What's in the Works?
What I’ve been working on! I am in various stages of edits with each story. All have a first draft, some are in edits, and some are at critique partners. I hope to have 2 release in the year 2018. I hope you enjoyed reading the drafted blurp on each of them, if you would like to be a beta reader or critique partner with any of these stories, please contact me at bretesc@gmail.com and I can tell you where I am with the story and what I need. Thanks so much for visiting!
Rekindled Christmas Love
Joannie came back to Sage Brush with her son to start over. Her husband left her for a younger woman who was now pregnant. She was hoping against hope that maybe she could rekindle her relationship with Skip, her first, and really, her only love. But that possibility was soon put to rest. Join Joannie and Skip as they work through their feelings and try to give their relationship another chance. Can Skip forgive Joannie for what she did to him? Can Joannie get through to Skip that she was home to stay and would never leave him or hurt him again?
Rocky River Gold
Meghan Harper left her abusive ex-husband and returned to her hometown, Rocky River, Montana and to her only relative, her aunt. She rebuilt her life and opened a beauty salon, and all was going well, until she came to her aunt’s house and found her dead on the floor.
Deputy Javin Kologie was investigating the death of Meghan’s aunt, Doris Carver. He’d been an officer for a long time, and dealt with people who didn’t want to have anything to do with him, but his frustration with Meghan Harper was growing in epic proportions.
While Deputy Kologie continued to investigate the murder of Meghan’s aunt, she had discovered from her aunt’s last will and testament, that someone left her something, and that something was hidden in a mine shaft inside an old ghost town. She and her aunt’s friend began a search down the mine shaft to discover what was hidden.
Even as Javin and Meghan’s feelings began to grow, he knew she was keeping something from him and she was often evasive, never answering all her questions.
People you trust are not always what they seem. Meghan gets trapped in the mine shaft, can Javin rescue her in time?
The Fire Within
Jacklyn Carver was so tired, she left and headed back to Montana for a two weeks vacation from her family and the family business she ran. She’d given up her dream to be a Game Warden and living with Gerald in Montana. She ventured out on her first day at her grandparents cabin and she didn’t expect she’d ended up spraining her ankle while on a hike near the cabin.
Gerald Longhorn had given up on love and finding a partner after Jacklyn left him years ago to return to her family in Michigan. He lived a lonely life as FWP Warden Sergeant and manage eleven FWP wardens around Flathead National Forest. He couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw Jacklyn, struggling to walk in the middle of the Flathead National Forest, with a forest fire looming around them.
After rescuing her, Gerald rekindled his relationship with her, while helping her to enjoy her time on crutches, during her vacation.
The lure of responsibility called Jacklyn back to reality and to Michigan. But the more she tried to bury herself into the business her father left for her before he died, the more unhappy she became.
Will she make the decision to do what she’s always wanted to do and this time, will Gerald take her back?
Moonlight Path
Brianna returned home from New York with a broken heart. Facilitating a high school class reunion, she met up with her former love, Johnny Mathis.
Johnny Mathis had resigned from medicine after a tragic event left him unsure if he could ever make the right diagnosis in the future and practice medicine. He loved children and treating them, but the tragedy left him scarred and reeling. He spent most of his time in her sailboat, sailing Lake Michigan.
Seeing Brianna again sparked an interest in him, and they slowly rekindled their relationship. However, someone else was having a hard time with their relationship. Someone was leaving a white rose on Brianna’s steps every day, and trying to kill Johnny.
Brianna’s best friend, Susan, a cop in Grand Haven, and Johnny’s brother, Nick, an FBI agent and profiler, began to investigate the events surrounding Johnny and Brianna.
While Nick and Susan are in a race against time, will Johnny be able to save Brianna from a madman bent on killing him and keeping Brianna for himself?
The Potter’s Wheel
Caitlin McCallester was a potter and owner of a small home she converted to her pottery business. She owned a piece of land that was once under the ownership of the Malone family. A piece of property that Jason Malone was planning to get back.
After many attempts to get Caitlin to move out of the house and give up the property, Caitlyn arranged for a friend to come out to the property that ran along the river, and see if there were gold hidden in the ground.
She finds out what Jason had been up to, and more than ever, she was determined she’d hold on to her property and her house.
One day she found out what Jason was up to, and got into an argument with him. She returned to her home to find it on fire. She went into the burning house and got her dog Sophie when she fell and hit her head on the counter. She suffered from amnesia, and Jason insisted she stay with him while she recovered.
Jason’s ex-girlfriend helped Caitlyn ‘remember’ everything, and she left Jason’s place and went to her friend place to live. Both realized their love for each other, and eventually, Caitlyn forgave Jason and agreed to marry him.
Montana Winter
Constanze Clemmings wanted revenge. She wanted justice for the way that Dakota Myers left her and broke her heart.
Dakota had worked his way up in the rehabilitation services department to deputy director, and Constanze managed to get promoted as well, but not in the high position that he had. After problems with some employees and getting everyone straightened out, Constanze ended up working under Dakota’s supervision and leadership.
He manages to convince Constanze to go to the Christmas Ball with him at the State Capitol. After attending the ball, they returned to her place. After a night of passionate lovemaking, Constanze continued on with her plan of revenge, and left him heartbroken, just as he did to her.
Instead of feeling good about her revenge, as she had hoped, she felt worst.
One day, one of boys living with Dakota had an accident, she took the opportunity to go to him. Could she make amends for how she broke his heart, and when she realized the reasons he’d left her, can she even forgive herself?
Joannie came back to Sage Brush with her son to start over. Her husband left her for a younger woman who was now pregnant. She was hoping against hope that maybe she could rekindle her relationship with Skip, her first, and really, her only love. But that possibility was soon put to rest. Join Joannie and Skip as they work through their feelings and try to give their relationship another chance. Can Skip forgive Joannie for what she did to him? Can Joannie get through to Skip that she was home to stay and would never leave him or hurt him again?
Rocky River Gold
Meghan Harper left her abusive ex-husband and returned to her hometown, Rocky River, Montana and to her only relative, her aunt. She rebuilt her life and opened a beauty salon, and all was going well, until she came to her aunt’s house and found her dead on the floor.
Deputy Javin Kologie was investigating the death of Meghan’s aunt, Doris Carver. He’d been an officer for a long time, and dealt with people who didn’t want to have anything to do with him, but his frustration with Meghan Harper was growing in epic proportions.
While Deputy Kologie continued to investigate the murder of Meghan’s aunt, she had discovered from her aunt’s last will and testament, that someone left her something, and that something was hidden in a mine shaft inside an old ghost town. She and her aunt’s friend began a search down the mine shaft to discover what was hidden.
Even as Javin and Meghan’s feelings began to grow, he knew she was keeping something from him and she was often evasive, never answering all her questions.
People you trust are not always what they seem. Meghan gets trapped in the mine shaft, can Javin rescue her in time?
The Fire Within
Jacklyn Carver was so tired, she left and headed back to Montana for a two weeks vacation from her family and the family business she ran. She’d given up her dream to be a Game Warden and living with Gerald in Montana. She ventured out on her first day at her grandparents cabin and she didn’t expect she’d ended up spraining her ankle while on a hike near the cabin.
Gerald Longhorn had given up on love and finding a partner after Jacklyn left him years ago to return to her family in Michigan. He lived a lonely life as FWP Warden Sergeant and manage eleven FWP wardens around Flathead National Forest. He couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw Jacklyn, struggling to walk in the middle of the Flathead National Forest, with a forest fire looming around them.
After rescuing her, Gerald rekindled his relationship with her, while helping her to enjoy her time on crutches, during her vacation.
The lure of responsibility called Jacklyn back to reality and to Michigan. But the more she tried to bury herself into the business her father left for her before he died, the more unhappy she became.
Will she make the decision to do what she’s always wanted to do and this time, will Gerald take her back?
Moonlight Path
Brianna returned home from New York with a broken heart. Facilitating a high school class reunion, she met up with her former love, Johnny Mathis.
Johnny Mathis had resigned from medicine after a tragic event left him unsure if he could ever make the right diagnosis in the future and practice medicine. He loved children and treating them, but the tragedy left him scarred and reeling. He spent most of his time in her sailboat, sailing Lake Michigan.
Seeing Brianna again sparked an interest in him, and they slowly rekindled their relationship. However, someone else was having a hard time with their relationship. Someone was leaving a white rose on Brianna’s steps every day, and trying to kill Johnny.
Brianna’s best friend, Susan, a cop in Grand Haven, and Johnny’s brother, Nick, an FBI agent and profiler, began to investigate the events surrounding Johnny and Brianna.
While Nick and Susan are in a race against time, will Johnny be able to save Brianna from a madman bent on killing him and keeping Brianna for himself?
The Potter’s Wheel
Caitlin McCallester was a potter and owner of a small home she converted to her pottery business. She owned a piece of land that was once under the ownership of the Malone family. A piece of property that Jason Malone was planning to get back.
After many attempts to get Caitlin to move out of the house and give up the property, Caitlyn arranged for a friend to come out to the property that ran along the river, and see if there were gold hidden in the ground.
She finds out what Jason had been up to, and more than ever, she was determined she’d hold on to her property and her house.
One day she found out what Jason was up to, and got into an argument with him. She returned to her home to find it on fire. She went into the burning house and got her dog Sophie when she fell and hit her head on the counter. She suffered from amnesia, and Jason insisted she stay with him while she recovered.
Jason’s ex-girlfriend helped Caitlyn ‘remember’ everything, and she left Jason’s place and went to her friend place to live. Both realized their love for each other, and eventually, Caitlyn forgave Jason and agreed to marry him.
Montana Winter
Constanze Clemmings wanted revenge. She wanted justice for the way that Dakota Myers left her and broke her heart.
Dakota had worked his way up in the rehabilitation services department to deputy director, and Constanze managed to get promoted as well, but not in the high position that he had. After problems with some employees and getting everyone straightened out, Constanze ended up working under Dakota’s supervision and leadership.
He manages to convince Constanze to go to the Christmas Ball with him at the State Capitol. After attending the ball, they returned to her place. After a night of passionate lovemaking, Constanze continued on with her plan of revenge, and left him heartbroken, just as he did to her.
Instead of feeling good about her revenge, as she had hoped, she felt worst.
One day, one of boys living with Dakota had an accident, she took the opportunity to go to him. Could she make amends for how she broke his heart, and when she realized the reasons he’d left her, can she even forgive herself?