Thomas Robert Malthus

The heaviness in the air is the prequel to the Across the desk. However it is told from Max's point of view. He realizes that he is stuck in life and he really wants to move on but he doesn't know how. His first time going out with a person he is accused of the worst thing a man can be accused of. Though the truth came out later he had already lost his place in his family and in the town. He never trusted women again. He knows that it all revolves around one women though. Then one day he is getting ready to go over his files for his job as an detective he sees one that he doesn't know. He opens the file and it is her, the woman who ruined his life. She was now dead. He is assigned the case to find her murderer. This is his chance to redeem himself and finally put the past to bed. He has to revisit everything in this woman's life and with some twists and turns he finally finishes the case with a jaw dropping person accused of the murder. Then he goes through the trial and he makes himself a promise. When the case is finally over he will move on and find the family he wants to have. The day the verdict for the last of the trials comes to an end Deanna Watson walks into his office. This is his chance to finally do something about his slight obsession with the tiny student. This story goes right into the across the desk and answers the questions of how Max is the way he is when it comes to dealing with the Watson family.

When Jasmine Martin walked into the school’s building she had no idea how her life was going to change. Meeting Josh Tillman was life changing for many reasons. Including learning a bit about a professor desires...

The story revolves around a waiter, Terry, at the Happy Hill pub. Would he overcome the temptation of money to live his own life? Or would he be like rosehip petals that soon be withered?

Scarlett needed a job and fast. Bills were piling up and she needed to pay them. When her friend and roommate gives her a time and place to be somewhere Scar's whole world changed. Enter the man everyone knows but no one really sees. He enjoys it that way so he can learn their secrets. Scarlett changes everything in him with her innocence and her willing to do nearly anything, he commands. They find a love most dream of.

A company trust building trip turns into a trip home to the company’s CEO Micha Moran. He takes the group back to the ranch he grew up on. While there he finds that Sophia is also a farm girl and she proves to be much more to him then he planned on when a deal between them for two weeks could turn into forever. A true statement was you can take the person off the farm but not the farm out of the person. Sophia proves this to herself and to her boss who doesn't stay her boss for very long. They have everything the other wants in a partner. As they build their life together from the foundations of the farms they grew up on everything else finds its place easily.

Mack got hurt on the job. it could be a normal thing as a police officer. When he was brought to the the hospital though he saw her. He knew it was her. The one female he had always wanted. Haven saw her old friend from college when they brought him in with the other police officers. Though she was a doctor she hardly ever worked on that floor. Everything gets turned upside down when they meet again.

Paige was reassigned to a new boss. She had zero clue as to what she was walking into. However right from the start that spark was there and it turned into a flame that could burst into a raging fire at anytime. She had to wonder if they would actually ever get any work done. When the two meet everything goes right for the both of them changing their lives for the better as long as they continue to work together. When huge life decisions loom in front of them it was easier to accept them because the other was there. A Cinderella story with a few twists and turns that shows that love has no time table.

A young doctor who has had to work hard at overcoming her unusual upbringing from leaving a religious organization when she was thirteen and then adjusting to the outside world. She is transferred to a new place but it was close to her orginal home. She went exploring and everything in her life changes. She is lured to a building by someone asking for help. When she enters the building the world falls apart around her. Then in the blink of an eye when she meets someone else who comes from the same group that she lived with, but never lived among them. He wants to learn about it to understand his parents. While they figure out all that is around them they find love as well. The two find something that they were missing in the other as they build on a friendship they didn't know they needed.

Bree Wilson has basically been abandoned by her parents. When a teacher starts to notice her lack of caring. An accident almost takes everything from Bree and she found she was fated for something different. Her mother set her up in the worst possible way and she finds herself alone and in the hospital with a surprise visitor. Her teacher. He keeps showing up every day. Then he tries to help her as well. This confused Bree but then when the teacher adds more to the mix when she gets out of hospital. Everything changes for the two.

In another realm a young princess has to seal the portal her mother caused letting sin seep into her home from earth. She must find a way to get the key back to realm before it's to late. Will she get back in time? How many people will she have to help before she can get him to come home? Will her mother ever be forgiven? Warning*** this novel may included biblical references, spiritual advice, murder and sexual content. Should be 18 or older to read. I mean no harm to any one who reads this novel. Thank you and please enjoy.