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Karen Wiesner

Karen Wiesner’s Biography

http://www.karenwiesner.com

http://www.falconsbend.com

http://www.firstdraftin30days.com

http://www.JewelsoftheQuill.com

 

Creating realistic, unforgettable characters one story at a time…

 

Karen Wiesner is an accomplished author with 96 titles published in the past 15 years, which have been nominated for and/or won 125 awards, and has 34 more releases contracted for spanning many categories and formats. For more information about Karen’s fiction and series, consult her official companion guide The World of Author Karen Wiesner: A Compendium of Fiction.

 

Karen’s Incognito Series (romantic action/adventure/suspense) is published by Whiskey Creek Press http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com. All twelve are now available: No Ordinary Love, Until Death Do Us Part, Bounty on the Rebel’s Heart, Dead Drop, Under the Spell, Renegade’s Rose, Undercover Angel, Hard to Handle,Dance in Shadows, Hypnotized, Mind Games, and the final Dark Approach. Also available are four Incognito Series “Megabooks”, each containing three full novels in the series. The Incognito Series has won and/or finaled in RT Book Review’s Reviewer’s Choice Awards, FTHRW’s Lories’ Best Proposal and Best Publishing contests, the L-Edit Slip contest, EPIC’s Award, The Romance Studio’s Sweetheart and CAPA Awards, Ecataromance’s Reviewer’s Choice Award, Fallen Angel Reviews’ Recommended Read Award, The Long and Short of It’s (LASR) Best Romance of the Year Award and their highest review rating—Best Book, Manic Readers’ featured review status, and RT Book Reviews’ Top Pick review award. The series has also received 5 star reviews from The Romance Studio, Fallen Angel Reviews, LASR, ReviewYourBook.com, Dark Diva Reviews, as well 4 1/2 stars from RT Book Reviews. Dark Approach was nominated for RT Book Reviews 2011 Reviewer’s Choice Award.Look for the upcoming spin-off trilogy of this series, Shadow Missions, which will include the novellas Guardian Agents, Book 1 (coming April 2016 in electronic formats), Guardian Spirits, Book 2 (coming August 2016 in electronic formats), Guardian Angels, Book 3 (coming October 2016 in electronic formats). The trilogy will be included in a single collection to be released in trade paperback and electronic formats with the bonus novella Out of the Shadows, The Final Mission, in December 2016. Karen designed all the Incognito Series covers herself.

 

Karen's inspirational romantic mystery trilogy is called Denim Blues Mysteries and is published by Whiskey Creek Press. All three books are now available, including: Retired and on the Rocks (Book 1) {5 stars from Readers Favorite}; Love is Blind…And It Don’t Pay the Bills Either (Book 2) {5 heart review from The Romance Studio, 5 Sweetheart Award winner, also the 2010 CAPA Award winner; and 2nd place winner in the Mainstream/Single Title/Romantic Suspense category of the 2010 Lories Best Published contest}; and Souls on (B)Oring Street (Book 3) {4 ½ book review and Book of the Week Nominee from LASR}. Karen designed the covers herself. Look for the upcoming spin-off of this trilogy, Red Velvet Mysteries,, which will include Be My Baby (Book 1, coming December 2014 in trade paperback and electronic formats), Moonlight and Roses (Book 2, coming February 2015 in trade paperback and electronic formats), and Forever Mine, (Book 3, coming June 2015 in trade paperback and electronic formats).

 

Karen’s inspirational romance series, Family Heirlooms, is published by Whiskey Creek Press, including: Baby, Baby (Book 1 reissue),Shadow Boxing (Book 2 reissue), Foolish Games.(Book 3 reissue), Glass Angels (Book 4), Shards of Ashley (Book 5), and Worlds Collide (Book 6).The Family Heirlooms Series has won and/or finaled for The Romance Studio’s Sweetheart and CAPA Awards, Ecataromance Reviewer’s Choice Award, LASR Book of the Week, and WDRF's Top Read of Excellence, their highest review rating. Shadow Boxing took 1st place in Love Romances & More 2010 Golden Rose Awards (contemporary romance category). Foolish Games placed 2nd in the inspirational category of the 2010 Lories Best Published contest.Glass Angels won the 2011 TRS CAPA Award in the inspirational romance category. Shards of Ashleyreceived a 5 star review from Coffee Time Romance & More and was one of only two selected to receive January 2012’s Reviewer's Recommend Award. Additionally, it took 3rd place in the Single Title Contemporary category of the First Coast Romance Writers 2012 Published Beacon Contest. Look for the spin-off to Karen’s award-winning Family Heirlooms Series with the Friendship Heirlooms Series (inspirational romances), including Clumsy Girl’s Girl to Falling in Love (Book 1, Chick-lit, available now), Michael’s Angel (Book 2, romantic suspense, coming July 2013), Forever and All That Jazz (Book 3, contemporary romance, coming January 2014), First Comes Love (Book 4, contemporary romance, coming March 2014), Clumsy Girl’s Guide to Having a Baby (Book 5, Chick-lit, coming June 2014), Perfect Reflection (Book 6, contemporary romance, coming October 2014) and Clumsy Girl’s Guide to Having It All (Book 7, Chick-lit, coming January 2015). All will be released in trade paperback and electronic formats.

 

Karen’s inspirational romantic fiction novels, Home and Destiny, are published in trade paperback and electronic formats by Writers Exchange E-Publishing http://www.writers-exchange.com/Karen-Wiesner.htmland in hardcover fromhttp://www.lulu.com/spotlight/karenwiesner. Her inspirational gothic romance, The Bloodmoon Curse (a 2006 Ecataromance Reviewer's Choice Award nominee, a 2006 Dream Ream Award finalist, a Fallen Angel Reviews Recommended Read, as well as the recipient of multiple 5 star reviews), will be reissued in January 2014 as the second book in Karen’s new Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series. Book 1, Bound Spirits (inspirational paranormal romance) will be released August 2013 with Crooked House, Book 3 (inspirational gothic romance) coming May 2015, Return to Bloodmoon Manor, Book 4 (inspirational gothic romance) coming June 2016, Reunited, Book 5 (inspirational paranormal romance) coming April 2017, Haunted Legacy, Book 6 (inspirational gothic romance) coming June 2017, andDead Man’s Road and Other Ghostly Tales from Erie County {Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series Novella Collection} (six ghost stories) coming April 2018 in trade paperback and electronic formats by Writers Exchange E-Publishing.

 

Karen’sGypsy Road Series, Angelfire Trilogy, and Restless as Rain (all contemporary romances) along with her award-winning paranormal romance Sweet Dreams have been revised and reissued with new covers designed by Karen. New trade paperback and electronic editions of each title are also available from Writers Exchange E-Publishing. Falling Star, First Love, and Forever Man, Books 1-3 of the Angelfire Trilogy are currently available. Also available now are Leather & Lace, Flesh & Blood, Fire & Ice, and Vows & the Vagabond, Books 1-4 of the Gypsy Road Series.These titles have been nominated for multiple RT Book Reviews’ Reviewer's Choice Awards, the Daphne du Maurier Award, Night Owl Reviews Top Pick, The Romance Studio’s Sweetheart Award, and several EPIC Awards. Karen has sold a second trilogy set continuing her Angelfire Trilogy. Angelfire Trilogy II will include Only the Lonely (May 2014 release), Midnight Angel (September 2014 release), and Shadows of the Night (February 2015 release). The trilogy will be published in trade paperback and electronic formats by Writers Exchange E-Publishing.

 

Karen’s multi-award-winning Wounded Warriors Series will be revised and reissued in 2013. Reluctant Hearts (Book 1), Waiting for an Eclipse (Book 2), Mirror Mirror (Book 3), Wayward Angels (Book 4), Until It’s Gone (Book 5), and White Rainbow(Book 6) will be reissued by Writers Exchange E-Publishing in trade paperback and electronic formats. Karen designed the covers for the series.

 

Karen has also written police procedural mysteries with award-winning author Chris Spindler of Auenwald, Germany. The following have been reissued in trade paperback and electronic formats by from Writers Exchange E-Publishing: Degrees of Separation, Tears on Stone, The Fifteenth Letter, Romantic Notions, and Falcon’s Bend Case Files, Volumes I andII. Look for brand new Falcon’s Bend Series titles with As Patient as Death, Book 5 (December 2017) and Pretty Fly, Book 6 (February 2018). Both will be released in trade paperback and electronic formats from Writers Exchange. The Falcon’s Bend Series has won and/or finaled for The Romance Studio’s Sweetheart Award, the L-Edit Slip contest, RT Book Reviews Top Pick review award and EPIC’s EPPIE Award. The series has also received 5 star reviews from The Romance Studio, Huntress Reviews, Dark Angel Reviews, and Coffee Time Romance, as well as 4 1/2 stars from RT Book Reviews. Karen designed all the covers and the series logo. Join Karen and Chris' Falcon's Bend Community at http://www.falconsbend.com, where you'll find updates and information about the series.

 

Karen’s first writing reference title with Writer’s Digest Books http://www.writersdigest.com, First Draft in 30 Days, is a bestseller that’s available wherever writing reference titles are sold. It was a Writer’s Digest Book Club Main Selection in March 2005. Visit the First Draft bonus website, where you’ll find articles and supplementals to the book, at http://www.firstdraftin30days.com. Karen’s second release from Writer’s Digest Books is From First Draft to Finished Novel {A Writer’s Guide to Cohesive Story Building}, also available now. Both books are available in trade paperback and PDF format from the publisher. Look for Writing the Fiction Series: The Complete Guide for Novels and Novellas, her next offering from Writer’s Digest Books, May 30, 2013.

 

Karen is also the author of Electronic Publishing The Definitive Guide {The Most Complete Reference to Non-Subsidy E-Publishing} andWeave Your Web. The Guide was a finalist for the 2000 EPPIE Award and won the 2001 EPPIE for Best Non-fiction. It was excerpted in the 2001 Writer’s Digest Novel & Short Story Market and made the 2001 Inscriptions’ Books of the Year list. eBooks N’ Bytes chose The Guide to be their first winner of the eBooks N’ Bytes Award of Excellence for Epublishing Book of the Year (2002). The Guidewas also a finalist in the 2002 Indie Awards. Weave Your Web was a 2004 EPPIE finalist.

Note:  Please note that Karen will has discontinued these books and both are currently unavailable.

 

The Power of Promotional Groupsdetails how published authors can set up a promotional group (like Karen’s own, Jewels of the Quill). The reference book is available now in trade paperback fromhttp://www.lulu.com/spotlight/karenwiesner. It’ll be revised, expanded, and reissued in January 2015 and published in trade paperback and electronic formats by Writers Exchange E-Publishing.The Power of Promotional Groupswas a 2009 EPPIE Award finalist.

 

Karen writes children’s books for Guardian Angel Publishing http://www.guardianangelpublishing.comunder the pen name Karen Sue Wiesner including:

  • Taking Responsibility Builds Trust(Making Good Choices Series)—a 2004 EPPIE Award Finalist Coming soon in paperback for the first time and reissued in electronic formats
  • Taking Care of Your Things(Making Good Choices Series) Coming soon in paperback for the first time and reissued in electronic formats
  • Cody Knowswith Linda Derkez—a 2004 EPPIE Award Finalist Available now in paperback for the first time and reissued in electronic formats

 

Karen’s book of poetry, Soul Bleeds The Poetry, Melodies, and Other Wanderings of Karen Wiesner (previously released as Soul Bleeds The Dark Poetry and Other Wanderings of K.S. Wiesner), finaled in the 2002 EPPIE Awards and is available reissued and expanded as a trade paperback, hardcover, and ebook.

 

Karen is the founding member of Jewels of the Quill http://www.JewelsoftheQuill, a promotional group of women authors who write in a variety of genres. The group has monthly spotlights and giveaways at their website, a newsletter with more than 1000 subscribers, and was featured in the September 2003 issue of RT Book Reviews. Jewels of the Quill produced two award-winning group anthologies per year published by Whiskey Creek Press from 2005-2011, including:

 

  • Tales from the Treasure Trove, Volume Iwas released September 2005 (with Karen’s The Amethyst Angel). It received a 4 1/2 star review and was a September 2005 Top Pick from RT Book Reviews,was aRT 2005 Reviewers’ Choice Award winner, a 2006 EPPIE Award winner, a Love Romance’s Golden Rose Reviewer’s Choice Award winner as well as a 2006 Ecataromance Best Book of the Year winner.
  • Small Gifts was the group’s first Christmas anthology(A Home for Christmas by Karen Wiesner).
  • Treasures of the Heartwas JOTQ’s first Valentine’s Day anthology and finaled in The Romance Studio's 2005 and 2006 Cupid and Psyche Awards (A Rose for Romeo, Adventures in Amethyst Series, Book 1 by Karen Wiesner).
  • Tales from the Treasure Trove, Volume IIalso received a 4 1/2 star review from RT Book Reviews (The Amethyst Star by Karen Wiesner).
  • Also a recipient of a 4 1/2 star review from RT Book Reviews, Tales from the Treasure Trove, Volume III was a finalist for the 2008 EPPIE Award and was also a 2007 RT Book Reviews Reviewer’s Choice Award nominee (Revenge in Amethyst, Adventures in Amethyst Series, Book 2, by Karen Wiesner).
  • Shadows in the Heart (Papa, Woodcutter’s Grim Series, Book 1, by Karen Wiesner) was JOTQ’s first Halloween anthology and received a 5 angel review from Fallen Angel Reviews, was a finalist for the 2008 EPPIE Awards as well as finaling in the 2007 Dream Realm Awards. The cover of Shadows, designed by Karen, was a recipient of EPIC's 2008 Dirk A. Wolf Honorable Mention Award for Excellence in eBook Cover Artwork.
  • Tales from the Treasure Trove, Volume IVreceived Night Owl Romance’s Reviewer Top Pick Award with a 4 1/2 star review (Blood of Amethyst, Woodcutter’s Grim Series, Book 2, by Karen Wiesner).
  • Christmas Wishes was the group’s second Christmas anthology and received a 4 1/2 pixie review from Dark Angel Reviews and was nominated for The Romance Studio’s Sweetheart Award (Perfect Cadence, Kaleidoscope Series, Book 1 by Karen Wiesner).
  • Magical Kisses was JOTQ’s second Valentine’s Day anthology and received 5 stars from ReviewYourBook.com (In Cahoots With Cupid, Kaleidoscope Series, Book 2 by Karen Wiesner) and was a 2010 EPIC Award winner.
  • Tales from the Treasure Trove, Volume V was released in September 2009 (Behind Amethyst Eyes, Kaleidoscope Series, Book 3, by Karen Wiesner) and received 5 stars from ReviewYourBook.com.
  • Tales from the Treasure Trove, Volume VI was released in March 2010 (Jordana’s Chair, Kaleidoscope Series, Book 4, by Karen Wiesner). It received 5 stars from Classic Romance Reviews, Coffee Time Romance & More, and ReadersFavorite.com and is a 2011 EPIC eBook Award finalist.
  • Halloween Treasures was JOTQ’s second Halloween anthology, released September 2010 (Paper Tiger, Kaleidoscope Series, Book 5 by Karen Wiesner). It received 5 stars from ReadersFavorite.com.
  • Tales from the Treasure Trove, Volume VII, released in March 2011 (Moonlight Becomes You, Woodcutter's Grim Series, Book 4, by Karen Wiesner). It received 5 stars from The Romance Review.
  • Christmas Gems, the group’s third Christmas anthology, was released September 2011 (Wings of Love, Cowboy Fever Series, Book 1 by Karen Wiesner). It received 5 stars from Huntress reviews and 4 1/2 stars from RT Book Reviews.

Karen edited Tales from the Treasure Trove, Volume I, and co-edited each subsequent group anthology. She alsodesigned all the Jewels of the Quill book covers. Karen has contributed a novella to each anthology the group has done from the very first.

In addition, Karen’s Jewels of the Quill anthology stories have been and will be packaged in the following dame collections: 

  • Dame Amethyst Treasures, including The Amethyst Angel, A Home for Christmas, The Amethyst Star and a bonus, never-before-published novella called Creatures of the Night (available now).
  • Adventures in Amethyst Series collection, included the first two books in the series, A Rose for Romeo and Revenge in Amethyst plus two bonus stories never before published Reckless Rose (Story 3) and Christmas in Amethyst (Story 4), available now. Adventures in Amethyst Series received 5 angels and a FAR Recommended Read Award. Reckless Rose was nominated for LASR's Best Romance of 2007. 
  • Woodcutter’s Grim Series—Classic Tales of Horror Retold collection, including Papa (Book 1), Blood of Amethyst (Book 2), plus 2 bonus stories never before published: Dancing to the Grave (Book 3) and The Amethyst Tower (The Final Chapter), available now. Woodcutter’s Grim Series received the Recommended Read Award from Dark Angel Reviews (their highest review) as well as 5 paw prints from Howling Good Books. It was also a 2008 Dream Realm Award winner.
  • Kaleidoscope Series collection, includingPerfect Cadence (Book 1), In Cahoots With Cupid (Book 2), Behind Amethyst Eyes (Book 3), Jordana’s Chair (Book 4), Paper Tiger (Book 5), plus 2 bonus stories in the series never before published: Cabin Fever (Book 6) and The Longest Night (Book 7), is available now. Kaleidoscope Series received a5 star review, was 5 Sweetheart Award Nominee from The Romance Studio, and was a 2010 CAPA award finalist (anthology category).
  • Woodcutter’s Grim Series—Classic Tales of Horror Retold, Volume IIcollection, including Moonlight Becomes You (Book 4) plus three bonus stories: Bewitched (Book 5, available now in mass market paperback and electronic formats), One Night of Eternity (Book 6, available now in mass market paperback and electronic formats), and Beauty is the Beast (Book 7, coming in mass market paperback and electronic formats September 2013), is available in one volume: in trade paperback from http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/karenwiesnerand electronic from WCP. Look for the first Woodcutter’s Grim Series novel, The Deep (Book 8, romantic paranormal horror) October 2013 in trade paperback and electronic formats. Also coming in a second Woodcutter’s Grim Series novel, Hunter’s Blues (romantic futuristic paranormal), October 2017 in trade paperback and electronic formats.
  • Cowboy Fever Series collection, including Wings of Love (Book 1) plus four bonus stories: Losses and Gains (Book 2, available now in mass market paperback and electronic formats), For Always (Book 3, available now in mass market paperback and electronic formats), Taming April (Book 4, available now in mass market paperback and electronic formats), and The Only One (Book 5, coming in electronic formats and mass market paperback November 2013), will be released May 2013 in trade paperback from http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/karenwiesnerand electronic from WCP. Look for the first Cowboy Fever Series novel, Drifter’s Heart (Book 6, contemporary romance) December 2013 in trade paperback in trade paperback from http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/karenwiesnerand electronic formats from WCP.

 

Karen won the Inscriptions Engraver Award for best on-line columnist two years in a row, the Year 2000 for eXcellence in E-publishing Award: E-author from ebookadvisor, was a two time recipient of the E-Pub Ambassador Award, and was a two time recipient of The Simply Charming Award for outstanding promotion of e-books. She was also nominated for the 2000 EPIC Florence Moyer Service Award.

 

Karen is a member Infinite Worlds of Fantasy Authors http://www.iwofa.net/ROFwebsite2.htmland World Romance Writers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WRWlist/.

 

For more information about what Karen’s working on, visit http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/kswiesner/WIP.html. In addition to writing, Karen enjoys designing websites and graphics for her pages. Currently, she designs and maintains her own site, children’s author Linda Derkez’s website http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/kswiesner/linda.htmland the Jewels of the Quill’s website. Karen also enjoys designing cover art and logos for books. You can view her designs at http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/kswiesner/KarensCoverDesigns.html.

 

Find out more about Karen by visiting her website at http://www.karenwiesner.com. If you would like to receive Karen’s free e-mail newsletter, Karen’s Quill,and become eligible to win her monthly book giveaways, send a blank message toKarensQuill-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Upcoming Releases
Paperback: http://stores.lulu.com/karenwiesner Electronic: http://www.uncialpress.com Steve Thomas has a self-destructive wife, three kids, more guilt than one man can handle...and a chance at true love for the first time in his lif...
Available 05/27/13
Waiting for an Eclipse, Book 2 of the Wounded Warriors Series
 Twenty-five years ago, Gwen Nicholson-Nelson was in a car accident that almost claimed her life and left behind a strange gift. She can see the future, and death, before it comes to pass. She had a vision of her husband's death ten ye...
Available 06/01/13
Mirror Mirror, Book 3 of the Wounded Warriors Series
As the unwanted son of a mother who killed herself to escape a life she couldn’t bear another second and then being passed around from one foster family to the next, each less sympathetic than the one before, Michael Fremont has had it drill...
Available 07/01/13
MICHAEL’S ANGEL, Book 2 of the Friendship Heirlooms Series
Trade paperback: http://stores.lulu.com/karenwiesner Electronic: http://www.uncialpress.com What do you get with a former wild man who's committed his path to the Lord and a woman who has absolutely nothing to lose? It's either a...
Available 07/29/13
Wayward Angels, Book 4 of the Wounded Warriors Series

Available 08/01/13
BOUND SPIRITS, Book 1 of the Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series
The final in a four-book mini-series within the Woodcutter’s Grim Series, dealing with the curse on the Shaussegeny family. Very loosely based on Beauty and the Beast. The Shaussegeny family curse came with one final pronouncement: "And...
Available 09/01/13
Beauty is the Beast {Woodcutter’s Grim Series, Book 7}
Paperback:  http://stores.lulu.com/karenwiesner Electronic: http://www.uncialpress.com   You don't know what you've got...until it's gone.   Mitch Taylor has been playing a very dangerous ...
Available 09/23/13
UNTIL IT'S GONE, Book 5 of the Wounded Warriors Series
Cheyenne Welsh can't forget her past and the death of her younger sister. When she returns to Woodcutter's Grim to sell the family property she grew up on, she's confronted with all the nightmare-realities of her childhood, still alive and well, stil...
Available 10/01/13
THE DEEP, Book 8, A Woodcutter’s Grim Series Novel
Paperback: http://stores.lulu.com/karenwiesner   Electronic: http://www.uncialpress.com Jessie Nelson has been telling herself she doesn't deserve or believe in second chances, especially when it comes to love...until her whit...
Available 10/28/13
White Rainbow, Book 6 of the Wounded Warriors Series
Almost four years ago, Ken Abrams, Triple Aces Ranch co-owner, and Karla Sanford-Abrams were madly in love and expecting their first child. Tragedy took that unborn daughter from them and drove them into opposite corners. Ken was a cowboy so much ...
Available 11/01/13
The Only One {Cowboy Fever Series, Book 5}
Easy to love, hard to hold...  Maggie May’s pa is still looking for the cowboy who knocked up his cowgirl vixen daughter three years ago. Little Tex has grown up without a father, but he’s the shining star of the May Ranch. Like h...
Available 12/01/13
DRIFTER’S HEART, Book 6, A Cowboy Fever Series Novel

Available 01/01/14
THE BLOODMOON CURSE, Book 2 of the Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series

Available 01/15/14
FOREVER AND ALL THAT JAZZ, Book 3 of the Friendship Heirlooms Series
THE POWER OF PROMOTIONAL GROUPS by Karen S. Wiesner Writing Reference Twilight Times Books http://twilighttimesbooks.com/   Most authors—regardless of whom they’re published with and how long they’ve been publ...
Available 01/27/14
The Power of Promotional Groups, 2014-2015 Edition
Mikey Lund has spent thirty years being the odd man out and believes he only fell into being in a popular crowd as an adult because of a friendly association at Foxx Body Shop, where he’s the head mechanic. Truthfully, he’s been in lov...
Available 02/01/14
ONLY THE LONELY, Book 1, Angelfire Trilogy II

Available 03/15/14
FIRST COMES LOVE, Book 4 of the Friendship Heirlooms Series
Roxanne Hart has enjoyed a jet-set life as a supermodel, living at the height of fashion and luxury, traveling all over the world, and indulging in as many superficial romances as she wants. But she’s never been satisfied by any of it. She f...
Available 05/01/14
MIDNIGHT ANGEL, Book 2, Angelfire Trilogy II

Available 06/15/14
CLUMSY GIRL’S GUIDE TO HAVING A BABY, Book 5 of the Friendship Heirlooms Series
Ty Foxx left home when he was a teenager, taking his brother Jeff with him. The horror they’d suffered as children, along with their other three siblings, at their father’s hands has scarred them both. Ty had tried to take care of and ...
Available 08/01/14
SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT, Book 3, Angelfire Trilogy II

Available 10/15/14
PERFECT REFLECTION, Book 6 of the Friendship Heirlooms Series

Available 12/15/14
BE MY BABY, Book 1 of the Red Velvet Mysteries Trilogy

Available 01/15/15
CLUMSY GIRL’S GUIDE TO HAVING IT ALL, Book 7 of the Friendship Heirlooms Series

Available 02/15/15
MOONLIGHT AND ROSES, Book 2 of the Velvet Mysteries Trilogy

Available 03/01/15
CROOKED HOUSE, Book 3 of the Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series

Available 04/15/15
“Guardian Agents” (Shadow Missions: Book 1)

Available 06/15/15
FOREVER MINE, Book 3 of the Red Velvet Mysteries Trilogy

Available 08/15/15
“Guardian Spirits” (Shadow Missions: Book 2)

Available 09/15/15
“Guardian Angels” (Shadow Missions: Book 3)

Available 10/15/15
HUNTER’S BLUES, A Woodcutter’s Grim Series Novel

Available 12/15/15
SHADOW MISSIONS

Available 01/01/16
RETURN TO BLOODMOON MANOR, Book 4 of the Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series
Until death do us part… Lisa and Falcon’s Bend Police Department Detective Pete Shasta are enjoying roles as Mommy and Daddy to their newly adopted baby boy. Despite the radical adjustment, they’ve never been happier or more...
Available 03/30/16
AS PATIENT AS DEATH, Book 5 of the Falcon’s Bend Series
Will you walk in, pretty fly…and will you, will you, will you walk out once you’re inside the spider’s lair? Shayna Vincent moves home to Falcon’s Bend after her romance turns disastrous with a colleague she’s kn...
Available 06/30/16
PRETTY FLY, Book 6 of the Falcon’s Bend Series
Don’t close your eyes Twyla Kotter has spent the last ten years of her life suffering under the insanely jealous, cruel hands of her husband. His death gives her a new lease on life: Freedom from her husband, the blessing of sharing her ...
Available 10/31/16
Reunited, Book 5 of the Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series
Don’t close your eyes. After a teenage pregnancy and a shotgun marriage, Danielle Knight and Andy Bennett tried to balance school, their relationship and being young parents…unsuccessfully. Divorce was inevitable, and the two move...
Available 12/30/16
Haunted Legacy, Book 6 of the Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series
Don’t close your eyes. Short, haunted stories set in Bloodmoon Cove and Grimoire, Erie County, Wisconsin including: “Dead Man’s Road”: On the worst day of her life, Aubrey Paddock’s car breaks down in the midd...
Available 04/01/18
DEAD MAN’S ROAD AND OTHER GHOSTLY TALES FROM ERIE COUNTY (A Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series Novella Collection)

Current Releases
Award-winning author Karen Wiesner is the founder of Jewels of the Quill, an award-winning group of authors in all genres banded together to promote their books. The group also does anthologies together. COWBOY FEVER SERIES contains the first four no...
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COWBOY FEVER SERIES
 What's a man to do when he's seen too much of life's dark side and suddenly finds himself believing in flesh-and-blood angels who can heal with a single touch? What's a girl to do when she believes in true love but can'...
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Reluctant Hearts, Book 1 of the Wounded Warriors Series

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Writing the Fiction Series: The Guide for Novels and Novellas
How do you know destiny when it knocks on your door, or recognize it if it’s always been there? Christian Riley, Elizabeth Horace, and Oscar Albright grew up together, the clichéd “church kids”, but Chris quickly found...
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DESTINY
Shawn Jacobs co-owns the Triple Aces Ranch. As the ultimate ladies’ man, he’s enjoyed being a footloose and fancy-free bachelor for as long as he can remember. But, as his best friends find the women of their dreams and get hitched one...
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Taming April {Cowboy Fever Series, Book 4}
Zoë Rossdale is the clumsy girl who always has her elbows, feet, eyes, and brass-red hair going in the wrong directions. She floats around in her own world, comfortable there alone, only to be jarred back into the real one when her obliviousn...
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CLUMSY GIRL’S GUIDE TO FALLING IN LOVE, Book 1 of the Friendship Heirlooms Series
Jared Chapman is the ranch foreman at Triple Aces Ranch, which he co-owns. He’s a man of the earth, and the ranch is his life. When he gave his love at the age of seventeen, he’d never regretted it. Alana Hamilton was an orphan Jared&#...
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For Always {Cowboy Fever Series, Book 3}
with Chris Spindler Who is killing the midnight ladies? Falcon’s Bend is a small, sleepy town in Wisconsin that owns more taverns than churches, but fills both on the appropriate days.  Teenagers talk of escape from a one-hors...
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Degrees of Separation, Book 1 of the Falcon's Bend Series re-issue
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With Chris Spindler Is murder ever justifiable? Falcon's Bend Police Department Investigator Pete Shasta's brother Jordan is recently divorced and intent on putting his life back together for himself and his daughter.  Jordan d...
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Tears on Stone, Book 2 of the Falcon's Bend Series re-issue
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With Chris Spindler "Bugs":  A partially digested body is found in the oxidation ditch at the Falcon's Bend Wastewater Treatment Plant.  Was it an accident...or is new Falcon's Bend Investigator Pete Shasta facing ...
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Falcon's Bend Case Files, Volume I (The Early Cases) re-issue
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With Chris Spindler Love—and murder—is in the air.   Falcon’s Bend Police Department Patrol Officers Amber Carfi and Warren Jensen are partners on the job, and lovers off-duty. The relationship is so new and fr...
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Romantic Notions, Book 4 of the Falcon's Bend Series
Order from: http://stores.lulu.com/karenwiesner with Chris Spindler "Murder on the Heartstrings": Lieutenant Pete Shasta takes his lovely wife Lisa on a romantic vacation, promising her no mysteries, no crime, and certainly no ...
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FALCON'S BEND CASE FILES, Volume II
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THE WORLD OF AUTHOR KAREN WIESNER: A COMPENDIUM OF FICTION

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SOUL BLEEDS The Poetry, Melodies, and Other Wanderings of Karen Wiesner
Award-winning author Karen Wiesner is the founder of Jewels of the Quill, an award-winning group of authors in all genres banded together to promote their books. The group also does anthologies together. WOODCUTTER'S GRIM SERIES, Volume II contains t...
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WOODCUTTER’S GRIM SERIES--Classic Tales of Horror Retold, Volume II
The third in a four-book mini-series within the Woodcutter’s Grim Series, dealing with the curse on the Shaussegeny family. Loosely based on The House That Jack Built. The curse pronounced on the Shaussegeny clan for all time was very clear:...
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One Night of Eternity {Woodcutter’s Grim Series, Book 6}
  Return to cowboy country in Fever, Texas, where the heat isn't the only thing causing a fever! See if you can find the heirloom wedding band!   Lance Olsen, Triple Aces Ranch co-owner, lost his wife Colleen and their tw...
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Losses and Gains, Book 2 of the Cowboy Fever Series
Small-town girl Ayodele “Della” Flynn lives in a city she abhors, where danger seems to be lurking around every corner. When her husband dies very unexpectedly, she’s confronted with figuring out where her home is with her young ...
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HOME
Dr. Marcus Samuels is a man with a heart for seeing the world come to Christ. As a medical missionary in Japan, his life has been God’s work despite a severe anxiety disorder associated with being far away from home. After twelve years, seei...
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Worlds Collide, Book 6 of the Family Heirlooms Series
Includes the complete novels of HYPNOTIZED (Book 10), MIND GAMES (Book 11), and DARK APPROACH (Book 12)  
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INCOGNITO SERIES MEGABOOK, Volume 4
The second in a four-book mini-series within the Woodcutter’s Grim Series, dealing with the curse on the Shaussegeny family. Very loosely based on The Little Mermaid.  Glynnis Shaussegeny becomes bewitched by the mystery man who ap...
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Bewitched {Woodcutter’s Grim Series, Book 5}
In order to reconcile her past, she must face the terrible truth she buried long ago...and, in doing so, she gambles with her heart and the salvation of her own soul. Ashley Savage grew up in a troubled home with a competitive, pampered sister and ...
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Shards of Ashley, Book 5 of the Family Heirlooms Series
Wings of Love Book 1 of the Cowboy Fever Series by Karen Wiesner in CHRISTMAS GEMS, A Jewels of the Quill Christmas Anthology  When Wings "Mac" Mackenzie falls in love, it's for life, and interior designer Amanda Grant is th...
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Wings of Love, Book 1 of the Cowboy Fever Series, in Christmas Gems, A Jewels of the Quill Christmas Anthology
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Can a rogue find love with the girl next door? Not if his ex-girlfriends have any say in it! Bethany Briggs is a wallflower who's always looked for love in the wrong places. Rod Summers is notorious for the string of broken hearted girl...
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LEATHER & LACE, Book 1 of the Gypsy Road Series
After risking her heart once and learning to regret it, JoJo Summers finds it necessary to live her life as a paper doll. No emotions, no danger and no pain. Randy Briggs is the one man who can change her mind. His only ace in the hole is that...
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FLESH & BLOOD, Book 2 of the Gypsy Road Series
Jon Rushing has finally found the answer to a lifetime of misplaced guilt and misery. Tracey Scott is unlike anyone Jon has ever met before. She's completely open and honest, ever true to her own heart—and determined to have a baby, ASAP...
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FIRE & ICE, Book 3 of the Gypsy Road Series
They both want what they can't have—each other. Blackie Scarpacchio has had hard lessons kicked in him from birth, leaving him cynical and afraid to trust in love. Lori Gordon has loved Blackie all her life. After one stolen n...
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VOWS & THE VAGABOND, Book 4 of the Gypsy Road Series
A man of God, a fallen angel. Two different worlds, one undying love... For the first time in her life, Rori Mason is independent, supporting herself; she has friends who love her, and—most importantly—she respects herself. She&...
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FALLING STAR, Book 1 of the Angelfire Trilogy
She was expecting...anything but him! During a traumatic childhood, Darlene Foxx had only one light--Jason Radcliffe, her best friend and eventually her lover. Until she found out that she wasn't his only lover, Darlene dreamed of the d...
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FIRST LOVE, Book 2 of the Angelfire Trilogy
Savannah "Savvy" O'Brien is level-headed, sophisticated and in complete control of her life. The only commitment she's willing to make is to her career as a lawyer...and to a parking space for her new car. Brett Foxx has love...
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FOREVER MAN, Book 3 of the Angelfire Trilogy
Someone has unleashed an ancient evil bent on destroying Cassidy Christopher by eradicating the women he loves, one by one... Just one year earlier, Cassidy's daughter, Maddie, was attacked by a creature who was unleashed by human hand...
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SWEET DREAMS
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She has two men, two identities, one choice... Rain Meyers has been in a suffocating relationship for five years, engaged to a man who sees only what he wants to see in her. When Rain finally escapes, she meets a man she can make beautiful ...
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RESTLESS AS RAIN
Inspirational Romantic Mystery  Erin Shanley, a hospice nurse, becomes an amateur sleuth when she realizes some of her patients are being swindled out of their life savings by the new 'psychic' fortuneteller in Briar's Point. Erin's neighbor,...
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Souls on (B)Oring Street, Book 3 of the Denim Blues Mysteries Trilogy
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Moonlight Becomes You, Book 4 by Karen Wiesner in TALES FROM THE TREASURE TROVE, Volume VII, A Jewels of the Quill Anthology  The first in a four-book mini-series within the Woodcutter’s Grim Series, dealing with the curse on th...
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Moonlight Becomes You, Book 4 of the Woodcutter's Grim Series in Tales from the Treasure Trove, Volume VII, A Jewels of the Quill Anthology
Network operatives and lovers Lucy Carlton and Vic Leventhal have spent years living in shadows, the property of the covert organization they gave their loyalty to in the lofty pursuit of justice for all. Disillusioned, they're now determined to live...
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Dark Approach, Book 12 of the Incognito Series
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A young Christian woman struggles with seeking pardon from those she's hurt when she can't seem to get past her own inability to forgive those who have wronged her. Three years ago, Samantha Samuels had suffered under the violent hands of Ryder Fel...
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Glass Angels, Book 4 of the Family Heirlooms Series
Inspirational Romantic Mystery  Working with local private investigators Den McHart and Sylvia Price, Briar's Point Police Department Detective Orlando Bateman solves a missing person case. Keeya Nilsen, visually impaired from the plane crash...
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Love is Blind...and it don't pay the bills either, Book 2 of the Denim Blues Mysteries Trilogy
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Award-winning author Karen Wiesner is the founder of Jewels of the Quill, an award-winning group of authors in all genres banded together to promote their books. The group also does anthologies together. Kaleidoscope Series is a compilation of the fi...
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Kaleidoscope Series
After nearly 25 years, psychiatrist Jocelyn Dominica has determined the fate of every operative in the Network. When she's diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, her superiors decide it's time for her to choose a replacement and retire from servi...
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Mind Games, Book 11 of the Incognito Series
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in HALLOWEEN TREASURES A Jewels of the Quill Halloween Anthology  Kaleidoscope Office Building provides employment to nine hot, young singles—all about to make a love connection. Working 9 to 5 has never been so complicated&helli...
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Paper Tiger, Book 5 of the Kaleidoscope Series
Book Three Family Heirloom: Healing  She was one of his late wife’s best friends. He’s the man she’s loved from afar for as long as she can remember. Falling in love could take simply letting go of their fears...or a miracle...
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Foolish Games, Book 3 of the Family Heirlooms Series
Inspirational Romantic Mystery A missing engagement ring leads to murder… It's been a month since Denim McHart hung up his private investigating career after he ended up with a bullet in his leg. The injury has forced Den to re-evaluate...
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Retired and on the Rocks, Book 1 of the Denim Blues Mysteries Trilogy
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Book Two Family Heirloom: Building love  Joined before God and family out of a sense of responsibility? Or love?  As a teenager, Justine Morris’s escape from the pressures of caring for her dying father was stolen moments with Jos...
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SHADOW BOXING, Book 2 of the Family Heirlooms Series
Book 1 family heirloom:  Accepting God’s will A Proverbs 31 wife wonders, does “submissive” mean giving up having anything of her own? Thirty-seven-year-old Tamara Wolfe married her childhood sweetheart, Robert, right out...
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Baby, Baby, Book 1 of the Family Heirlooms Series
in TALES FROM THE TREASURE TROVE, Volume VI A Jewels of the Quill Anthology  Kaleidoscope Office Building provides employment to nine hot, young singles—all about to make a love connection. Working 9 to 5 has never been so complicated...
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Jordana's Chair, Book 4 of the Kaleidoscope Series
Includes the complete novels of UNDERCOVER ANGEL (Book 7), HARD TO HANDLE (Book 8), and DANCE IN SHADOWS (Book 9)
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Incognito Series Megabook, Volume 3
Dr. Sherry Mansfield is a talented hypnotist who possesses the ability to use the power of suggestion in an eerie, supernatural way. When she sends the Network a message through a suicide bomber that she wants to escape her abusive husband—the ...
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Hypnotized, Book 10 of the Incognito Series
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Long-time Head of Network Operations, Angelo Pluzetti, has faced danger in every form, to the most extreme degree. He gives his loyalty without question to the primary mission of the Network and to his family of operatives. He’s kept his own he...
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DANCE IN SHADOWS, Book 9 of the Incognito Series
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in TALES FROM THE TREASURE TROVE, Volume V, A Jewels of the Quill Anthology Eight DISTINCTIVE AUTHORS offer new, short, exciting Tales from the Treasure Trove--each featuring a sparkling jewel! Eight ENTERTAINING SITUATIONS feature romance and ...
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Behind Amethyst Eyes, Book 3 of the Kaleidoscope Series
Includes the complete novels of DEAD DROP (Book 4), UNDER THE SPELL (Book 5), and RENEGADE'S ROSE (Book 6)
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Incognito Series Megabook, Volume 2
Includes the complete novels of NO ORDINARY LOVE (Book 1), UNTIL DEATH DO US PART (Book 2), and BOUNTY ON THE REBEL'S HEART (Book 3)
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Incognito Series Megabook, Volume 1
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in MAGICAL KISSES, A Jewels of the Quill Valentine's Day Anthology Rediscover the magic and romance of Valentine's Day!   SIX JEWELS OF THE QUILL AUTHORS offer stories featuring magical kisses—straight from the heart!   A col...
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In Cahoots With Cupid, Book 2 of the Kaleidoscope Series
Loyal operative Dez Luttino has graduated from the recruits of the Network, top of his classes and single-mindedly driven to succeed in his duty to his country. What he hadn’t counted on was mentoring his first operative—Nova Granger, onc...
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HARD TO HANDLE, Book 8 of the Incognito Series
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With Chris Spindler Sins of the father...   For the past fifteen years, on the anniversary of his arrest for armed robbery, Zeke Carfi has received a threatening letter signed by the wife of his deceased partner in crime. &n...
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The Fifteenth Letter, Book 3 of the Falcon's Bend Series
Second in Network command, Captain Shannon McKee leads the organization with an unfeeling, iron fist. Yet, when the opportunity comes to take down the most notorious drug dealer in history, she goes after her heart’s desire—to utterly des...
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Undercover Angel, Book 7 of the Incognito Series
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From First Draft to Finished Novel {A Writer’s Guide to Cohesive Story Building} by Karen S. Wiesner Writing Reference Writer's Digest Books http://www.fwbookstore.com/category/writers-digest A builder knows the best supplies to use to prod...
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From First Draft to Finished Novel
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Award-winning author Karen Wiesner is the founder of Jewels of the Quill, an award-winning group of authors in all genres banded together to promote their books.  The group also does anthologies together.  Woodcutter’s Grim Series&mda...
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Woodcutter's Grim Series--Classic Tales of Horror Retold
in CHRISTMAS WISHES, A Jewels of the Quill Christmas Anthology Rediscover the magic of Christmas! SIX JEWELS OF THE QUILL AUTHORS offer exciting holiday stories--each featuring a wish, possibly small, but straight from the heart! A collection ...
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Perfect Cadence, Book 1 of the Kaleidoscope Series
Network Operative Hunter Savage is nearly at death’s door when he turns renegade to save his sister, kidnapped by the Black Pope, Rex Kovac, leader of the covert terrorist organization R.E.D.  Hunter’s only means of saving Celine? St...
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Renegade's Rose, Book 6 of the Incognito Series
in TALES FROM THE TREASURE TROVE, Volume IV, A Jewels of the Quill Anthology Eight DISTINCTIVE AUTHORS offer new, short, exciting Tales from the Treasure Trove-each featuring a sparkling jewel! Eight COMPELLING COUPLES discover romance, suspense...
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Blood of Amethyst, Book 2 of the Woodcutter's Grim Series
Alex Lynch has spent a lifetime working hard toward the goal of owning the Triple Aces Ranch in Fever, TX. His dream has finally come true when Gina Calhoun—a girl he’d loved all his life, despite her penchant for looking for trouble and ...
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Under the Spell, Book 5 of the Incognito Series
Award-winning author Karen Wiesner is the founder of Jewels of the Quill, an award-winning group of authors in all genres banded together to promote their books.  The group also does anthologies together.  Adventures in Amethyst Series is a...
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Adventures in Amethyst Series
in SHADOWS IN THE HEART, A Jewels of the Quill Halloween Anthology Rediscover chills and thrills...and quills...on Halloween! Seven JEWELS OF THE QUILL AUTHORS offer stories with horrors, romance, shudders, woo-woo and a few giggles. Halloween lo...
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Papa, Book 1 of the Woodcutter's Grim Series
Roan Emory, Network operative, was inducted against his will. Parris “Perry” L’Engle, an FBI agent and the only woman he ever loved, has never been convinced that the car accident that took Daniel Sands’ life was legitimate. J...
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Dead Drop, Book 4 of the Incognito Series
Award-winning author Karen Wiesner is the founder of Jewels of the Quill, an award-winning group of authors in all genres banded together to promote their books.  The group also does anthologies together.  Dame Amethyst Treasures is a compi...
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Dame Amethyst Treasures
An unsuspecting nurse is lured to an ancient family mansion—said to hold both ghosts and horrifying secrets—in order to care for three recently orphaned children. Amberlyn Lyons has recently suffered a devastating miscarriage that has t...
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The Bloodmoon Curse
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Rebel Porter is a man on the edge. His wife was killed to silence evidence he uncovered on a dangerously corrupt man of power. Now Reb is in hiding, and he’s as afraid to lose someone else to the bounty on his head as to lose his heart to anoth...
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Bounty on the Rebel's Heart, Book 3 of the Incognito Series
Network operatives Kirsten Ulrick and Ash Barnett have sacrificed their personal identities to live in the shadows and uphold justice for all--no matter the cost. Captain Shannon McKee has restored order to the Network, a covert government agency. ...
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Until Death Do Us Part, Book 2 of the Incognito Series
in TALES FROM THE TREASURE TROVE, Volume II, A Jewels of the Quill Anthology SIX DISTINCTIVE AUTHORS offer new, short, exciting Tales from the Treasure Trove--each featuring a sparkling jewel! SIX COMPELLING COUPLES discover romance, magic, sus...
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The Amethyst Star
in TALES FROM THE TREASURE TROVE, Volume III, A Jewels of the Quill Anthology Seven DISTINCTIVE AUTHORS offer new, short, exciting Tales from the Treasure Trove--each featuring a sparkling jewel! Seven COMPELLING COUPLES discover romance, suspen...
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Revenge in Amethyst, Book 2 of the Adventures in Amethyst Series
A woman without a past. A man without explanations. Their love has no beginning. No end...? Kira Gunn, 25-year-old wunderkind, remembers nothing about her life before 31-year-old Vincent Carson. He’s been her guardian, her protector, her busi...
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No Ordinary Love, Book 1 of the Incognito Series
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in TREASURES OF THE HEART, A Jewels of the Quill Valentine's Day Anthology Rediscover the magic and romance of Valentine's Day! SEVEN JEWELS OF THE QUILL AUTHORS offer a story featuring a token of love--possibly small, but straight from the heart...
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A Rose for Romeo, Book 1 of the Adventures in Amethyst Series
in SMALL GIFTS, A Jewels of the Quill Christmas Anthology SIX JEWELS OF THE QUILL AUTHORS offer exciting holiday stories--each featuring a gift, possibly small, but straight from the heart!     "A Home for Christmas" {ins...
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A Home for Christmas
in TALES FROM THE TREASURE TROVE, Volume I, A Jewels of the Quill Anthology TWELVE DISTINCTIVE AUTHORS offer new, short, exciting Tales from the Treasure Trove--each featuring a sparkling jewel! TWELVE COMPELLING COUPLES discover romance, magi...
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The Amethyst Angel
FIRST DRAFT IN 30 DAYS by Karen S. Wiesner Writing Reference Writer's Digest Books http://www.fwbookstore.com/category/writers-digest Finish an outline so complete it reads like a first draft—in just 30 days! Say goodbye to writing and rew...
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First Draft in 30 Days
Trade paperback available from: http://www.cafepress.com/diskusbooks.14307722 Rudy Tadeas is getting married--to the wrong woman! Jayme Conrad, a reporter for an expose magazine, is impossibly clumsy and about to learn the benefits of thinking ...
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Silver Bells, Wedding Bells in the Mistletoe Marriages Anthology


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