one of Val’s pals goes instead. On…
Six Tricks: Doggone Disaster
I got a dog for my boyfriend. It was a good trade.When Val’s forced to take up dog-sitting as a second career, she runs into one tiny snag.She’s afraid of dogs.In fact, the only thing she’s more afraid of is Tom moving in and wrecking her Sweatpants Saturdays. With neighbor…
Two Crazy: Fickle Finger of Fate
What Do You Do when Life Gives You the Finger?When you’re pushing 50 with an industrial bulldozer, birthdays can be a real pain. What was intended as a gag gift from Val’s boyfriend ends up making her gag all right – and lands her in a whole heap of trouble…
Three Dumb: Wheelin’ & Dealin’
Baloney and Cheesed-Off.They say three’s the charm. But charming isn’t Val’s style.Val Fremden is a lot of things. Quirky. Jaded. Disaster prone. But more than anything, she’s afraid of commitment.When boyfriend Tom tells her he loves her – then trades away her mom’s ashes for a tiki hut – Val’s…