Bøker av Florence Witkop

Jane, who dislikes wolves because they kill her livestock, takes Buck Portman, wolf researcher and wildlife professor at a nearby college she attends, to an island to seek out the huge wolves of legend ... the dire wolves of prehistoric times ... that local fishermen say they've seen there. She's skeptical until a huge wolf runs through their camp and mentally connects with Jane and invites her to visit so they can sort out this strange mental phenomenon that neither of them expected.Jane follows the wolf and Buck follows her into another world, another dimension, one populated by larger-than-life dangerous animals, including the wolves of legend. Her mental connection to the alpha wolf is all that keeps them alive in this dangerous world and when they return, at the request of the alpha female, they take with them an injured wolf pup to be healed.The pup heals nicely... but as it grows, will it remain a pet or will it become a dangerous predator in a world where it doesn't belong?As the attraction between Jane and the professor grows, so do the problems inherent in having a huge, prehistoric wolf in today's world.

Elle Olmstead isn't your normal, every-day botanist. She's different.As a descendant of Ceres, goddess of the harvest and fertility, she, like others of her family, has a magic touch with plants. Real, honest-to-goodness magic. Which is why she unwillingly stows away on the Destiny, a space ship filled with ten thousand colonists heading for a distant planet.Because she knows that her abilities are essential to keep the plants alive that keep the colonists alive and that will be the basis for their survival when they reach their destination.She's caught and thrown in prison, where her powers are useless. Soon the plants begin to shrivel and die. Starvation is imminent, not to mention that the plants provide essential oxygen.But no one believes her when she tells them who she is and what she can do, especially not Cullen Vail, the one person she has come to like, maybe even love. Because Cullen is head of Security, an inscrutable, military type who has no time for stowaways and doesn't believe in foolish legends.She lied before, why should he believe her now? But somehow she must persuade him of the truth or ten thousand people will die.

Charlie, forester, guides her boss and the owner of Macallister Outdoors to a tiny lake in the middle of a wilderness tract he recently purchased so he can see with his own eyes the spirit that legend says lives there and uncover the truth about it.Suddenly, a rogue storm destroys the dam that created the lake, the surrounding forest, and much of their equipment. They are stranded.Then they see the spirit and hear it sing. It's real, it's beautiful, and it will die when the lake drains dry. They resolve to patch the dam and save the lake and the spirit.As they work, they learn about the spirit of legend and about each other, while deliberately ignoring the growing attraction between them, because a romance between boss and employee is always a bad thing.But some spirits can do more than just sing and look lovely. And romance has a way of developing even when it's not wanted.

He saved her life. Now someone wants them both dead.Zoe survives a rogue wind - a multi-colored, horrific, vortex - only because a total stranger, a guy named Tate with a honed ability to act in a crisis, saves both their lives.But the wind was more than just a wind. It was a chemical reaction that changed them. They now can read each other's minds, plus Zoe is newly aware of Tate at a level so deep and personal she doesn't know where she ends and he begins. And it's the same with Tate. They are intertwined.As they struggle to deal with this incredibly intimate relationship, they join forces to learn how and why it happened. They soon find themselves running for their lives on the wrong end of a conspiracy more vast and deadly than they could possibly have imagined. If they are caught, they will be experimented on, after which their bodies will be dumped in unmarked graves.They have one thing going for them. Tate is former military and tough as nails.But are his skills enough? Can he keep them alive long enough to actually have the future he didn't know he wanted until the vortex brought Zoe into his life?

She knew the risk. She went anyway.Hidden in a crevice of Emma's newly inherited ranch lies a portal to other worlds.Brimming with curiosity and accompanied by her tough, good-looking, ex-military neighbor, Emma enters the unknown worlds her late uncle had so meticulously tried to hide.Problem is, exploring is one thing. Returning alive is another thing entirely that requires unraveling the mystery of the portal that binds these worlds together. But how can you do that when you're fighting for your life?The knowledge and wealth of a thousand worlds is the reward for braving the dangers of those other worlds but they hold more hideous monsters than she can count and violence is the norm.Did she make a mistake when she stepped through the portal? And in such dire circumstances, can she trust a man she barely knows?

The ability to read minds can get you tied to a bonfire with the match lit.When quiet, introverted Anna is convinced by her mind-reading community to become a colonist settling a distant planet because her people believe in helping mankind, she reluctantly agrees. After all, she's been taught all she needs to know to stay safe and be helpful. Except nothing taught her what to do when the minds she's reading aren't human.She figures the years-long trip to the distant planet will give her time to make friends and fall in love. But half-way through the journey a rogue meteor punches through the starship and lands at her feet. And that's just the beginning of her problems, from vague whispers in the night to colonists dying randomly with no discernible cause. But she can't tell anyone what she knows because she doesn't want to end up on that bonfire.Can a nice girl who just happens to read minds save an entire colony from unknown alien threats? Or will she get them all killed?