Twin Plagues: How Duterte and Covid-19 Wrecked the Philippine Economy chronicles the Philippine economy under Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency from 2016 to 2022, a period marked by authoritarian populism and the devastation of the Covid-19 pandemic. Drawing on economic data, policy analysis, and contemporary reporting, the book argues that weak governance and institutional erosion had already undermined economic performance well before the pandemic. The pandemic then exposed and magni...

Kit Colbana is always biting off more than she can chew. She has a knack for finding trouble. This time, though, trouble finds her. Someone from her past drops a case into her lap that she just can't refuse…literally.People on the Council are dying left and right and she's been requested to investigate the deaths. The number one suspect? Her lover, Damon. If she doesn't clear his name, he gets a death sentence. Even if she succeeds? They still might try to execute h...

Something wicked this way comes…The arrival of a very important person in her office seemed to be the start of a lot of problems for Kit Colbana, investigator extraordinaire.Claiming that he needed somebody with her special skillset, he sends her on a series of jobs that made little to no sense until one culminated with both her and her partner, Justin barely escaping with their lives.Back in Orlando, they go their separate ways to recover,...

The start of a BRAND NEW series detailing the epic adventures of Harald Hardrada - Prince. Mercenary. Exile.The lost throne of Norway must be won in foreign lands.1030 ADSome men are gifted a crown. Others have to fight to claim it.Exiled from Norway, Harald Sigurdsson, brother to murdered King Olaf, must battle mercilessly for survival in the lands of the Kievan Rus.His brother’s legacy gifts him a warband of hard...

Blade's EndIt's all coming to a bitter endKit and her lover, Damon, the Alpha of the Southern Cat Clans, are hot on the trail of Madae, an ancient entity that has haunted Kit's people through the ages, stealing and discarding bodies once she's worn them out.Kit was supposed to be the next target, but she proved to be tougher than Madae expected. As both an act of revenge and expediency, Madae went for the next nearest of kin, Kit's cousin, ...

Her name is Frankie. At least, that's what she calls herself.She looks human, but she's no more human than she is a faith-healer. That doesn't stop her from using her…more unique abilities to take care of certain needs. It's those abilities that lead to a chance encounter with an unusual woman in Florida.It's a chance encounter with fate that will set these two down a collision course with destiny.This short story is loosely connected to the Kit Colbana Files. Can ...

Kit Colbana—half breed, assassin, thief, jack of all trades—has a new job: track down the missing ward of one of the local alpha shapeshifters. It should be a piece of cake.So why is she so nervous? It probably has something to do with the insanity that happens when you deal with shifters—especially sexy ones who come bearing promises of easy jobs and easier money.Or maybe it's all the other missing kids that Kit discovers while working the case, or the way her gut keeps scre...

Kit Colbana: assassin, thief, investigator extraordinaire. Now broken.She always expected her past to catch up with her but never like this. Haunted by nightmares and stripped of her identity, she's retreated to Wolf Haven, the no-man's land where she found refuge years before. But while she might want to hide away from the rest of the world, the rest of the world isn't taking the hint.Dragged kicking and screaming back into life, Kit is thrust head-first int...

A single mom from Minnesota discovers a nasty plot when her mother’s book club gets cancelled by murder in this cozy mystery series debut.Sophie “Phee” Kimball is no detective. She’s a middle-aged single mom who works as an account clerk for the Mankato, Minnesota, police department. But her mother, Harriet Plunkett, is convinced she’s the only one who can solve a deadly mystery. Four members of Harriet’s book club have died under mysterious circumstances, and Harr...

A Colbana Files PrequelThe events of this short story take place between A STROKE OF DUMB LUCK and BLADE SONG. It can be read as a stand-alone.For the first time in her life, Kit Colbana's life was going just fine. She had a nice, easy job. She'd managed to escape the not-so-loving attentions of a family who'd rather see her dead than look at her. She had a roof over her head and she didn't have to fight for every little thing she had.Then she finds herself ta...

Burned, Felix Sinclair has all but vowed never to get seriously involved with another woman as long as he lives. After a long day's work, Felix is looking forward to getting back to his luxury apartment in the city. When he detours onto a road less traveled in order to shave off some travel time, the last thing he expects is to wind up stranded in a roadside ditch in the middle of a downpour-or to fall into the arms of a beautiful woman.Recently divorced, jobless, friendless and ut...

Bladed Magic: A Colbana Files PrequelFor the first time in her life, Kit Colbana's life was going just fine. Then she finds herself tangled up with a green-eyed witch by the name of Justin. He's looking for somebody and for some bizarre reason, he seems to think she can help. All she has to do is say no, and she can go back to her safe little existence. That's exactly what she needs to do and she knows it.Too bad she's not very good at following her own advic...