H S Skinner
Romance and Fantasy Author
Books
Jennilee's Light
The unexplained disappearance of one woman and the brutal murder of her best friend a few months later rock the small, close-knit town of Chinquapin Ridge. The repercussions of the crimes have widespread and long lasting effects, especially on the two children the women leave behind. Charlie ends up with his grandmother, but Jennilee is not so fortunate. With her Aunt Celie gaining full custody, Jennilee’s life becomes a living nightmare. Growing up next door to each other, Jennilee and Charlie have never had any doubt they’re destined to marry and spend the rest of their lives together. All they have to do to ensure their happily ever after is… Outwit, and outlast… Celie.
Amelia's Echoes
Now adults, Jennilee’s and Charlie’s story continues. With their mothers’ murders still unsolved, Charlie’s and Jennilee’s best friend and surrogate sibling has all intentions of rectifying that situation. It’s been the guiding principle of Jeff’s life since he found the burial site of Charlie’s mom while he was out metal detecting as a teen. The driving force behind his absolute desire to be a forensic scientist for the FBI, Jeff will do everything he can to give Charlie and Jennilee closure. Even if closure means agitating a human hornet’s nest and endangering them all, especially Jennilee.
Willow's Green Man
Seven feet of break-your-camera ugly, hardened mercenary Mason Salisbury has made rescuing abused and exploited women and children his mission in life. No matter how many missions he runs, or how many women and children he frees, he can’t forget Baby. The first child he saved, the one who set his feet on this path when he was little more than a child himself. The one who captured his heart irrevocably the first time he laid eyes on her. Model beautiful, Willow Sullivan loves nothing more than spending time in her shop, The Green Man. Restoring gargoyles is her passion…and her obsession. With no memories prior to being adopted at a young age, one glance at Mason and Willow knows he holds the key to her heart. What she doesn’t know is…he holds the key to unlocking her past.
The Last Dragonhealer
Book One of The Dragonsisters Trilogy
On a world comprised of mountains…Mountains…and more MOUNTAINS… The once revered dragons are the age-old preferred method of travel. Generations of warfare between the Dragonriders and the dragonhaters have decimated the rider and dragon populations. Targeted by the dragonhaters, Dragonhealers are even more rare than dragons. Thought to be extinct, which means the dragons will soon follow, and unknown to the riders, a courageous young woman battles alone to save the dragons. Will the dragonhaters succeed in taking her out and thus dooming the dragons, or will she survive to step forward and claim her heritage? What happens when the Dragonriders discover one last… Dragonhealer?
Dragonlink
Book Two of The Dragonsisters Trilogy
Qilla and Kelly—two strong, determined women from two vastly different worlds. A dragon and a wizard, viciously estranged by an insidious, centuries long curse. The two women must figure out how to work together in order to free the dragon and the wizard and save them from endless torment. Otherwise…they’re all doomed.
Dragonscribe
Book Three of The Dragonsisters Trilogy
Trapped in a wizard’s tower—her wizard’s tower—with a raving lunatic outside the locked door, Kelly is fast running out of options. Somehow—and she has absolutely no idea where to even begin—she must save not only herself but also her friends and her beloved wizard—and his estranged dragon—from certain death at the hands of the madman.
Ivy's Place
Mostly content with her life, totally immersed in her kids and grandkids—along with several businesses she’s in the process of starting, not to mention her successful writing career—spending all her free time in the creek or playing with her dog is Maggie’s idea of a high old time. She is not looking for a new man. And then an ex military tattooed biker blows into town on his Harley…
The King's Falcon
The Crusades are a time fraught with perils and intrigues. Long left in charge of a mouldering keep in the middle of nowhere, Mellyn’s world revolves around keeping her people safe, and above all, avoiding her uncle’s notice. Garvon’s world revolves solely around insuring his King’s safety, no matter the cost to himself. Mellyn’s and Garvon’s worlds are about to collide in a disastrous mix, but at what cost to each of them?
A deadly and long enduring feud between two warring families.
A king, fed up with both sides.
A royal decree ordering the last remaining scions—one male and one female—to wed.
They should have hated each other on sight.
Should have been mortal enemies.
Should have.
Former SEAL Dumas Walker has made it his mission in life to rescue abused women and children from horrific circumstances. His muse, and his inspiration, his driving force…
The green-eyed girl he dreams on a nightly basis. For the last ten years she’s starred in his nightmares.
Is she real, or merely a figment of his tortured imagination?
Sometimes…
Doing the right thing is exactly the wrong thing.
Returning the gorgeous girl Dumas rescued to her birth family sounded like the right thing.
In a normal world…it was the right decision.
But there’s nothing normal about Dumas or Green-Eyes.
Also by me, writing as HEIDI SKINNER
YA FANTASY
Jilly's Mural
Unwanted by anyone, fourteen year old Jilly McIntyre ends up on the doorstep of her newest foster family. Figuring they’ll send her packing as fast as all the other fosters have, she’s dumfounded to find out they’ve been eagerly anticipating her arrival. No one has ever needed Jilly for anything, but they do.
A deposed king and queen thrown into Jilly’s world from another, far more magical one, Jilly is the only person on either world who has a chance of sending them home and reuniting them with their beloved son.
O'rian's Key
One year ago, fourteen year old Jilly McIntyre painted a magic mural and fell through it into another world. So began her quest, an epic adventure which ended triumphantly—except for her being sent back to Earth at the conclusion of her quest. For her birthday this year, Jilly wishes to be reunited with the friends—and especially the boy she fell in love with—that she made while in that other world. Obsessed with drawing keys this year, will Jilly find a way to reunite with her friends and her love? Most important, will she find a way to keep the paths between the worlds open?
THE CONFLUENCE OF KYRIE HALLIDAY
Kyrie’s life consists of… Move, bear witness to her stepfather’s crimes, run. Pull up stakes, hope he doesn’t—or hope he does—get caught, repeat. Ad nauseam. Until this last small town she’s landed in…
COMING SOON!
This is literally the inside of my brain! All those little bubbles and balls are story ideas and characters screaming for my attention! I have a lot of stories, in all stages of completion, from just a couple paragraphs written down to lacking a few paragraphs to finish.
UPDATE!
Enjoy this latest YA!
Introducing some new friends and visiting some old ones!
Kyrie is one tough chick!
And as always, thank you for reading!