K.R. Smith's Blog

 ‘Lothario’Jack Wisetail is looking for a different kind of female to romance and oneafternoon while playing pool with his cousin, he thinks he finds her.  Emily Woodward stumbles into his local barfor a rest stop on her road trip and instantly attracts Jack’s attention.  He turns on the charm and successfully woosthe feisty redhead.   Through Jack, Emily

 Astronomy graduate JasmineFinlay goes camping in Alaskafor five days to take in the clear, night skies.  However, her stargazing expedition takes anunexpected turn when she's saved on her first night from a bear attack.  Her savior Kurt Wisetail has never met anyonelike Jasmine before and falls head-over-heels in love with the beautifulEnglish woman. At first Kurt is curious

 (ExcerptAlma Chapter 1)             After I signed in, I was told whichclasses I would be in.  I was given a mapto download onto my phone of the school building, with my class timetable.  I was relieved to see on myschedule that I was placed into the Home Science and Music classes that Inominated as my electives

(ExcerptAlma Chapter 1)             We sat in our vehicle and looked atthe kids who appeared to be my age or older, all stream through the front doorsof the large school building.             The students were a mix of Caucasians,Asian-descent or Native Alaskans. I spotted

 (ExcerptAlma Chapter 1) 9thSeptember 2380 – Nine Months Previously             The hover-car landed with a gentlethud on the side of the road out the front of Alma High Schooland powered down.              Our second-hand hover-car wasn’t asshiny and new as the

(Excerpt Alma Introduction) It took me aminute or two to regain my bearings and recognize physical sight instead of mygifted sight.  I blinked then I blinkedagain as my mind returned to Alaska.  I lay on my back, breathing deeply to slow myracing heart.            Eventually, I turned my head to look at the digital

 (Excerpt Alma Introduction) Griggorijumped off his stool in excitement wearing a grin from ear to ear.             "Babushka, you're brilliant!"             She was caught off guard when he rushed up and swampedher in his arms and swung her about.     &

 (Excerpt Alma Introduction) This gaveGriggori an idea and he turned to Julia with a hopeful expression.            "What about their daughter... this Lucia GraceSabre...was a birth certificate created for her?"            "Da," she nodded.  "But like her father, there are nomedical records for her with any of the hospitals in Alaskaor the rest of the US."            "Where was she

 (Excerpt Alma Introduction) "What dowe know about Hodge Endeavor?" he postulated.  “The company began in the early 20th Century,starting out as a Pharmaceutical company which branched into Medicine andEngineering.  It made its money withcutting-edge technology in the field of medicine and computer science.  After World War Two, the company began aFinance division which worked on the

 (Excerpt Alma Introduction) “So, what dowe know about the year 2101?" she sat down on her stool.             "It was the year all of the world's governmentssigned the Apology Admission for World War Three," he shrugged.            "So between the years 2062 when the Third World Waroccurred up until 2101 when the Admission was signed, we had chaos andlawlessness, da?"             "