Books with author Nancy Pernick

Hanging from the edge of a cliff wasn't the way Andrew Martin planned to start his day. He took a chance setting up his tripod too close to the canyon’s edge and now there he was, praying someone would come to the rescue. Luckily his good friend finds him and they head off to El Tovar for lunch. Andrew isn't done taking chances for the day. He hears about a new girl working at the restaurant. When he meets her, she’s all he can think about. It’s 1927 and the world has certain rules to follow. Does he dare break them to be with the girl of his dreams?* * * "Taking Chances" is a 6,200 word short story taking place in the "Waiting For Dusk" universe. "Taking Chances" can be read either before or after "Waiting For Dusk" and is from Drew's point of view. We hope you enjoy!

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, a new life begins. 29 squaredNow a student at UCLA, Allie Sanders has done everything to forget Lucas Montgomery and move on with her life. Her goal is to graduate early and live far from home, a place which holds painful memories. Fate intervenes and her structured life topples when Lucas returns, or was he ever really gone? Her brother Doug still hunts them, and he’s become darker and more sinister than before. Sometimes a girl has to resort to drastic measures to protect those she loves, and Allie feels forced to make a choice … one she hopes she won’t regret.

After falling for Lucas, Allie discovers a secret world exists beyond the one she knows. Her military brother will do anything to find these men to gain the ultimate control he craves.Will her junior year end in tragedy?Allie just wanted to meet him, the guy she called Loner last year. As luck would have it, he ends up in her AP English class, but she finds him cool and distant. Determined to find out more about this outsider, she follows him. Suddenly Allie finds herself in a relationship that will change her world forever. This guy is special. Born on February 29th, the day takes on a whole new meaning as she helps to deter her military brother, Doug, from finding him and others like him. A great twist on Leap Year! Find out the mystery!

Brains, not superpowers, would become her weapon.After a wonderful celebration in Hawaii, Allie returns to the Niner community in Montana to learn her brother, Doug, whom she despises, is planning a run for Congress. Already head of a private security team, the STF, Allie is unsure of his motive but is determined to stop him. A cold war between siblings begins. Not having Niner capabilities doesn’t stop Allie from sabotaging Doug’s campaign. But her brother fires back with weapons of his own. Sibling rivalry escalates until it appears Doug has won.

Will New America stand the test of time? Not as long as Allie has breath in her body.Allie has done all she can to protect her family and the Niner community from her brother, but it never seems like enough. Her brother's dream of creating a new America happened at lightning speed. Doug Sanders, now President of New America, took the country and his sister by surprise. That won't stop Allie from sabotaging his strategy of expose, divide and conquer. She plans to defeat her brother regardless of the odds against her. Who will be the winner in their greatest battle yet?XXIX The Final Chapter

Read a book. Fall asleep. Meet a boy. Is it real or just a dream? Katie's everyday life suddenly turns exciting when she travels back in time and meets the boy of her dreams. Thinking of nothing else, willing to leave the real world behind, she's determined to find out if it's all a dream…or not. Returning again and again, Katie almost has her answers until one day her precious book goes missing.Don't miss the sequel Call of the Canyon available from http://www.fireandiceya.com September 1, 2013

Two Lives...Two Worlds...Heartbreak awaits.Call of the Canyon, second of the Waiting for Dusk series, continues the dramatic story of Kate Roberts and Drew Kelly. New challenges face the couple when Drew joins Kate in the present. Nothing is easy. Tyson's still their nemesis, causing trouble whenever he can. Carl, Kate's friend and neighbor, moves back home to Ohio and creates unexpected problems at the canyon. A wedding, a tragic accident, and a family broken by scandal affect both the past and present. And in the end, Kate may pay the ultimate price.Waiting For Dusk SeriesBook 1: Waiting For DuskBook 2: Call of the Canyon

Drew from the past...Kate from the present...Two worlds collided.As senior year comes to a close, a promise of new beginnings is on the horizon. Kate longs to head to Arizona and college until her former friend, Tyson, does the unimaginable forcing her to stay in Ohio. Her family has to pull together to keep their secrets safe. Anna wishes to return to the canyon in 1927 once more and Kate’s determined to make that a reality. Summer’s filled with wonderful memories and little warning of things to come. Kate’s world grows darker and she must be the one to conquer the demons and save the world that is most precious to her.

Two friends...Blood sisters till the end...Until they’re not.One cold night in a boarding school dorm, two fourteen-year-old girls make a blood sister pact. Friends forever. As young schoolgirls, they’re determined to find true love, learning the hits and misses along the way. As graduation nears, the girls have different outlooks for the future. Lucinda longs for adventure. Anna chooses city life and marriage. Finding their way back together, the girls head west for an experience of a lifetime until a handsome cowboy bursts into their lives, changing the course of their friendship forever.* NOTE: Broken Dreams is a part of the WAITING FOR DUSK book series but can be read independently from the rest of the series.WAITING FOR DUSK SERIES1. Waiting For Dusk2. Call of the Canyon3. Stealing Time

Volatile times engulfed 1715 Scotland. Threats of a Jacobite uprising hung in the air. Lady Juliet Kingston traveled to Glenhaven with her entourage to meet and marry Laird MacLaren's son with the hopes their union might help calm the rumblings of war-an Englishwoman weds a Scottish Highlander. Juliet longs for home and the man she left behind, until she meets Ross MacLaren. Both are stubborn and strong, but find love. Now a threat comes from a different front, one Juliet cannot fight. She gives up her husband and home to protect those she has come to love and returns to England with John, her former beau. Will she ever find her way back?

Read a book. Fall asleep. Meet a boy. Is it real or just a dream? Katie's everyday life suddenly turns exciting when she travels back in time and meets the boy of her dreams. Thinking of nothing else, willing to leave the real world behind, she's determined to find out if it's all a dream or not. Returning again and again, Katie almost has her answers until one day her precious book goes missing.