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Maye dreams of when Real Estate was dog-eat-dog, and women were not wanted. Reliving the fun, her little pay-back to the "e;guys"e; at the office. Didn't help!Maye is bored to tears, and her production is as dry as the Arizona Desert!She is rescued by her best friend with benefits, Frank Singleton, with an invite for a weekend together. Back to the grind at her borrowed Open House listing, a nice young man asks her to write up a sale. He already made the deal with the seller. Piece of cake, right?After doing a legal lease option, her client and his family move in and are happy as clams at high tide.The seller's ex-husband plans to murder the wife and anyone who helps her! That included Maye, the buyer, and her friend Viv at Chicago Title! And the Ex-wife has disappeared, too!The search is on to find her, starting with a visit from the FBI, and it goes downhill from there! Her best friend Lavonne is kidnapped! Maye meets to exchange the set of crooked books for her BBF! Bullets start flying, and Maye covers Lavonne with her body, hoping the vest is enough protection!Come along on the dangerous, bumpy road to Maye's hard-earned commission! If she lives to collect!

I am admitting to being a Realtor for 30 years in Washington State and Phoenix, Arizona, which gives this Fictional Story a ring of truth. Most characters and events are made up of whole cloth, but Many characters and events were real. The names were changed to protect the guilty! The sexy boyfriend was just for fun!Our murder mystery begins as Maye's new agent, Sarah McClanahan, discovers her client's bloody bodies in her new listing. Maye's sexy boyfriend, Sheriff's Deputy Frank Singleton, has his hands full as crimes pile up!Maye sells the deal of a lifetime! Four lakefront properties surrounding beautiful Lake Haverly in Punkin Center, Arizona. The first three sales are easy peasy! The fourth seller, James Crandall, a well-known local hothead, challenges Maye's and Ed's expertise.Her clients are New York Attorney Miranda Feldman and her wanna-be writer-husband, Joshua. When Joshua discovers a body floating in their Shangri-la, he needs his wife!The coroner identifies the body as James Crandall. At his memorial, James arrives alive and madder than a hornet!Stay tuned for shootings, a love story, sex, a jailbreak, and mayhem at Mi and Josh's housewarming!

Ruby, Nolan, Bonnie, and Shamus sink into deep depression with the news that their parents will be arriving tomorrow! They are looking at being restricted for life!Donzereli to the rescue! He "e;borrows"e; a VIP flying car and streaks so fast to the coast, the kids and Dr. Allen are breathless. He has booked a VIP tour of a fishing and Lobster harvesting vessel. He posed as Councilor Walkegon.Nolan had just caught a monster fish that must weigh a ton! "e;Ruby, get a picture, quick!"e; Nolan shouted excitedly. No picture was taken because another adventure overshadowed his catch of a lifetime! No one saw the flying ship above them with its blue sails and white painted underside until the large net dropped over the group, and up they went! The good thing was that Donzereli was at the bottom of the pile, not on top!Landing on the deck of the ship, they were released from the net to be confronted by 10-foot-tall fur-clad beings starring at them with large eyes!Dr. Allen realized who they were as he overheard the councilors arguing about the advisability of introducing the "e;Others"e; to the humans He could find nothing about the "e;Others"e; with his internet search.Wait a minute! This makes 2 races or species! The settlers were told that their New World was uninhabited! One has to wonder what else they do not know about their New Earth!Arriving at the "e;Others Keep,"e; they are scared silly but interested in seeing everything. They are hoping for a tour! Donzereli is hoping that he is not in danger just because he is a Dragon!Meanwhile, Rainbow, Sunset, Ty, and Robin are trying to keep the parents from "e;Storming the Castle"e; to rescue their kids from the strange aliens! Cooler heads will hopefully prevail and negotiate a peaceful release of the kids and Dr. Allen!One has to wonder if this adventure will bring the three species together or make the chasm wider!Wars have been fought over lesser things!

Zoo keeper Mr. Shirl, who looks like Little Dawnie's daddy, takes the friends on a tour of the Zoo, showing them how to play the games and the fun rides and introducing them to the Tigers, Lions, and Bears. Oh My! Dog explains to Ning and Boss that they are really at home, sound asleep! They are Sleep Walkers! They cannot be hurt on their adventures, and if they are afraid of anything or are in danger, they will wake up in their own beds! Because, of course, they are Sleep Walkers! Imagine riding Orchid the Orca whale and having no problem breathing underwater! Imagine riding Ella the elephant or Harold the hippo! Do you want to meet the Lion Tamers Tigers and take a ride on their backs! Our adventurers talk to the animals, and they talk back! Tigger tells them of when the mean little kid climbed into his cage and tried to ride on his back, that Tigger was shot by the Ranger and slept for a whole day! The Sleep Travelers thought the kid should have been shot! How about Mr. Shirl cooking burgers, fries, and hotdogs for all the Sleep Travelers, including the animals, and everyone had fun making a big mess with a food fight? But not to worry, because all they have to do is "e;Think clean,"e; and it is all cleaned up!

The good news is Ruby and Nolan will never drown! The bad news is they are Merpeople forever! Nolan thinks it is great. It's only a couple of small scars on their necks! Ruby is not so thrilled! She promises a beat-down if Nolan laughs once. Their parents are afraid they will not be accepted as humans if the whole family is sent home to Old Earth.Do not worry; the dragons, the others, and the Merpeople are like humans and probably won't make them leave, but do they want to leave their whole family and maybe never see them again?Mr. Hendricks returns with two new people! When Hendricks receives and presents his counter-proposal, the sparks fly between the two groups.The youngsters ignore the sparks and create a few sparks of their own! With "e;borrowed"e; cars and equipment, they plan to explore the continent from home across the ocean. While the adults are duking it out, they escape and set up the first camp on the continent, planning to explore in hopes of meeting new people and discovering what their parents don't want them to see!

This is the continuing story of the adventures and misadventures of our two adolescent kids growing up on an uninhabited planet in another galaxy! Trouble seems to find them when they just want to have fun!Ruby and Nolan were responsible for uniting the humans and the dragon community to work together to stop the Consortium from trying to extract payment for "e;settling"e; the planet with humans.These dragons are artisans and more technologically advanced than their human friends. A new race of people is introduced to the human/dragon mix, and the kids are again the catalysts!  All Donzereli wanted to do was take his friends deep-sea fishing! He "e;borrowed"e; a VIP flying car and tricked the captain of the fishing boat into thinking Councilor Walkegon had booked the trip. The captain is unhappy having the puny humans on his boat!Nolan catches a huge fish, and just as he is about to have his trophy picture taken, the whole group is netted and snatched up up, and away to meet the "e;Others!"e;Our adventurous group discovers that the others aren't the abominable snowmen the dragons made them out to be. They are given free rein to tour the entire Keep!Ruby and Donzereli find an amazing new, fun place to take the rest of the group. They called it The Amusement Park! Donzereli was a huge hit with the Other kids.Out adventurers were not looking forward to going home to the punishment they deserved and would face the knowledge that it would not be their last adventure!Dr. Allen felt guilty that he wouldn't face any punishment for his part in this adventure. He will always be ready to "e;help"e; on another adventure.

Combining the first three books of Ruby and Nolan's Great Adventures in Space will introduce you to the Weller family and friends. Each book in the series can be read as a stand-alone book, but it is fun to follow the kids as they fall into one adventure after another as they journey on the bumpy road to adulthood.When a family takes a leap of faith, it can be the adventure of a lifetime or a disaster! The Wellers leap is six light years to an uninhabited planet in another galaxy. Ty and Robin, their two kids, Ruby and Nolan, and Pebbles, their dog, love the adventure of traveling by spaceship via wormhole to New Earth! Upon landing, the parents are busy building a community of like-minded, strong individuals.  Ruby and Nolan are home-schooled and thus have time to imagine adventures in their play fort constructed similar to the old-west stockades.One of their weekly chores is to check the Solar panels on the hill behind their house. After their one-hour climb, they are shocked to see two of the panels broken and the posts bent to the ground. Nolan discovers a pretty rock and insists they take it to their fort to study it for a science project! The trip down the hill with the rock in the basket made of branches is slightly tumultuous when Ruby falls and loses her grip on the rope, and Nolan makes the magnificent dive head first and grabs the rope! Ruby documents the changes with pictures and measurements!They discover what they are studying is not a rock but an egg! And not just any old egg! It hatches and isn't the pony that Nolan wants or a big chicken, but a Dragon!They discover that dragons inhabit the northern part of the planet. They are strong, intelligent, friendly, and quite advanced. They speak the language of the settlers and can cloak their bodies. Do ya think that is why none of the probes reported seeing them?The young dragon bonds with Nolan and Ruby, and they name him Donzereli after a family friend. Ruby, Nolan, Bonnie, Shamus, and Dr. Rodney Allen, who is a kid in an adult's body, seem to fall into more adventures than they intend.Donzereli hatches a plan to fly all four kids to his home. Dr. Allen bribes his ride and is in as much hot water as the kids when Donzereli's parents confront them. They all love the Sky Mall and shop till they drop!When the kids learn their parents are on their way to take them home for punishment, they sink into deep depression. So Donzereli takes them on a VIP deep-sea fishing trip! It is great fun until they are netted from the boat and are kidnapped by the Others! They love the Amusement Park at the Others' Keep, but darn, the parents keep rescuing them too fast for punishment!Wasn't this supposed to be an "e;uninhabited"e; planet? One has to wonder how many different beings inhabit this world.My eternal thanks to the Weller family for allowing me to publish these stories.These books were created out of desperation while searching for Christmas presents for our two young friends, Ruby and Nolan, who were growing up. One summer, we parked our Motor Home in their yard for several weeks, and we had a blast playing with them. It was kind of like reliving having our children with us again.

How does a family cope with making life-changing decisions?  Does the family become closer or drift apart?  Let's peek inside the lives of a family of four that makes a decision not many will ever make.  They agreed to leave the comfort of their home, families, and earth and journey to an uninhabited planet many light-years away. The entire family makes the journey.  However, this story is mainly about their two pre-teens' adventures.Ruby and Nolan Weller make their weekly climb up the hill by their home to check the Solar Panels.  They are shocked to find two of them mangled and broken beyond repair.  Searching for tracks of the animal that did the damage, they discover a large, brightly colored rock.  Deciding it would be a great science project, they slide it down the hill with one small mishap and hide it in their play fort's wood box. For the next few weeks, they conduct their scientific study.  When it starts growing, they realize it isn't a rock at all; it is an egg!  They know back on earth, eggs do not grow!  Whatever is in that egg, it is big!  And it is hatching!Nolan hopes it is a pony, even though he knows ponies do not hatch from eggs.  Ruby thinks it might be a chicken or a bird but is concerned with its size!  What could go wrong?  After all, it will be a baby. This is book one of a series of 7 young adult adventures.

Ruby and Nolan traveled with their parents to an uninhabited planet if they could bring "e;Uncle Dawnzereli,"e; their dog Pebbles, and they wanted ponies. Yikes! Their science project hatches, and a baby Dragon bonds with them! They named him Donzereli after their strong, wonderful Uncle Dawnzereli, who they thought of as an Aunt.It would be an understatement to say Ty and Robin were disappointed that the "e;baby dragon"e; was kept secret from them for many weeks. Meeting his parent was a shock. The settlers accepted the real live Dragons after Donzereli became the highlight of the Festival of Lights by giving all the kids a ride on his back. Ruby, Nolan, Bonnie, and Shamus tell their parents they are going on a picnic. Dr. Rodney Allen hitches a ride with the adventurers, or he would tell their parents their destination.Book 2 is called "e;Dragon Flight"e; for a reason! Friends of Donzereli are flying Dragons to Donzereli's home in the north mountain! If that doesn't sound exciting enough, wait a minute! Does being kidnapped by creatures resembling Yeti's sound like fun? Or would being netted and hauled up to a flying car sound more like fun?Wasn't this planet supposed to be uninhabited?