What And Why

Characters In CounterClockwise Many of my early characters are the most vital to the core of the story.  All of the other, fringe you may say, characters are brought to life to expand the drama, romance, mystery and fun of my series. Even though I do base this paranormal romance on my own dreams, I…

Nora – Frankie – Darcel – Paul – And —

Newbies everywhere.  Yet the original characters still shine. Nora Wells Once a wealthy widow who later found out her husband was still alive, Nora has been around CounterClockwise for quite some time.  Oftentimes at odds with our own bad boy, Tracy Douglas Allen, but, after the return of her husband and Allen’s disappearance, she’s been…

Dead Or Alive It Does Not Change A Thing

What happened? There was a fateful trip that included a train ride headed out west from New York.  Somehow,  just before the train reached the Chicago depot, a man disappeared. Naturally, this was quite a bit of a mystery.  And it caused an investigation conducted by the local authorities, as well as the train company…

He Smelled Of Whiskey, Tobacco and Perfume

“Just take a look at this one”, she thought to herself….. Darcel leaned back in her cushioned seat at the swanky restaurant she and her cousin had come to for dinner.  But her mind was not on what Julia was saying.  What was this guy about?  And why he was so drunk he’s almost falling…

Money – Trains – Boats

A Last Ditch Effort It seemed forever since she last saw him.  In fact, the last time they met he was nine years old and busy playing kickball – he made no secret of the fact that he resented his mother pulling him away to greet a small, frightened-looking five year old girl.  Darcel pushed…

Race Against Time Update

Friends,  There are changes coming up in 2019-2020 for my CounterClockwise series. Look for an Race Against Time (Volume #3).  This will be very exciting and there will be some additional, rather big, changes in the tone of this series because of them. One of those changes in tone will be a grittier feel to…