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UNWISE by
Jane Toombs (Crescent Moon
Press) Princess Heavenly Flower, call Lelani, upset at having to marry an old man goes with her retainers on what she fears will be her last picnic. A storm separates her from the other, driving her into the dreaded forest. Caught up in a wild adventure, Lelani can't foresee the terrible result... .
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A DECEPTIVE BEQUEST by
Jane Toombs (Amber
Quill Press) In the country, Ashley Douglas sees a young man overturn his boat. She can swim, and, believing he is drowning, leaps in to save him. She’s mortified, however, when he winds up pulling her to safety. She discovers he’s Lord Damon and, worse, not only does he call her Miss Blake, but dares to kiss her. She arrives home, drenched, and finds even more upsetting news. .
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DANCE OF THE CEDAR CAT by
Jane Toombs (Eternal
Press) When the moon is full, Sussie Sironen struggles with a wild impulse to dash out and dance naked under its silvery rays. When, unexpectedly, something out there calls to her to join him in dancing, her fear drives her to enact a Finnish rite with a cedar cat that temporarily kills the desire. What waits in the moonlight? And what will happen if her yearning grows too strong to resist? .
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FLAG by J. E.
Toombs (Sundowners, a division of
Treble Hearts Books)
Two men, one aging, one young, pitted against each other in the rough and rowdy Arizona Territory during the early 1880s. Will the resilience and energy of youth overcome the wiliness and experience of age? Who will come out of this desperate encounter alive? |
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moOnDARK by
Jane Toombs (Amber
Quill Press)
Andrea Sullivan receives a French Tarot card in the mail with a cryptic message that sends her hurrying from her home in Michigan to Gatineau Park in Canada's Quebec Province. She expects to meet her best friend there, but instead finds Yvonne, her friend's ten-year-old daughter who tells her both parents are dead and begs for help. .
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temple of serpents by
Jane Toombs (Amber
Quill Press)
When Dr. Halona Moore joins the staff of the California hospital as its pediatric resident, she is unaware that a vicious baby killer is watching her every move. But Harris Macklin, a disillusioned cop, becomes very much aware of Halona's danger, as well as the murderer's connection to a mysterious and eerie temple. .
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love's last stand by
Jane Toombs (Amber
Quill Press)
At Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Dakota Territory, as General Custer gets ready to make his Last Stand, Nona Willard struggles with her own problems. Once she believed love was a pure emotion, not involving erotic feelings, the kind of love she feels for her sister's army officer husband. Devil-may-care journalist Spencer Quinlan, however, waits at the fort with another journalist to accompany Custer, and Spencer's attentions soon threaten Nona's belief. . |
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lord devlin's dilemma by Jane Toombs (Amber
Quill Press)
Miss Jane Sterling, an American, has come to live in the property she inherited—Lyon Hall. With the hall, she also inherited the King's Cloak, which she appreciates as an antique, but has no idea of its hidden value. Lord Devlin, however, knows exactly what this ancient cloak can reveal and is on a mission from the crown to obtain it. |
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SOMETIME PLACE and
In the River: Twist of Fate Anthology
by Jane Toombs (Eternal
Press) "Murder, mayhem, and the macabre wind through a series of tales launching readers from the most sinister of minds to the vast reaches of outer space?" |
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THE BEAST:
Shadows In The Heart
Anthology by Jane Toombs (Whiskey
Creek Press)
What really did happen at the Saints and Sinners Halloween costume party?
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THE TURQUOISE TALISMAN : Tales From the Treasure Trove
Anthology Volume III by Jane Toombs (Whiskey
Creek Press)
Grandma Toivi always told Ella Rose that trouble comes in threes. She decides her grandmother was right when a great-uncle’s death brings Ella the bequest of an ancient Eastern dagger with a turquoise hilt, a mysterious stranger shows up, claiming he’s a gift of the dagger and danger stalks her. |
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THE TURQUOISE CAT: Tales From the Treasure Trove
Anthology Volume II by Jane Toombs (Whiskey
Creek Press)
When an eccentric great-aunt dies, Olivia Sumner unexpectedly inherits her old mansion on Lake Superior, plus an odd turquoise curio of a creature half human, half cougar. With no idea of what this talisman means, she faces a terrible danger, one she never dreamed could exist. Is Raoul DeKalb, the enigmatic DNR officer, on her side, or is he part of the danger? |
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Fire griffin
by Jane Toombs (Mundania
Press)
Seth Kinman's annual Leonid party becomes exciting when an apparent meteorite strikes a nearby pond. Seth, his girlfriend, Kara, and Danny, the young son of one of Seth's friends, find what they believe to be meteorite shards in the form of oval rocks. What happens next will be the surprise of their lives-if they manage to survive it... |
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TOWER OF SHADOWS
by Jane Toombs (Champagne
Books)
Tina's life is turned upside down when she discovers she is not the free spirited gypsy girl she thought she was, but an heiress to a small fortune and a stately old mansion. But as she returns to her roots to claim her life and her inheritance, she finds danger around every corner. Jason Ward is taken by the dark haired beauty he meets on a train, but more intrigued by the men following her. She's oblivious to the danger she is in and he welcomes the opportunity to get closer by providing his protection while keeping his own secrets safe. But the tarot cards say that deception is in Tina's future. Will Jason be the one who will betray her? |
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LADIES OF THE LAKE by Jane Toombs (Amber
Quill Press)
Fiery-haired Octavia travels far from the drawing rooms of her native England to the new United States' Lake Ontario. Stranded by the war of 1812, she's surprised to find herself drawn to the wildness of a Seneca warrior… Silver Grass, Octavia's daughter, fleeing from the white men's attacks on her people in New York States, finds refuge near Lake Superior with the Chippewa. Her heart dark toward all whites, how can she admit to any attraction when blacksmith and copper miner Olav Johanson courts her? |
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AN IMPROPER ALLIANCE by Jane Toombs (Amber
Quill Press)
Spinster Celeste Prescott has no use for rakes. The Earl of Campion has no time for straight-laced young ladies. Fate throws these two unlikely-to-suit the other into a situation where both are striving to keep a love-struck young lady and a lovesick prince apart. Just when they think they may have prevented any chance of the prince and his love ever getting together, Celeste and the Earl find themselves mired in the quicksand of overwhelming mutual attraction. Impossible! Surely sense and sensibility must triumph over what can’t possibly be love... |
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BECOMING YOUR OWN CRITIQUE
PARTNER by Jane Toombs and Janet Lane Walters (Zumaya
Publishing)
Not everyone has access to a good critique group. If you're on your own and need someone to help polish your manuscript so it shines in the eyes of agents and editors, look no farther. Using examples from their own work and a huge dash of humor, veteran authors Jane Toombs and Janet Lane Walters guide both the new writer and the experienced through the labyrinth of self-editing.
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SeACLIFF HOUSE by Jane Toombs (Champagne
Books)
Esma Drake, fresh from the orphanage, arrives at Seacliff House to care for sickly five-year-old Alisette. Esma soon finds the household uneasy. The child's father, and captain of Sea Dragon, Stephen Nicolai, is years overdue at port, and, to Esma's distress, the child's mother ignores the little girl. Then Stephen returns--with amnesia, recognizing no one. When he at first mistakes Esma for his wife, the terror that soon engulfs Seacliff House begins. |
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tHe WRONG GIRL by Jane Toombs (Amber
Quill Press)
Only a rogue would trifle with a lady's affections, Maud knew. Yet she was ready to forgive Lord Montrain, until he had the effrontery to ask her help in pursuing her beautiful older sister's affections. He deserved the comeuppance she planned—until her whole world turned topsy-turvy when she discovered nothing at all was what it seemed to be. Deception is everywhere, even in the attentions of the mysterious Frenchman who is a guest at Maud's home. She must learn the hard lessons of who to trust and who not to, in order to survive and find her way to love. |
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HAGS, SIRENS, AND OTHER BAD GIRLS OF FANTASY by Jane Toombs (DAW
Books)
From hags and harpies to sorceresses and sirens, this volume features
twenty all-new tales that prove women are far from the weaker sex-in all
their alluring, magical, and monstrous roles. |
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NIGHT OF THE OWL by
Jane Toombs (Wings ePress)
A serial killer is stalking and killing redheaded women in the thick, gray,
silent fog that often shrouds San Diego nights -- the fog is the
killer's friend. Trying to resume her life after an unpleasant divorce,
red-haired Sara Henderson is wary of the two new men in her life. |
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forlorn, BOOK 3 IN THE
TEMPLE OF TIME SERIES by Jane Toombs (New Concepts Publishing)
Forced to flee or die, Wilda discovers the only way to stay alive is to
venture to a place no sane person would go ... into the forbidden Temple
of Time. But there she discovers more than safety ... she finds another
world ... and love.... |
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Beltane fire by Jane Toombs (New Concepts Publishing)
On a dusky beach, Beltane fires flickering in the night, Damara and
Shoner are strangers swept into a fairy tale time. There Shoner is a sea
god and Damara a flower goddess, fated by the Old Ones to mate for
spring renewal. They rebel against their constraints, but by defying the
will of the gods, can they survive? |
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A MOST UNSUITABLE BRIDE by Jane Toombs (Amber
Quill Press) Deirdre Darrington's widowed father
marries unexpectedly. Deirdre accepts her new family, only to be crushed
when she discovers the man of her heart, Clive Shadbourne, is engaged to
Phoebe, the elder of her stepsisters. |
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