Emmett is a hot headed and hot body cowboy who rides bulls at the rodeo, drinks until he drops, and fights at the drop of his hat. Michelle, his sister, is the only person who has any say over his bad cowboy attitude until William moves into a into town. William survived an ambush in Afghanistan, took a job with the CIA, New York City to stay in a similar career path, but ten years with Army and ten more with the CIA wore his skin down to the bone.Everyone dreams of home by a stream and William found that home in Wyoming. He hoped to leave the work of the CIA and the horror of the ambush for a life on horseback, but Emmett tears his dreams apart.Michelle realizes something different about her brother when he's in William's company, longing.To save himself, William will have to reconcile the deaths of his Army buddies and give up his life savings to save Emmett's life or go back to to the CIA in New York. For 2025!I've got to new books out for late winter 2025:The Fool Farmer is about Raphael who strives to better himself, but is a klutz in all that he does until he goes to America to improve his farming skills. Will his clumsiness prove too much for a Nebraska farmer or will they work to overcome his handicap?Trailer Brake is about two different people in two different towns, Doris and Gerald pack up and head out in search of healing. Will their chance encounter help or make things worse for them?Rodeo Clown: Emmett is a bull rider, drink until you drop, cowboy whose only tempered by his sister, Michelle, until William buys the land next to their land. To save himself and Emmett, William has to open up to his dark past and why he left New York City.Satchel of Secrets is about an Army Veteran lost in a job at a c-store, but an angel offers him a choice to do something for God.It's Such a Small World and Then, It's Not (In France, two men are brought together by Mona Lisa, a mallard duck)Treaty of Versailles, The Power of Love, freshened up for 2025 with edits and new details!Skipper Pete Books and Skipper Pete Travel on YouTube for book readings, comedy shows by me, and travel.Every child starts off as a story teller. My family lived in west Ft. Lauderdale, FL out near the everglades. I was a fort builder, horse rider, hiker, adventurer, Disney park nut, party-goer, bad at math in school kid, 80's child--David Bowie-Let's Dance, Prince-1999, Billy Idol-Rebel Yell, Neil Diamond-America, all the movies that made us human--Sixteen Candles, Uncle Buck (GIANT PANCAKES), Duckie from Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club geek, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science (mall scene), Stand by Me - Gordie Lachance (You have to ask?), Foot Loose (Yeah!), The Goonies (LOVE adventurers), and a closet case hanging with my gal pal at Backstreets and at Cathode Rays on the "other side of the tracks! in FTL"After that, I followed my dad's footsteps and joined the Air Force. I did basic training in Texas and then traveled to California to Asia to South America to Europe, an island in the Pacific, and an island in the Mediterranean.I've been fortunate to travel throughout Europe in the last five years. My friend in Poland does not get Polish jokes! My other friend lives in Colmar, France where the Alsatian wines are brewed.Life has a swath of stories to...
