Sweet Success! Becky Clark

Compiled by Kathie Scrimgeour

Becky Clark’s novel, Banana Bamboozle (-ISBN — 978-1-4944-9471-1, paperback, kindle 286 pages), was released on National Goof-Off Day (March 22, 2014), by Becky Clark (self published) and is available on Amazon.

Drunk on Banana Bamboozles, Cassidy Dunne sees a girl she’s convinced is her niece. Problem is her niece has been dead for fourteen years.

Becky has been a member of PPW for more than a dozen years. She has published fiction for kids and nonfiction for adults, but BANANA BAMBOOZLE is her first foray into adult fiction. She is wiggly with delight at the early response. You can find her at her website, www.BeckyClarkBooks.com or via email:   Becky@BeckyClarkBooks.com.

We love to hear of fellow Pikes Peak Writers' Sweet Successes, including story acceptances, winning contests, getting published and book signings. Please email Kathie Scrimgeour at ppwsweetsuccess@gmail.com if you've got a Sweet Success you'd like to share.

Sweet Success! Gail Mencini

Compiled by Kathie Scrimgeour

Gail Mencini’s novel, To Tuscany with Love (ISBN: 978-1-938592-00-3, Paperback, 400 pages) was released January 7, 2014 by Capriole Group. It is available to purchase on Gail’s website.

Eight college students meet during their semester abroad in Tuscany. In one whirlwind summer, while uncovering the charms of Italy, they discover both friendship and love. Returning to Tuscany 30 years later, their dreams, anger, secrets, and disappointments send them on a startling collision course that none of them could have predicted.

Gail Mencini is the best-selling and award-winning author of the debut novel To Tuscany with Love. A frequent visitor to Tuscany and a homegrown gourmet cook, she has toured Italy by car, train, bus, Vespa, and foot. She lives in Colorado with her family and dogs, where she cooks up dazzling dishes and spectacular stories. You can visit her at GailMencini.com.

We love to hear of fellow Pikes Peak Writers' Sweet Successes, including story acceptances, winning contests, getting published and book signings. Please email Kathie Scrimgeour at ppwsweetsuccess@gmail.com if you've got a Sweet Success you'd like to share.

Sweet Success! Lynda Hilburn

Compiled by Kathie Scrimgeour

Lynda Hilburn’s paranormal novel, Crimson Psyche, Kismet Knight, Vampire Psychologist book #3 [British edition] (-ISBN: 978-0857387257, 464 pages, Paperback and e-book) was released in the U.K. January 2, 2014, by Quercus Books/Jo Fletcher Books UK. The book is presently available only in the U.K. and will be available in the U.S. soon.

When Kismet Knight became the Vampire Psychologist, she didn't bank on discovering that vampires are, in fact, real - let alone falling for an 800-year-old master vampire.

But that's now the least of her worries. A hunter is out there, and he has plans for Kismet. When a strange, cold darkness brushes the back of her thoughts, it awakens Lust, a dangerous part of her psyche she cannot control.

Kismet had better hope that her friends will find the answers, because this is enough to make anyone lose her mind...

Paranormal author Lynda Hilburn writes the Kismet Knight, Vampire Psychologist series as well as other supernatural tales featuring vampires, witches, ghosts, psychics and wizards. In her other life, she is a licensed psychotherapist, hypnotherapist and professional intuitive. You can find Lynda at her websites: www.lyndahilburnauthor.com and www.paranormalityuniverse.blogspot.com.

We love to hear of fellow Pikes Peak Writers' Sweet Successes, including story acceptances, winning contests, getting published and book signings. Please email Kathie Scrimgeour at ppwsweetsuccess@gmail.com if you've got a Sweet Success you'd like to share.

Sweet Success! F.P. Dorchak

Compiled by Kathie Scrimgeour

F.P. Dorchak’s Sci-fi action adventure novel, ERO (ISBN 0615859623 and 978-0615859620; 109,000 words; paperback; adult) was released July 19, 2013 by Wailing Moon and is now available in paperback and e-book. The book is available through Smashwords, B&N, Amazon, CreateSpace, and iTunes.

A stranded astronaut draws upon confused and contradictory memories to recall his involvement in UFO Black Operations—and Humanity’s not-so-pleasant future.

F.P Dorchak’s supernatural murder mystery novel, The Univited (ISBN 9781301573967 and 0615906826; 96,400 words; e-book; paperback; Adult) was released as a paperback October 2013 by Wailing Loon. The book is available at Smashwords, CreateSpace, B&N, Amazon, and iTunes.

Kacey Miller is on the run. Stumbling upon a heinous crime scene one sleepless night, she is drawn into an investigation where both the suspects and investigators are tormented by bizarre, supernatural experiences. She must decipher her own visions and nightmares, which forces her to confront long-denied, deep-seated, and secretive guilts—as well as her own connection with the murderers.

F. P. Dorchak writes paranormal fiction (no, not vampires), delving into the realms of the supernatural, the unexplained, and the metaphysical to explore who we are and why we exist. You can find F.P. by email: fpdorchak@fpdorchak.com or at his website.

We love to hear of fellow Pikes Peak Writers' Sweet Successes, including story acceptances, winning contests, getting published and book signings. Please email Kathie Scrimgeour at ppwsweetsuccess@gmail.com if you've got a Sweet Success you'd like to share.

Sweet Success! Jody Kessler

Jody A. Kessler's adult paranormal romance novel, Death Lies Between Us (paperback, ebook), will be published by Crescent Moon Press in March 2013. The book will be available from major online bookstores. The author's website is at jodyakessler.com.

Saving the life of someone you love should not be the worst thing you have ever done, unless you are an Angel of Death.

Disgruntled with his position in the afterlife and conflicted by his feelings toward his new client, Nathaniel Evans forgoes the rules and saves nineteen-year-old Juliana Crowson from being hopelessly stuck in Forge Creek. This alters Juliana’s destiny and she finds herself in a series ofnear-death accidents.

In the mountains of Colorado, Nathaniel comforts Juliana as she struggles to understand her paranormal abilities while coping with her brother’s drug addiction. When an ill-tempered Native American Shaman teaches her the difference between ghosts and place memories, shedecides she wants nothing to do with the supernatural world. Too bad she doesn’t know that Nathaniel is part of it.

Will fate bring these two together, or has Nathaniel made the biggest mistake of his afterlife?

Jody A. Kessler enjoys writing paranormal novels and is a member of Pikes Peak Writers. She is a yoga instructor, Reiki Master, and a graduate of the Colorado Institute of Massage Therapy. When she took an extended leave from her massage practice to

stay at home with her newborn, she returned to her first true passion—writing. She spends most of her time being a mother, writing, and teaching yoga, but also likes going to concerts, hiking, practicing herbal medicine, and reading anything that catches her interest. Jody lives in the mountains of Colorado with her family. You can learn more about Jody on her website www.jodyakessler.com.


We love to hear of fellow Pikes Peak Writers' Sweet Successes, including story acceptances, winning contests, getting published and book signings. Please email DeAnna Knippling at dknippling [at] gmail [dot] com if you've got a Sweet Success you'd like to share.

Sweet Success! Beth Groundwater

Beth Groundwater's new adult mystery novel, To Hell in a Handbasket (ISBN 978-073872702, trade paper and ebook, 300 pages), will be released on November 8, 2012, by Midnight Ink. The book will be available online and from many brick-and-mortar bookstores. The author's website is at bethgroundwater.com.

An icy demise snowballs in book 2 of this Agatha Award-nominated series. Gift basket designer Claire Hanover is reluctantly enjoying a spring ski vacation with her family in Breckenridge, Colorado, when a bloodcurdling scream cuts the frigid air. Claire is appalled to find the sister of her daughter’s boyfriend dead on the slopes. Others assume the girl’s death was an accident, but Claire notices another pair of ski tracks veering dangerously into the victim’s path. To protect her daughter as incriminating clues surface, Claire unravels a chilling conspiracy.

Bestselling author Beth Groundwater writes the Claire Hanover Gift Basket Designer series (A Real Basket Case, a Best First Novel Agatha Award finalist, and To Hell in a Handbasket) and the Rocky Mountain Outdoor Adventures series starring whitewater river ranger Mandy Tanner (Deadly Currents and Wicked Eddies). The third books in both series will appear in 2013. Beth enjoys Colorado's many outdoor activities, including skiing and whitewater rafting, and loves talking to book clubs. Visit her website: http://bethgroundwater.com/.

We love to hear of fellow Pikes Peak Writers' Sweet Successes. Please email DeAnna Knippling at dknippling [at] gmail [dot] com if you've got a Sweet Success you'd like to share.