Margaret Lake

Grace Coulter has been hiding in the kitchen of her family restaurant since she was eight years old. That's when the name-calling began. Stretch, skinny-minny, boy in girl's clothes, all because of the slender height that had her towering over even the tallest boys in the class.Now, nearly thirty years later, Grace is head chef of the failing restaurant and still hiding in the kitchen. Like many businesses during the current recession, Coulter's may...

Sometimes, love can be found in the strangest places.Mordaunt and the Dove - "Mordaunt Telracs, Singer of Ballads, Teller of Fortunes, Maker of Most Effective Love Potions" until he succumbs to the witch Grizelda.A Walk in the Woods - In search of the perfect woman, Mathias the Wizard invents the most perfect spell ever madeGrindel's Tale - Grindel fights developers who would destroy the woods he protects.Sir Dragonbreath - Gwendolyn is a lonely witch,...

A Slice of Life - Grace Coulter has been hiding in the kitchen of her family restaurant since she was eight years old. That's when the name-calling began. Stretch, skinny-minny, boy in girl's clothes, all because of the slender height that had her towering over even the tallest boys in the class. Now, nearly thirty years later, Grace is head chef of the failing restaurant and still hiding in the kitchen. Like many businesses during the current recession,...

Sweet Savage Charity – Plymouth Colony 1621Within months of stepping off the Mayflower, Charity Williams buried her husband. Within hours, she was told whom she would marry. But Charity has other ideas. Aided by the Wampanoag brave she meets in the forest, she plans to defy the governor, the council and the whole colony.Of Love and War – July 4, 1943John Jameson is home from the war. The Fourth of July has always been his favorite holiday, but...

November, 1942 - Regan is sent by the OSS to join the underground in a France struggling to survive under German occupation. She is assigned to gather information on the infamous wolf packs; U-boats that travel in groups to hunt down and sink Allied warships. But she begins to suspect that her French contacts may be working against her. When Regan's mission takes an unexpected turn, her only thought is to return to the man she left behind and her...