WELL WISHERS: THE WELL WISHER SERIES (WORK IN PROGRESS: 55-65,000 WORDS PER BOOK)

(A YA Fantasy Romantic Comedy)

What do you get when you have: a magic wishing well that grants wishes, a loner mechanic social mutt with a mismatched motorcycle she built from scratch (who doesn't know what she wants and doesn't fit into any group at school), a Clark Kent type captian of the chess club with a job in the library (who knows exactly who he is and what he wants, if only he could bring out his Superman within), and two wild and crazy well dwellers who break the rules and enter into the "forbidden room" which houses the magic of the well?  A fun story you won't want to stop reading.

KICKING THE HABIT: A SISTER MARY SLEUTH MYSTERY (WORK IN PROGRESS: 80-90,000 WORDS PER BOOK)

(A Funny Mystery Series with a romance subplot)

A story about an unconventional woman who's always been more like The Flying Nun than Mother Theresa, messing up time after time, but still believing in everything the church stands for.  But after having sexy dreams about a faceless man, she decides to leave the church before taking her final vows, and continue to do God's work on the outside.  Only she ends up on the wrong side of the confessional and overhears a Senator confess a crime, then moment's later he winds up dead.  Truly believing "what happens in the confessional stays in the confessional" and feeling as though the Senator's death is her fault, she takes matters into her own hands and decides to solve this case herself, much to the dismay of the hunky ex-commando detective in charge who's petrified of all things catholic.  Saving his soul becomes her second obsession, until she realizes her dream man has a face after all.   

MISTLETOE & MARTINIS (80,000 WORDS TOTAL, 20,000 WORDS PER BOOK) 

(A humorous christmas women's fiction anthology with a different holiday martini featured in each book, as well as its recipe.  Work in progress.)

"Christmas with a Twist" by Barbie Jo Bogart www.barbiejobogart.com

"The Bitch Who Stole Christmas" by Amanda Brice www.amandabrice.com

"Little White (Christmas) Lies" by Rhonda Stapleton www.rhondastapleton.net

"Naughty or Nice" by Kari Lee Townsend (that's me :-P )

THE COMFORT CLUB SERIES (80-90,000 WORDS PER BOOK)

(A  Humorous Women's Fiction 4 book series)

A series about what four small-town former cheerleaders do when their life's plan falls apart at 40, and they never created a plan B.  With a series subplot--that runs through all four books and isn't wrapped up until the end--about a 1-900-Do-Me-Now Phone Sex Bandit who is disrupting all their lives.

SLEEPING IN THE MIDDLE (BOOK ONE - COMPLETED - 90,000 WORDS)

A story about an uptight, widowed, party-planner control freak who's raising 4 kids alone.  She's trying to take her business to the next level, trying to outmaneuver her rival, has taken a vow of celibacy and likes sleeping in the middle of the bed.  Until she meets the handsome new town doc who's not taking no for an answer.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD (BOOK TWO - WORK IN PROGRESS)

A story about a hot, loosey-goosey divorced master manipulator massage therapist who hates change.  Only her whole life is about to change in a big way when she receives a hefty inheritance, her estranged parents show up, her ex sues for more alimony, and she winds up pregnant with twins by a strapping Irish pub owner who has forever on his mind.

UNTIL DEATH DO US PART (BOOK THREE - PLOTTED)

A story about a dark withdrawn addicted to the internet "I do dead people" mortician who is dying for a husband and baby, but relates better to the dead than the living.  Until she meets her favorite famous thriller author online but doesn't know it's him, then chickens out when the sexy writer shows up in person.  She claims she's her alias Sybil's cousin, and Sybil ran off with the Fed Ex guy.

MAN ATTACK (BOOK FOUR - PLOTTED)