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Elise Marquette is in space!
It’s ten years in the future. There’s been a war. Intergalactic space travel is now a thing. Elise has earned her PhD and is a Cultural Liaison with the United Free Agents. She is helping to solve trade mission issues in galaxies far, far away. How the hell did she get out here? Her mother died.
Elise is stuck in a tin can with a bunch of males who carry big guns. Aliens are the least of her worries.
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The Reluctant Archaeologist blog
Digging. Literally and metaphorically. The Reluctant Archaeologist blog (2010 – pres.) focuses on bringing light to the depths of life and writing, all through an anthropological perspective.
Waiting for Fate, Book One in the Fate Series
In separate worlds, Cary and Simone are each backed into a corner. Fate has delivered a life-or-death timeline within which each must deal with past trauma and external pressures. Alone, each is reluctant to surrender to their circumstances; together, they discover options. Will they fight or surrender? Or will they find another way all together? It’s The Lakehouse + Wizard of Oz (and a bit something else yet unidentified).
Genre: fiction, fantasy, contemporary fantasy
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Memoirs of a Reluctant Archaeologist: A Novel
Elise Marquette likes dead people but digging up the dead doesn’t pay. Consulting Archaeology does. Her desperate need for money has biological anthropologist Elise stuck in a mundane job working for greedy, callous oil companies. It’s a soul-sucking existence and she can’t see a way out.
As if that wasn’t enough, Elise’s family is a disaster, and she’s given up on love and romance. Just when she’d resigned herself to torturous family dinners, cheap comfort food, safety forms and steel-toed boots, she meets an archaeologist during a brief respite to Ireland. The attractive Gavin Cleary has Elise re-evaluating what happiness is and what it’s truly worth.
Get ready to join Elise Marquette on a wild ride full of adventure, heart, and a healthy dose of humour. Eat your heart out, Indiana Jones – Elise is the new queen of archaeology!
Genre: fiction, adventure, women’s fiction
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Why I Quit School and Got a Life and You Should Too: Finding True Identity Outside Academia
Coming Soon!
All those other books about leaving academia neglect one thing: your identity.
Part memoir. Part how-to (or not-to). All parts raw and authentic. Sign-up here to be notified when the book is released.
Genre: non-fiction
Rule Number Four: a short story
Tanis Foster has a list of 61 people. He also has four rules to follow.
There is now one person and one rule left. Will he finish what he set out to do?
Genre: short story, science fiction, speculative fiction
Available through Smashwords, Apple Books, and Kobo. You can also buy direct from me.
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At Shepherd, authors (like me) talk about books they like and make fun lists by topic. If you like an author or a book, you might find other authors and books based on this like-attracts-like principle.
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Here’s my fun list for “The Best Kick-Ass Women Come From Screwed-Up Families” because Elise Marquette definitely qualifies to be on this list.
Yvonne Kjorlien 