Chance

Elian, a sexy restaurateur meets Martin, an equally sexy food critic. Will their past keep them from giving love a chance? Restaurant entrepreneur Elian Whitman believes hard work and determination usually wins out in the end, but that theory is put to the test after meeting the handsome but reticent Martin Williams.Martin knows better than anyone that relationships can fall apart when you least expect them to. After a nasty break-up he leaves his Texas home and restarts his life as a restaurant critic in Fort Lauderdale.Just as Martin is coming to terms with the belief that he's going to spend the rest of his life alone, he comes face to face with the sexy Elian who throws his perfectly controlled world into chaos.Despite the roadblocks Martin throws up, Elian is persistent, but is persistence enough to break through Martin's thick walls and give them both a chance at love? Blake Allwood was born in west TN, then moved to Kansas City MO after attending college in Lamoni, Iowa. He met his husband in 1995 and they officially married in 2015, once gay marriage was legalized. In 2017, he and his husband sold their home, purchased an RV and began traveling the country with their two dogs. Their travels provide the inspiration and settings for many of his novels.Typically, Blake can be found relaxing in the RV or by the fire with his laptop and their Jack Russell Terrier, Buddy, curled up between his legs demanding attention. Denver, their Siberian Husky mix is often asleep at his feet or playing tug of war with Blake's husband, Shaun.

Riverboat owner Tate Browder is one of the slimiest varmints to cruise down the Mississippi. On his boat, the New Moon, he's fleeced many a sucker in poker games that have made his fortune. But Chance Sharpe is on to Browder and his cheating ways … and soon he's won the New Moon with a trick of his own that leaves Browder boiling for revenge ...and Chance fighting to stay afloat. Along the way he meets up with Marilee, a luscious blonde who wants to down Chance … any way she can get him! Clay Tanner is the name used by George Proctor to write CHANCE. A western series featuring a riverboat gambler, that appeared between November 1986 and July 1988. He also writes under THE TEXICANS western series under the name of Zack Wyatt From the pen of Spur Award nominee, George W. Proctor writing as Clay Tanner comes the adventures of Chance Sharpe. He's cool-headed, hot-blooded ... and always in the winner's circle. He's Chance, a legend in his own time on the big river paddlewheels. Whether it's cards or women, he plays hard and wins big. Look for Chance's other adventures - Western excitement you won't want to miss!

Riverboat owner, gambler and ladies' man Chance Sharpe gets word of strange goings-on up on the Mississippi by Craddock's Bend. Several boats have disappeared behind mysterious fogs ... spirits are haunting the riverbanks. it all seems like hogwash to Chance-until his own boat, Wild Card, falls victim. Chance means to get to the bottom of this phantom foolery...with an able and wiling Cajun spitfire by the name of Karin at his side. Clay Tanner is the name used by George Proctor to write CHANCE. A western series featuring a riverboat gambler, that appeared between November 1986 and July 1988. He also writes under THE TEXICANS western series under the name of Zack Wyatt From the pen of Spur Award nominee, George W. Proctor writing as Clay Tanner comes the adventures of Chance Sharpe. He's cool-headed, hot-blooded ... and always in the winner's circle. He's Chance, a legend in his own time on the big river paddlewheels. Whether it's cards or women, he plays hard and wins big. Look for Chance's other adventures - Western excitement you won't want to miss!

Trevor comes out as bisexual, meets the man of his dreams, and learns he's a new dad. Will he be able to survive his conservative parent's wrath?Two years after Peter lost his fiancée, he's convinced love isn't in his future. At least until sexy new father Trevor and his very opinionated infant son step into his life.As their relationship begins to blossom and grow, the baby's disapproving grandparents decide to intervene.Will Trevor and Peter have the strength to overcome the obstacles they face to have another chance with love? Blake Allwood was born in west TN, then moved to Kansas City MO after attending college in Lamoni, Iowa. He met his husband in 1995 and they officially married in 2015, once gay marriage was legalized. In 2017, he and his husband sold their home, purchased an RV and began traveling the country with their two dogs. Their travels provide the inspiration and settings for many of his novels.Typically, Blake can be found relaxing in the RV or by the fire with his laptop and their Jack Russell Terrier, Buddy, curled up between his legs demanding attention. Denver, their Siberian Husky mix is often asleep at his feet or playing tug of war with Blake's husband, Shaun.

Only a split-second move keeps Chance from getting his head blown off by a mean Texas boy who dropped his family inheritance at the poker table. The rich stockbroker who hosted the game isn't as lucky. But it's Chance who's whisked off to the slammer when he's found bending over the dead broker with a smoking Colt .45 in his hand. For the gambling man, breaking out is his best bet - and with a fast shuffle, he's on his way upriver to settle the score with a killer whose hasty departure has left Chance holding his deadliest hand yet. Clay Tanner is the name used by George Proctor to write CHANCE. A western series featuring a riverboat gambler, that appeared between November 1986 and July 1988. He also writes under THE TEXICANS western series under the name of Zack Wyatt From the pen of Spur Award nominee, George W. Proctor writing as Clay Tanner comes the adventures of Chance Sharpe. He's cool-headed, hot-blooded ... and always in the winner's circle. He's Chance, a legend in his own time on the big river paddlewheels. Whether it's cards or women, he plays hard and wins big. Look for Chance's other adventures - Western excitement you won't want to miss!

Chance Sharpe was seeing red! The sleazy weasel who held the title to his riverboat, Wild Card, had stolen it all-nice and legal-for $200 in back taxes. The details apparently had slipped through a few greased palms. In a town where graft and government walked hand in hand, Chance figured he'd better look for justice outside the courtroom. The varmint was selling Chance's boat for a very large profit, but the man had a greedy streak. And Chance knew just how to make that greed work – to get the Wild Card back – all nice and legal. Clay Tanner is the name used by George Proctor to write CHANCE. A western series featuring a riverboat gambler, that appeared between November 1986 and July 1988. He also writes under THE TEXICANS western series under the name of Zack Wyatt From the pen of Spur Award nominee, George W. Proctor writing as Clay Tanner comes the adventures of Chance Sharpe. He's cool-headed, hot-blooded ... and always in the winner's circle. He's Chance, a legend in his own time on the big river paddlewheels. Whether it's cards or women, he plays hard and wins big. Look for Chance's other adventures - Western excitement you won't want to miss!

Fifty mail-order brides aboard the riverboat Wild Card are bound for Montana territory ... courtesy of the New Orleans jail!While Chance Sharpe has his hands full keeping the lively ladies from turning his paddle wheeler into a floating house of pleasure, real danger stalks the riverboat. An unseen killer is ransacking the Wild Card's staterooms ... and leaving a trail of blood behind. When a band of confederate river-raiders adds to the mayhem, Chance gets the feeling that his cargo might just be more precious than he realized. It's gonna be a long trip.But he's cool-headed, hot-blooded … and always in the winner's circle. He's Chance, a legend in his own time on the big river paddlewheels. Whether it's cards or women, he plays hard and wins big. Clay Tanner is the name used by George Proctor to write CHANCE. A western series featuring a riverboat gambler, that appeared between November 1986 and July 1988. He also writes under THE TEXICANS western series under the name of Zack Wyatt From the pen of Spur Award nominee, George W. Proctor writing as Clay Tanner comes the adventures of Chance Sharpe. He's cool-headed, hot-blooded ... and always in the winner's circle. He's Chance, a legend in his own time on the big river paddlewheels. Whether it's cards or women, he plays hard and wins big. Look for Chance's other adventures - Western excitement you won't want to miss!

There aren't many turns of the cards that can surprise a riverboat gambler, but when the Montana law wants the Wild Card to ferry a murderer downriver for a meeting with the hangman, Chance Sharpe draws the one hand he never expected. The accused killer is none other than his former guardian and mentor, Hoyt Bishop! But Bishop is innocent, victim of a conspiracy of cutthroats. In a desperate race against time, Chance teams up with Bishop's firebrand daughter to piece together the puzzle that will keep his oldest friend off the gallows.It's all up to Chance.He's cool-headed, hot-blooded... and always in the winner's circle. He's Chance, a legend in his own time on the big river paddlewheels. Whether it's cards or women, he plays hard and wins big. Clay Tanner is the name used by George Proctor to write CHANCE. A western series featuring a riverboat gambler, that appeared between November 1986 and July 1988. He also writes under THE TEXICANS western series under the name of Zack Wyatt From the pen of Spur Award nominee, George W. Proctor writing as Clay Tanner comes the adventures of Chance Sharpe. He's cool-headed, hot-blooded ... and always in the winner's circle. He's Chance, a legend in his own time on the big river paddlewheels. Whether it's cards or women, he plays hard and wins big. Look for Chance's other adventures - Western excitement you won't want to miss!

A meat shortage on board the Wild Card leads Chance ashore for game in the Dakota wilderness, and into an adventure he may never forget … if he lives to remember anything! After a savage mauling at the claws of a grizzly bear, Chance falls prey to a pack of half-crazed vigilantes who mistakenly make him a guest of honor at a necktie party for a local murder. Escaping with his neck lands the gambler penniless in the frontier hellhole of Beltin, Dakota-smack-dab in the middle of an all-out war with the real killer's clan-the mongrel-mean Ransom family. Clay Tanner is the name used by George Proctor to write CHANCE. A western series featuring a riverboat gambler, that appeared between November 1986 and July 1988. He also writes under THE TEXICANS western series under the name of Zack Wyatt From the pen of Spur Award nominee, George W. Proctor writing as Clay Tanner comes the adventures of Chance Sharpe. He's cool-headed, hot-blooded ... and always in the winner's circle. He's Chance, a legend in his own time on the big river paddlewheels. Whether it's cards or women, he plays hard and wins big. Look for Chance's other adventures - Western excitement you won't want to miss!

When Chance Sharpe started his journey through the lonesome Dakota wilds, taking on the sole survivors of a tribal massacre seemed like the sane and saintly thing to do. But his new trail mates turned out to be the white squaw and adopted son of Shadow Killer, the fierce Sioux war chief, and Shadow Killer wanted them back! As the manhunt closed in, the wary gambler realized that this time he just might have bitten off more than he could chew! Clay Tanner is the name used by George Proctor to write CHANCE. A western series featuring a riverboat gambler, that appeared between November 1986 and July 1988. He also writes under THE TEXICANS western series under the name of Zack Wyatt From the pen of Spur Award nominee, George W. Proctor writing as Clay Tanner comes the adventures of Chance Sharpe. He's cool-headed, hot-blooded ... and always in the winner's circle. He's Chance, a legend in his own time on the big river paddlewheels. Whether it's cards or women, he plays hard and wins big. Look for Chance's other adventures - Western excitement you won't want to miss!

When the President of the United States wants a million dollars in gold given secret passage downriver...even a gambler has to fold his hand. At least until bullion-hungry buccaneers call his bluff with an old bayou battleship. Then, count on Chance to give it back in spades! As the muddy maze of the Mississippi Delta becomes a backwater battleground, Chance finds his paddlewheeler isn't the only "Wild Card" in this deadly game: a tropical hurricane is headed straight for the bayou...ready to cash in everyone's chips!CHANCE:He's cool-headed, hot-blooded...and always in the winner's circle. He's Chance, a legend in his own time on the big river paddlewheels. Whether it's cards or women, he plays hard and wins big. Look for Chance's other adventures- Western excitement you won't want to miss! Clay Tanner is the name used by George Proctor to write CHANCE. A western series featuring a riverboat gambler, that appeared between November 1986 and July 1988. He also writes under THE TEXICANS western series under the name of Zack Wyatt From the pen of Spur Award nominee, George W. Proctor writing as Clay Tanner comes the adventures of Chance Sharpe. He's cool-headed, hot-blooded ... and always in the winner's circle. He's Chance, a legend in his own time on the big river paddlewheels. Whether it's cards or women, he plays hard and wins big. Look for Chance's other adventures - Western excitement you won't want to miss!

Chance Sharpe wouldn't consider himself a gentleman if he didn't come to the rescue of a beautiful damsel-in-distress. What he didn't expect was an attempt on his own life that leaves him close to death. Lucky to survive, he is invited to visit the indebted Walsh family to their palatial home. Which suited Chance just fine as he has more than eyes for the beautiful damsel, Anne. No sooner over the threshold he becomes involved in fighting the ancient curse that's supposedly ravaging her family. At first, it sounded loco to riverboat gambler. But when the "spirit" demonstrates its grisly handiwork-seeing is believing! Now as something deadly stalks the Walshes one by one, it's up to Chance to unmask a killer cloaked in the swirling mists of the Louisiana bayou. He has seven days to get to the bottom of the mystery-or six people's lives won't be worth a red cent! Clay Tanner is the name used by George Proctor to write CHANCE. A western series featuring a riverboat gambler, that appeared between November 1986 and July 1988. He also writes under THE TEXICANS western series under the name of Zack Wyatt From the pen of Spur Award nominee, George W. Proctor writing as Clay Tanner comes the adventures of Chance Sharpe. He's cool-headed, hot-blooded ... and always in the winner's circle. He's Chance, a legend in his own time on the big river paddlewheels. Whether it's cards or women, he plays hard and wins big. Look for Chance's other adventures - Western excitement you won't want to miss!

When riverboat gambler, Chance Sharpe tracks his missing brother Wyatt to the wilds of West Texas, they stumble on an opportunity that's just too "golden" to pass up. The key to a conquistador's dream … an ancient Indian treasure mountain! All that stands between them and the legendary loot is an Apache war party, a crazed prospector, and a treacherous underground maze which could lead to the glittering kingdom of gold ... or to Kingdom come. Clay Tanner is the name used by George Proctor to write CHANCE. A western series featuring a riverboat gambler, that appeared between November 1986 and July 1988. He also writes under THE TEXICANS western series under the name of Zack Wyatt From the pen of Spur Award nominee, George W. Proctor writing as Clay Tanner comes the adventures of Chance Sharpe. He's cool-headed, hot-blooded ... and always in the winner's circle. He's Chance, a legend in his own time on the big river paddlewheels. Whether it's cards or women, he plays hard and wins big. Look for Chance's other adventures - Western excitement you won't want to miss!

LAST IN THE SERIES: When Chance and his old compadre, Sam Clemens (alias Mark Twain), take a New Orleans-bound sidewheeler, they're plundered by river rogues and plunged into the killing currents of the Mississippi. Getting rescued by a raft-riding runaway and his friend, a fugitive slave, begins one of the riskiest journeys Chance has ever taken. In fact, with all the deadly entanglements Big Muddy has in store ... this could be the stuff that great books are made of. Chance just hopes he lives to read it! Clay Tanner is the name used by George Proctor to write CHANCE. A western series featuring a riverboat gambler, that appeared between November 1986 and July 1988. He also writes under THE TEXICANS western series under the name of Zack Wyatt From the pen of Spur Award nominee, George W. Proctor writing as Clay Tanner comes the adventures of Chance Sharpe. He's cool-headed, hot-blooded ... and always in the winner's circle. He's Chance, a legend in his own time on the big river paddlewheels. Whether it's cards or women, he plays hard and wins big. Look for Chance's other adventures - Western excitement you won't want to miss!