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  • Vampire in Conflict

    Dale Mayer

    Paperback (Valley Publishing, Nov. 21, 2014)
    The blood farm is gone. Those behind it have either died, been caught, or are on the run.Time to return to the real world. Only normal life isn't quite what Tessa expected. Good thing, because there is no 'normal' anymore. She's different. Her family is different. Her friends are different. The world around her is different. Trying to find her place is not easy. She wants nothing more than to be a normal teenager and join Cody and his friends on a Friday night out. Cody wants the trouble to be over so he can get back to living the life he used to with one major addition – Tessa. Only Ian and Jewel aren't healing well, Rhia is acting out of character, and Jared keeps tripping over dead bodies. Then there's David, who'll do anything to help Jewel… even something he knows he shouldn't do. Something is wrong, and once again it's up to Tessa to figure out what is happening under the surface of this 'normal' life.
  • Vampire in Conflict

    Dale Mayer

    Paperback (Valley Publishing, Sept. 11, 2016)
    The blood farm is gone. Those behind it have either died, been caught, or are on the run.Time to return to the real world. Only normal life isn't quite what Tessa expected. Good thing, because there is no 'normal' anymore. She's different. Her family is different. Her friends are different. The world around her is different. Trying to find her place is not easy. She wants nothing more than to be a normal teenager and join Cody and his friends on a Friday night out. Cody wants the trouble to be over so he can get back to living the life he used to with one major addition – Tessa. Only Ian and Jewel aren't healing well, Rhia is acting out of character, and Jared keeps tripping over dead bodies. Then there's David, who'll do anything to help Jewel… even something he knows he shouldn't do. Something is wrong, and once again it's up to Tessa to figure out what is happening under the surface of this 'normal' life.
  • Vampire in Defiance: Large Print

    Dale Mayer

    Paperback (Valley Publishing, Feb. 18, 2014)
    This was it. For Tessa. For Cody. For Jared. Her family. Her Friends.Moltere’s Mountain is collapsing. With Tessa, her friends and family still inside. Tessa won’t go out without a fight…and she won’t leave the others behind. But as she races to save everyone, time runs out.Grounded with an injured wing, Cody wants Tessa to leave while they still can. But most of their friends and family are missing. He wants to do the right thing and save them all…but it’s too late…Jared had led the army into the mountain. Only to find they were looking to annihilate all vamps, not just the bad ones. He can’t leave his friends vulnerable to yet another attack. But the mine is a death trap. And he could be the one that ends up dead.The pressure is on – to save friends, family, each other – only the enemy is just as determined that no one survives.
  • Vampire in Defiance

    Dale Mayer

    Paperback (Valley Publishing, Sept. 11, 2016)
    This was it. For Tessa. For Cody. For Jared. Her family. Her Friends.Moltere’s Mountain is collapsing. With Tessa, her friends and family still inside. Tessa won’t go out without a fight…and she won’t leave the others behind. But as she races to save everyone, time runs out.Grounded with an injured wing, Cody wants Tessa to leave while they still can. But most of their friends and family are missing. He wants to do the right thing and save them all…but it’s too late…Jared had led the army into the mountain. Only to find they were looking to annihilate all vamps, not just the bad ones. He can’t leave his friends vulnerable to yet another attack. But the mine is a death trap. And he could be the one that ends up dead.The pressure is on – to save friends, family, each other – only the enemy is just as determined that no one survives.
  • Dangerous Designs: Large Print

    Dale Mayer

    (Valley Publishing, Jan. 21, 2014)
    Drawing is her world...but when her new pencil comes alive, it's his world too.Her...Storey Dalton is seventeen and now boyfriendless after being dumped via Facebook. Drawing is her escape. It’s like as soon as she gets down one image, a dozen more are pressing in on her. Then she realizes her pictures are almost drawing themselves...or is it that her new pencil is alive? Him...Eric Jordan is a new Ranger and the only son of the Councilman to his world. He’s crossed the veil between dimensions to retrieve a lost stylus. But Storey is already experimenting with her new pencil and what her drawings can do - like open portals.It ... The stylus is a soul-bound intelligence from Eric’s dimension on Earth and uses Storey’s unsuspecting mind to seek its way home, giving her an unbelievable power. She unwittingly opens a third dimension, one that held a dangerous predatory species banished from Eric’s world centuries ago, releasing these animals into both dimensions. Them... Once in Eric’s homeland, Storey is blamed for the calamity sentenced to death. When she escapes, Eric is ordered to bring her back or face that same death penalty. With nothing to lose, can they work together across dimensions to save both their worlds?This is book 1 in the series and ends on a hook, that is picked up in book 2.
  • Vampire in Distress

    Dale Mayer

    Paperback (Valley Publishing, Sept. 11, 2016)
    When Tessa rallies friends and family to find her missing date, they uncover a secret...and start a war that causes ripples in all aspects of their lives. A vampire with throwback human genes. Sixteen-year-old Tessa finds more than just her friend in this journey...she also finds herself in need of rescue ... Imprisoned, she has to find a way to escape and reunite with her family before this war takes out those she loves.The youngest of his ancient line. Eighteen-year-old Cody descends from flyer vampires wants Tessa back at his side where she belongs – even as he struggles with conflicting emotions about his best friend's kid sister...A human determined to protect his people. Seventeen year-old Jared thought his life was over then he finds out that his rescuers are vampires...how can he trust them? And then he finds out the truth about Tessa...and that she's been taken, too...Three brave souls struggle as war breaks out around them...a war that shows them no mercy.
  • Vampire in Deceit: Large Print

    Dale Mayer

    Paperback (Valley Publishing, Dec. 7, 2013)
    Hurt and hurting, Tessa wages war against her own as she tries to protect those she loves and save those that can’t save themselves.Exhausted by the constant attacks, afraid for her friends and family, Tessa is driven to the ends of her reserves as she strives to beat back the never ending wave of war. Thankfully she’s never alone…inside or out.Kidnapped and injured, Cody struggles to escape and find the girl whose connection to his heart, mind and soul is growing by the moment. The chances of them all surviving this chaos are slim…but he just knows he can’t live without her.Jared is determined to help his father and friends. He can’t leave them alone to their fate, even when his own life becomes endangered…again. Only this time, he has allies on his side…or does he?The war unites humans and vamps as the war ratchets higher to a survival of the fittest…but the people most deeply involved can’t take any more. And then they find out the worst…
  • Vampire in Deceit

    Dale Mayer

    Paperback (Valley Publishing, Sept. 11, 2016)
    Hurt and hurting, Tessa wages war against her own as she tries to protect those she loves and save those that can’t save themselves.Exhausted by the constant attacks, afraid for her friends and family, Tessa is driven to the ends of her reserves as she strives to beat back the never ending wave of war. Thankfully she’s never alone…inside or out.Kidnapped and injured, Cody struggles to escape and find the girl whose connection to his heart, mind and soul is growing by the moment. The chances of them all surviving this chaos are slim…but he just knows he can’t live without her.Jared is determined to help his father and friends. He can’t leave them alone to their fate, even when his own life becomes endangered…again. Only this time, he has allies on his side…or does he?The war unites humans and vamps as the war ratchets higher to a survival of the fittest…but the people most deeply involved can’t take any more. And then they find out the worst…
  • Vampire in Design

    Dale Mayer

    Paperback (Valley Publishing, Sept. 11, 2016)
    Left behind. Scared. And getting really pissed off.Tessa and her friends were supposed to be on their way home. On their way to safety. Instead she wakes up alone, with her friends kidnapped. Targeted and hunted, Tessa goes on the attack, desperate to find her friends and family. But her attackers want her throwback genes and will do anything to have her locked down in their lab.Caught in a dangerous maze, Cody is torn between helping his fellow captives and finding Tessa. He’s young to have the connection that’s growing between him and his best friend’s sister. But any future they might have is in jeopardy if they can’t stop the blood farm from taking over the humans…and his people.Jared is free at last, but he can’t stop thinking about what he went through at the blood farm and those who helped him. Then he finds out something personal that so horrifying, he has to act…even if it means walking back into the place he swore to never return.These three need to be strong…the war is far from over…and they are right in the middle of it.
  • Barney Big Ears: Learns a Lesson about Friendship

    Mary Koeberl Rechenberg

    Paperback (Farmer Valley Publishing, Dec. 7, 2018)
    Friendship is a valuable thing. We can count on our friends to be honest and trustworthy. They make life fun and interesting and help us when we are in trouble.Curious Barney finds himself in an unhappy situation with his forest playmates. Curiosity is usually a good thing. But, Barney’s actions have earned him the name “Barney Big Ears”. How can Barney convince his former friends that he has learned his lesson?A frightening situation that puts all the forest animals in danger teaches Barney the true meaning of being a friend.
  • Vampire in Control

    Dale Mayer

    Paperback (Valley Publishing, Sept. 11, 2016)
    The Family Blood ties continues in this 9th installment of the vampire versus vampire saga. Life couldn’t be any worse… Caught in a web of Deanna’s making Tessa struggles to find her role in this new reality. Cody can’t believe how quickly his life has deteriorated. He believes in Tessa. Knew she had what it took and is desperate to do what he can to save her. Only there are secrets, and like poison, fester until they are released. Tessa and Cody have to find their way through the maze of lies and deceit to a safe haven on the other side. The whole gang is caught in life and death struggles as they near the end of this war. But how close are they and who will survive?
  • Vampire in Crisis

    Dale Mayer

    Paperback (Valley Publishing, Sept. 11, 2016)
    This is the 8th book in the popular Family Blood Ties series and continues the saga of Tessa and Cody as they battle both humans and vampires alike. This book ends in a cliffhanger the same as the other books in the series. Tessa's world exploded. She survived Deanna's inheritance. She sees more, hears more … understands more. But more is not always better. Cody doesn’t like what's happening around him. Tessa has walked through hell and she has a lot more to go before she's clear. He plans on standing by her side – her guardian – whether she wants him to be there for her or not. Jared can't believe all trails lead him into trouble. He'd escaped once. Tried to stay out of the mess since. But a friend is missing, and when he tries to get help, the person he confides in goes missing too. The vampire world was never ready for Tessa before. The new Tessa? No one is ready for her.