Karen Nichols: 32 books

On the coast of Washington, are several small towns. Aftport was where she chose to live. Danea didn’t want much out of life. She wanted to run her daycare and just be a girl.But her father believed she had some buried secret gifts to be controlled and used by him.The sheriff believed...

A mystical red crystal covered in ancient writing lies waiting for those making a wish. A quiet, peaceful wish to end an existence when society deemed a life over. In the small town metaphysical shop, a cauldron is filled with various trinkets. A cauldron that the mystical crystal finds itself...

Isabel was tired. Tired of so many things. But never too tired to help a friend. It's the end of charity masquerade season in the Puget Sound area when a friend asked for her help. Only among the small cluster of people she called friends was she comfortable with her "gift". And it's...

Chloe, Kate and Bella have been friends since college. They've helped each other through good times and times when Kate and Bella lost their loves and simply wanted to curl into a corner and not meet the world again. Chloe wouldn't allow it. And now they all live in the same area when they meet new men in their lives. If coincidence allows it.

Isabella Barrone packed her little wagon and headed over the pass to Devil Hills and the teaching position she had with the elementary school. When the car decided to sputter and stop near the top, she really wanted to kick some tires. The skies were thick with dark clouds that blocked reception to...

Dark eyes and glasses, her head always bent and reading something as she moved purposefully through the admin halls of the WindSwept Narrows Resort and Casino, Sophie Addison was always preoccupied. Even attending the masked ball as the Baroness from an animated series, her thoughts were splintered. Then...

Danielle Hudson had changed into her jeans and tee shirt, fingers absently buttoning the front of her thick jacket when she stepped onto the wide walkway outside the casino. She walked for awhile, a half smile in place when a few flurries of snow came fluttering down around her. She pulled the collar...

Hannah Taylor ran after the three year old, laughing and tossing little snow balls in the side yard of the inn where they were staying. She didn’t notice the man watching them until he wandered a little unevenly to the snow covered bench and plopped down. Pale hair blown by the winter winds and...

Chapter One Wolf. Lacie Barton had never seen one so close, or so large in her life. Regal, she thought, opening the front of the large drawing pad. Tawny, pale brown eyes remained on the majestic creature not twenty-five feet from her while her left hand held the pencil and began...

Emily believed it would be a grand day when she wandered into the unique jewelry shop next to the adult costume store where she worked. She created and displayed exotic and interesting outfits. But she decided she wanted a wedding ring to ward off the pigs who occasionally entered the shop. Then things went wrong.

It was Sunday when he came in from his run that he picked up the phone and tapped in the number Sam had given him. His voice curt and flat. “I want to talk to you. I’ll be at your place tomorrow at six,” Zach told her flatly, breaking the connection before she could say a word. Eve...

Rose Maddock knew it was taking a great deal out of her friend to accept the guard that had been assigned to her. She dropped to her knees, barely breathing and waved the two of them past, ignoring the laughter from Daphne, continuing on when Rose weakly waved a couple palms at her. “You’re...

Anna Carson knew it was a dream. It replayed itself now and again through the years since it had been reality. She never tried changing things. Never gave more than a passing thought to the colors and textures of a place that had been home for ten years. As far as she could recall, at least. They...

Alice went to the ball to forget that she'd quit her job because the boss was aggressive and personnel couldn't help her. Dressed like a fairy princess, she enjoyed the many dresses, sipped wine and felt her knees quaking when the very man she'd run from was at the ball. Nick had escorted...