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Alice Duncan


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Award-winning author Alice Duncan lives with a herd of wild dachshunds (enriched from time to time with fosterees from New Mexico Dachshund Rescue) in Roswell, New Mexico. She’s not a UFO enthusiast; she’s in Roswell because her mother’s family settled there fifty years before the aliens crashed. Since her two daughters live in California, where Alice was born, she’d like to return there, but can’t afford to. Alice would love to hear from you at alice@aliceduncan.net. And be sure to visit her website: http://www.aliceduncan.net

Where to find Alice Duncan online

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My Wild Irish Rose    by Rachel Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 94140 words. Published by Alice Duncan  on August 19, 2011. .
When Rose Larkin sets sail from New York to Ireland with her eccentric aunt Kate, she is determined to live as a free-spirited adventuress. Aunt Kate advised her to live life to the fullest--without a husband weighing her down--even though Rose would prefer a quiet house in the country with a loving husband and lots of children. Then she meets the handsome Cullen O'Banyon.
Sweet Charity    by Rachel Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 91250 words. Published by Alice Duncan  on August 16, 2011. .
Gracie: Jake had been her hero growing up. Now he was the only man she could trust. Jake: A preacher in a lawless town, Jake held services in a saloon for a gang of lawless desperadoes.
A Gentle Magic    by Emma Craig
Price: $2.99 USD. 97190 words. Published by Alice Duncan  on December 4, 2010. .
(5.00)
Cattleman Cody O'Fannin had never shied away from an adventure in his life. When a scream rang out across New Mexico Territory, he rode straight into the heart of danger, expecting find a cougar or a Comanche. Instead, he found a scene far more frightening: a woman in the final stages of childbirth. Alone, Melissa Wilmeth needed his assistance. Quaking but game, Cody helped deliver her baby.
Gabriel's Fate    by Emma Craig
Price: $2.99 USD. 98670 words. Published by Alice Duncan  on March 13, 2010. .
Railroading across the burnt brown landscape of a southwest summer, Sophie Madrigal told fortunes to anyone curious enough—and Gabriel Caine, black-clad bounty hunter, was just such a man. Neither of them know that they’re pursuing the same man . . . for completely different purposes. Neither of them understand that they make magic together, until it’s too late for both of them.
A Gambler's Magic    by Emma Craig
Price: $2.99 USD. 99620 words. Published by Alice Duncan  on September 19, 2009. .
Gambler Elijah Perry was on a winning streak until he was shot in the leg and was nursed by the straight-laced Joy Hardesty. What neither Elijah nor Joy understand, until enlightenment strikes, is that there’s magic in the air—and they were meant for each other.
Enchanted Christmas    by Emma Craig
Price: $2.99 USD. 101680 words. Published by Alice Duncan  on August 24, 2009. .
Noah Partridge has lost his family and livelihood, been betrayed by his sweetheart and friends. So he set out to stake a claim in wind-whipped Rio Hondo, a place as rough and barren as his own soul. Grace Richardson has heart to spare. Widowed, she and her young daughter live in Rio Hondo. But magic is working in the desert, too, and it and Grace might well melt Noah’s icy heart.
Heaven's Promise    by Rachel Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 114980 words. Published by Alice Duncan  on August 22, 2009. .
(3.00)
It has been nearly forty years since Susanna's great-aunt disappeared, leaving only a mystery as her legacy. Much to Susanna's annoyance, an arrogant newspaperman is digging up stories about her aunt to create a scandal. When the ghost of her great-aunt's fiancé appears, Susanna reluctantly teams up with this cynical reporter to free a spirit trapped on earth—and a love waiting to be born . . .
Rosamunda's Revenge    by Emma Craig
Price: $2.99 USD. 99030 words. Published by Alice Duncan  on August 21, 2009. .
(5.00)
Rosamunda was a Yorkshire terrier with impeccable breeding, and she knew her mistress loved her more than anything in the world. She'd thought she was doing Tacita a favor in biting the overgrown beast who suddenly wouldn't leave them alone. But soon Mistress seemed to care for him, and Rosamunda realized that for humans there was no rhyme or reason once love was unleashed.
Restless Spirits    by Rachel Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 113020 words. Published by Alice Duncan  on August 21, 2009. .
Penelope Potter was thrilled to go to London with her brother Harry for his best friend's wedding. She was determined to ignore her jealousy that Art Collingsworth was marrying another woman. Besides, she'd already committed to a life of independence free from love or marriage. But neither Penny nor Art could account for Harry's odd behavior. It was almost as if he was . . . possessed?
Cooking Up Trouble    by Emma Craig
Price: $2.99 USD. 113500 words. Published by Alice Duncan  on August 21, 2009. .
Heather Mahaffey was a beauty and clever, but her father had a tendency to blab about her cooking prowess—and Heather could burn water. Unfortunately, the man he bragged to was the wealthiest man around. Was the fellow who offered to assist her, D. A. Bologh, a good guy, or was he sinister? Either way, faster than she could say Rumpelstiltskin, Heather was in the kitchen and COOKING UP TROUBLE.
Bittersweet Summer    by Rachel Wilson
Price: $2.99 USD. 109910 words. Published by Alice Duncan  on August 21, 2009. .
The Crowfoot and Rakes families had been feuding for a hundred years. Now, with the Crowfoot fortune spent, their lavish American castle was sold to the highest bidder—the infuriating Tobias Rakes! Genevieve Crowfoot knew she should have left Tobias at the mercy of the castle ghost. But when she saw the tenderness beneath his haughty eyes, she swore she wouldn't abandon him.
Christmas Pie    by Emma Craig
Price: $2.99 USD. 111070 words. Published by Alice Duncan  on August 20, 2009. .
(5.00)
Unlike most girls her age, Polly MacNamara did not go out with friends to parties or on sleigh rides with charming beaux. Soon, Polly's secret ingredient for happiness would appear in the unlikely form of her handsome and wealthy employer, James Drayton. With a dash of faith and a pinch of patience, Polly set out to cook up a holiday wish as scrumptious as . . . CHRISTMAS PIE

Books

Ancient Spirits    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 81530 words. Published on January 18, 2013. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
After the death of her beloved husband Billy, Daisy Majesty falls into a deep depression. Everyone worries about her, from her family to her late husband’s best friend, Sam Rotondo. Her best friend, Harold Kincaid, offers to take her to Egypt. Daisy doesn't want to go, but she goes anyway. ANCIENT SPIRITS not only takes the reader on an adventure with Daisy, Harold and Sam, but warms the heart.
Genteel Spirits    by Alice Duncan
Price: $3.99 USD. 88210 words. Published on August 2, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Daisy Gumm Majesty is back, and she’s up to her ears. Not only does she have to deal with her husband’s declining health and her dog’s obedience training, but she’s been hired by Lola de la Monica, spoiled silent-screen beauty as her spiritual adviser on the set of her next picture. As if this wasn’t already bad enough, Sam Rotondo, her worst nightmare (and Billy's best friend) is on the same set!
Heaven Sent    by Alice Duncan
Price: $3.99 USD. 99630 words. Published on July 24, 2012. Fiction.
Callie Prophet never would have suspected that her stubborn, sullen employer had such a tender way with words. He certainly doesn't show much affection toward his six-year-old daughter, Becky, Callie's charge and his only child. But in the love letters he wrote years ago-which Becky finds and asks Callie to read to her-he is a completely different man.
Angels of Mercy    by Alice Duncan
Price: $4.99 USD. 76540 words. Published on June 28, 2012. Fiction.
Mercy Allcutt is excited to be renting out rooms in her new home in Los Angeles, no matter how skeptical her boss, PI Ernie Templeton, is. When her housekeeper's son is arrested for murdering a Hollywood bigwig, Mercy gets Ernie to investigate. She aims to do a little snooping on her own. In the meantime, Mercy discovers there's more to being a landlady than meets the eye.
A Perfect Wedding    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 93780 words. Published on May 19, 2012. Fiction.
Rescued from the doomed Titanic moments before its sinking, stewardess Marjorie McTavish is determined to find happiness at last after losing the only man she ever loved. Dr. Jason Abernathy, dashing man about town, is beguiled by Marjorie’s soft burr and fresh charm. He has no way to know how much his gallantry delights her.
Sierra Ransom    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 98480 words. Published on May 19, 2012. Fiction.
A rough California gold camp seems an unlikely place for two lonely people running from their pasts to meet. He thinks she's a fussy prude and he's too handsome to be any good. They're both right and they're both wrong. And they discover something in each other: enduring love.
Fallen Angels    by Alice Duncan
Price: $3.99 USD. 73870 words. Published on May 1, 2012. Fiction.
Transplanted Boston Brahmin, Mercy Allcutt, has had some very exciting times as secretary to private investigator, Ernie Templeton. When she sets out to find her wandering boss, Ernie, one hot September afternoon, she not only discovers a corpse, but she also finds Ernie, bound and gagged. Worse, when the police arrive to investigate the crime, they peg Ernie as the killer.
Pecos Valley Revival    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 65830 words. Published on February 17, 2012. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review)
It’s October 1923, and three things are going on in the generally dull town of Rosedale, New Mexico: the fall cattle drive, the fall rodeo, and a tent revival. Annabelle Blue is excited about the first two events. She's not so happy about the third. A fun, fast-paced mystery set in a tiny southwestern town at the beginning of the 20th Century.
Pecos Valley Incident    by Alice Duncan
Price: $0.99 USD. 4470 words. Published on March 25, 2011. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review)
When Annabelle Blue stumbles over the body of Billy Hank Griffin, the entire town of Rosedale, New Mexico (population about 12,000) is more pleased than not, Mr. Griffin being known as a very bad man. Since there isn’t a mark on his body, his death is chalked up to a heart attack. Annabelle finds no reason to doubt the coroner’s verdict until a couple of months after Mr. Griffin’s demise…
Her Leading Man    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 94140 words. Published on January 11, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
For Christina Mayhew, film acting is a surefire way to earn money to get into medical school. At least she has intellectual, gentlemanly producer Martin Tafft to. Then an accident on the set forces Martin to take the male lead, and Christina decides that he'd be perfect for another role...her leading man.
The Miner's Daughter    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 98750 words. Published on December 31, 2010. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review)
Marigold Pottersby is hanging onto her father's failing silver mine by the skin or her teeth when Martin Tafft wants to use it in his new film. She balks at first, until Tony Ewing, son of one of Peerless's heaviest investors, shows to investigate the progress of the picture. The unexpected discover of ore in the mine--and Tony's interest in Mari--changes everything for both Tony and Mari.
Beauty and the Brain    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 103480 words. Published on December 16, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
For the sake of her career, beautiful actress Brenda Fitzpatrick is accustomed to hiding her keen intelligence behind the facade of a featherheaded blonde. But not when it comes to Colin Peters, a research assistant on the romantic movie movie she's starring in. Fascinated by Colin's vast knowledge, she won't shy away from talking with him about his work. Now if only she could loosen him up . . .
Spirit of Love    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 96580 words. Published on December 10, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Longing for adventure, prim and proper Georgina Witherpoon came to the Wild West to care for her crazy grandmother, only to discover her grandmother wasn't crazy. She was being haunted by her deceased lover! Georgina soon has problems of her own, with handsome, rugged sheriff Ash Barrett.
Hungry Spirits    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 75950 words. Published on November 29, 2010. Fiction.
Daisy Gumm Majesty is asked by her friend Johnny Buckingham, a captain in the Salvation Army, to teach a cooking class. She agrees, expecting calamity to ensue. When it does, the only surprise is that it’s not cooking-related. Rather, one of her students vanishes before the class is over. Before Daisy solves the problem, she gets involved in a criminal plot and has to face her own prejudices.
Phoebe's Valentine    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 90870 words. Published on November 29, 2010. Fiction.
Jack Valentine and Phoebe Honeycutt hate each other on sight when they run into one another by accident on the vast Texas plain. When they have to join forces in order to survive, Phoebe is certain God hates her. Jack isn't sure about God, but he figures he's being punished for some black sin in his past. It astonishes both of them when they discover they're wrong about each other and themselves.
Cowboy For Hire    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 102140 words. Published on November 29, 2010. Fiction.
0.5 star(4.50 from 2 reviews)
For Amy Wilkes, it's a dream come true! "Discovered" by Martin Tafft, she will star in his upcoming epic, "One and Only." Charlie Fox, another "natural" who also stars in the movie. On screen, sparks fly between Amy and Charlie. Off screen, they're caught up in a real-life drama, in which they're both tempted--and tested--in more ways than one.
High Spirits    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 76530 words. Published on March 30, 2010. Fiction.
Daisy Gumm Majesty, spiritualist to foks with more money than sense, can scarcely believe that her best client wants her to get her spiritual control, Rolly, to appear at a séance in a speakeasy. Bad enough that Daisy made up Rolly when she was ten, but now Rolly has to perform at for a bunch of murdering gangsters? When the place is raided, Daisy’s troubles multiply.
A Bicycle Built for Two    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 106440 words. Published on March 13, 2010. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review)
Born and bred on the mean streets of Chicago, Kate Finney has few illusions about love. A handsome city swell like Alex English sure isn’t going to marry a girl who spends her nights telling fortunes and dancing the hootchy-kootchy at the Fair—and she isn’t any man’s toy. Kate knows she’d better put him in his place quickly before he melts her icy armor and steals her heart!
Just North of Bliss    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 94760 words. Published on March 13, 2010. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review)
Belle Monroe has already scandalized her family to its proud Virginia roots by choosing to work up north rather than languish in genteel poverty. Her mother would swoon if she knew Belle was considering letting Winslow Asher take her portrait and plaster it all across America to publicize the World’s Fair.
Coming Up Roses    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 97170 words. Published on March 13, 2010. Fiction.
Rose Ellen Gilhooley didn't get to be a star in Buffalo Bill's Wild West for nothing. Bareback riding and sharp instincts, have taken her worlds away from the small Kansas town where she grew up. If Mr. H.L. May thinks a lack of book-learning makes her an easy mark, he's in for the shock of her life. Trouble is, the more he squires her around the grand Exposition, the more Rose yearns for more.
A Perfect Romance    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 91830 words. Published on March 13, 2010. Fiction.
On the fateful night of the Titanic disaster, heiress Loretta Linden made sure her friends got to the lifeboats before she even thought of herself. She will not rest until her little band is safely in her native San Francisco—where she meets the dashing Captain Quarles. Malachai Quarles has sailed the seven seas and he’s had many a sweetheart, but he’s never met a woman like Loretta.
A Perfect Stranger    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 98950 words. Published on March 13, 2010. Fiction.
The Castle Walk, the Peabody and the Lambeth Stroll: Isabel Golightly can do them all and never miss a step. But then, amid the terrifying chaos before the great ship sinks, a perfect stranger puts them into the last lifeboat. Rescued by a quirk of fate, Somerset FitzRoy remembers little about his ordeal in the water. But he cannot forget the child he helped that night, or her beautiful mother.
Fine Spirits    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 97800 words. Published on March 13, 2010. Fiction.
Meet Daisy Gumm Majesty: spiritualist by trade, con artist to the core. There are plenty of scams to be scored in sunny Pasadena, where almost anything goes and Prohibition doesn’t even slow a body down. Daisy may not have s sixth sense, but common sense she’s got. If rich people want to pay her to commune with ghosts, she’s more than happy to take their money!
Strong Spirits    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 94620 words. Published on March 13, 2010. Fiction.
Welcome to sunny Pasadena,just a stone’s throw from Hollywood. The twenties are in full roar, Prohibition isn’t stopping anyone, and Daisy Gumm Majesty is getting by the best way she knows how: catering to the rich and famous as a medium who put the “con” in conjurer.
Cactus Flower    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 98010 words. Published on September 20, 2009. Fiction.
Eulalie Gibb comes to Rio Penasco to escape a murderous maniac and believes she’s prepared for life in Wild West—until she meets Nick Taggart. As for Nick—who barely escaped a family full of managing females with his hide intact—even if he believed in true love, which he doesn’t, he can’t imagine his personal love being the prickly Eulalie Gibb. They both have a lot to learn.
Angel's Flight    by Alice Duncan
Price: $3.99 USD. 73960 words. Published on September 20, 2009. Fiction.
Mercy Allcutt is thrilled to be going to her job as secretary to P.I. Ernie Templeton—until she opens the door and finds her mother. Known as the Wrath of God, Mrs. Allcutt is the last person Mercy wants to see, barring some murderers she’s met. Add phony spiritualists, a columnist killed during a séance, a starlet, and some other odd characters, and Mercy finds herself in deep waters indeed.
Pecos Valley Diamond    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 63100 words. Published on September 3, 2009. Fiction.
(4.00 from 2 reviews)
It's the "Roaring '20s," but you wouldn't know the era was roaring if you lived in southeastern New Mexico. When Annabelle Blue sets out to solve an old mystery and a new murder, her reluctant sometime boyfriend, Phil Gunderson, is far from happy.
Secret Hearts    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 111520 words. Published on September 2, 2009. Fiction.
By day she was Claire Montague, prim, demore housekeeper of Partington Place. By night she wrote the popular Tuscalosa Tom Pardee dime novels. Only she'd written them as a paean to her hero, Tom Partington. To say she was crushed to learn that Tom hated the notoriety the novels had garnered him, nearly crushed Claire.
One Bright Morning    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 124030 words. Published on August 21, 2009. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Young widow Maggie Bright had her hands full raising a baby daughter and running a farm with no one to help excerpt her lazy hired hand. The last thing she needed was a bullet-riddled, half-dead stranger riding into her front yard! Unfortunately, the dire circumstances that had brought Jubal to Maggie's door seemed likely to jeopardize the peace they had begun to find in each other's arms.
Texas Lonesome    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 101600 words. Published on August 21, 2009. Fiction.
Emily von Plotz barely eked out a living giving advice to readers of the San Francisco Call as “Aunt Emily.” Then she chanced to meet the man who had signed himself “Texas Lonesome.” Suddenly, she knew who would be perfect for him: Emily. But “Aunt Emily” had yet to learn that while Will Tate might be a Texan, he had never in his life been lonesome, lovelorn, or lacking an any way.
Wild Dream    by Alice Duncan
Price: $2.99 USD. 116540 words. Published on August 20, 2009. Fiction.
She knew he was the One the moment he galloped into her life, dusty and wounded, but handsome as sin. He was on the lam from the law, wounded in a botched holdup, when he rode onto Miss Addie's spread. Her innocence was pure seduction, her passionate kisses, sweet torture. He couldn't leave. He couldn't stay. She made him a hero in spite of himself. How could he tell her the truth?
Lost Among the Angels    by Alice Duncan
Price: $3.99 USD. 79200 words. Published on August 18, 2009. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
When Boston Brahmin Mercy Allcutt gets a job with Ernest Templeton, P.I., she's ecstatic. Ernie, jaded ex-cop, is incredulous. Throw in a stray child, blackmail, murder, a poodle, a stalker, Mercy's imagination and Ernie's protective streak. Add a speakeasy, Chinatown, and some vicious criminals, they're in for a drama that will put the flickers to shame--if they survive to tell the story.

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