"As the daughter of an alchemist, Petra Dee has faced all manner of occult horrors--especially since her arrival in the small town of Temperance, Wyoming. But she can{u2019}t explain the creature now stalking the backcountry of Yellowstone, butchering wolves and leaving only their skins behind in the snow. Rumors surface of the return of Skinflint Jack, a nineteenth-century wraith that kills in fulfillment of an ancient bargain. The new sheriff in...

Heading for Antarctica to study glaciology with her mentor, Dr. Emmett Vanderzee, Valena Walker finds herself thrust into the role of amateur sleuth when Vanderzee is arrested for the killing of a reporter, who died in Antarctica the previous winter.

"Dr. Katherine (Kat) VanDyke, a geologist, has just learned insider information about the discovery of a scroll that indicates the possible whereabouts of a sacred golden sphere that disappeared from Dunluce Castle in Ireland many decades ago. Katherine calls on her former college and hiking friend, Dr. Crystal O'Connor, a social scientist who is currently immersed in the study and practice of the metaphysical, to join her in Sedona, Arizona, in search...

During one week, unlikely partners Minerva and Lord Payne must fake an elopement, convince people they are "in love", outrun armed robbers, and travel four hundred miles without killing each other--or falling in love for real.

When Salt Lake City is hit with a major earthquake on the eve of the Winter Olympics, Em Hansen is sent in by the FBI to investigate the murder of a state-employed geologist just hours after the disaster.

Asked to investigate a famed painting that may be a counterfeit, forensic geologist Em Hansen discovers that she is on the trail of a murderer when her client begins to suffer the effects of poisoning.

"Quake Chasers: 15 women rocking earthquake science explores the lives of 15 diverse, contemporary female scientists with a variety of specialties related to earthquake science. With tenacity, intellect, and innovation, these women have crushed obstacles in society, in the lab, and out in the field. Their accomplishments leave aftershocks as they work toward revealing answers to the many riddles that lie behind earthquakes, saving lives by teaching...