Joker's Wild (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781537561608)

C. L. Kraemer has been a gypsy all her life. From her military child beginnings to her might-not-get-this-chance-again attitude after she left home, she's seen most of the continental United States as well as Hawaii and Alaska. She hopes to travel the world but is content to stay close to her family in the Northwest in Oregon-for the moment. Three contemporary romance novels written under the nom de plume, Celia Cooper, Old Enough to Know Better; Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Mazatlan, and If Only were gifts from the writing gods. A fourth novel, Cats in the Cradle of Civilization, release date December 2008, written as C. L. Kraemer is her first venture into the mystery genre. Wings ePress, Inc. has been the publisher of these four offerings. Healthy Homicide, the October 2008 launch book for a new publishing house, RoguePhoenixPress, picks up the torch again in the mystery world. In February 2010, she contributed to two Valentine's Anthologies at RoguePhoenixPress: A Valentine Anthology, with a story titled, Lending Library, and A Different Kind of Valentine with a story titled, The Prize. She has completed the base story for a Dragon Fantasy series, Dragons Among Us, which was released August 2010 by Rogue Phoenix Press. Meadows of Gold is another faerie story released in RoguePhoenixPress' March 2011's anthology, A St. Patrick's Day Tale. A third story featuring the Fae of the valley outside Eugene, Oregon will be available in the May Day Anthology set to come out in mid-April or the beginning of May 2013. This tale is entitled, Defying the Odds. The second in the dragon series, Dragon Among the Eagles, became available for public reading in June 2011. August 2011 saw the release of Shattered Tomorrows, a Mystery/crime novel loosely based on the May 7, 1981 shooting at the Oregon Museum Tavern in Salem, Oregon where four lost their lives and twenty were wounded. A motorcycle poker run is featured in her March 2013 release, Joker's Wild and the third in the dragon series, Dragons Among the Ice, to be released in 2013. For detailed information, visit her Web sites for background on her books www.celiacooper.com www.clkraemer.com