Crossover Series Boxset (Books 1-5)
Beyond the boundaries of space and time lies Ixtlán. Sometimes Earth bumps into this strange world, allowing things to crossover into a dangerous and primitive place where ancient cultures thrive and long extinct animals roam the land. People are caught in the crossover as well. The descendants of Tsumat Indians, Spanish conquistadors, English travelers, and Russian fur traders live and love and battle on Ixtlán . Prehistoric beasts such as chalicotheres, oreodonts, and hyaenodons live beside pterodactyls. Modern Earth dwellers are dragged through the treacherous portal into Ixtlán as well. And all of them are threatened by arrivals from another mysterious world.
And yet, in this perilous world, there is love to be found, though never without a fight. A woman from California must battle for survival beside a man outcast from his tribe. Can a spoiled son of Éspan earn the trust and love of a Tsumat woman who needs no one? A young man obsessed with adventure is called upon to assist a Sky Lord. Will his quest bring death, or his heart’s desire? A cataclysmic volcano blast brings together others, while a despairing EMT newly crossed over from Earth must discover if love is the best medicine to mend a tattered heart.
As old conflicts and rivalries rear their ugly heads, only the courageous can survive. It doesn’t matter when or how they crossed over into Ixtlán. In a place where death is always just a breath away, the bonds of friendship and family and love will be their only hope.
Where the Red Moon Rises: Crossover Series: Book 1
Tara awakens on an unfamiliar shore in a world far away—in time and place—from her California home. But she is not alone in this strange new world, a primitive place where ancient cultures thrive and long-extinct animals roam the land – and the golden-eyed man who rescues her has secrets of his own.
Aleyx Petrov lives in exile from his own people, an outcast after a horrifying event in his past. His only companion is Tchoruth – a chalicothere, until Tara arrives on the lonely beach.
But her arrival hasn’t gone unnoticed. Others have crossed into Ixtlán before her and who are on the brink of war, willing to do whatever it takes to gain the knowledge that Tara doesn’t know she possesses. How can Aleyx protect Tara from this rival faction, when his own people reject him? Can the fragile new life Tara has found replace all that she’s lost, or is it doomed to come to a tragic end in this unearthly world where the red moon rises?
When the White Moon Cries: Crossover Series: Book 2
Tsali of the Tsumat people is accustomed to standing alone. Scarred by tragedy, she is isolated in her own village. Her only companion is her beloved hyaenodon, a wolf-like creature, common to her home world of Ixtlán. All that changes when she finds the half-drowned Tomás, literally washed up at her feet.
Tomás is the spoiled son of Éspan parents, who has never had to do much of anything for himself. Once she’s nursed him back to health, Tsali is happy to dump him back with his own people. But when he shows up bragging about his quest to claim the famous white tchor of Nawonsimu for his fiancée back in San Miguel, Tsali knows that if she doesn’t help, the idiot is likely to get himself killed.
When Luka, an orphan, crosses their path, his charms endear him to Tsali, just as Tsali’s self-reliance and talents are charming Tomás. Working together, the trio find the tchor. Then disaster strikes as they struggle to return home. Can Tomás earn the love and trust of the woman who needs no one? And can Tsali’s skills, courage, and wit save them all when the white moon cries?
As the Black Sky Falls: Crossover Series: Book 3
Alonso of the Éspan people is a man obsessed. What lies across the great ocean, on the mysterious island of Anyapakh. Though he has plans to cross the dangerous sea, he has no idea he’ll be called upon to do so on an urgent mission of life or death by a boy named Rikay.
A Sky Lord is blown off course, crashing into the cliffs above Alonso’s home. Badly injured, she lays her egg, begging the young Rikay to return it to her sisters on Anyapakh. Alonso and his boat are the only hope for Rikay to carry the precious egg to its island home.
On Anyapakh, Indaya of the Ummac people dreams of the Hidden Lands, faraway Ixtlán, as she endures the everyday drudgery of working alongside her mother. But when two strangers from The Hidden Lands seek her help, will she risk defying her father and her people to help them? With their attraction growing and war looming on the horizon, can Alonso and Indaya keep their promise to the Sky Lord and each other as the black sky falls?
Why the Green Stars Fade: Crossover Series: Book 4
Intelligent, adventuresome, and a natural-born leader, Luka is tired of working in the Lime pit in his home of Yukitet. It doesn’t take much to convince his friend to join him on a trip to explore the relatively unknown Southern Plains of Ixtlán. But will the strangers that join in their travels—and a rapidly shifting world—upend everything they thought they knew?
Zida, the sole survivor after a cataclysmic volcano blast destroys her entire village, is rescued by Luka and his motley band of travelers from distant lands. With no supplies, facing an onslaught of disasters, can their courage and resourcefulness guide them to a safe haven?
But safety is a relative concept as old conflicts and rivalries rear their ugly heads. Then the ground splits open beneath their feet. Trapped alone in the darkness and silence of an underground cave, can Luka and Zida survive long enough to discover why the green stars fade?
WHAT THE GOLDEN SUN SINGS: CROSSOVER SERIES: BOOK 5
Dragged through a portal in time and space, Richard found life on Ixtlán far different than Earth. Back home he’d been an EMT. But this primitive new world had proven too brutal for him. He’s driven to give up, but fate has other plans for him. Rescued by the Tchor Clan, a nomadic group that comes upon him as he lays dying, Richard soon becomes enmeshed in the life of the clan, finding himself especially drawn to a beautiful widow and her child.
Nema is the sole person responsible for the health of her people, since their doctor—her mentor—was stolen by a rival clan. The golden-haired, blue-eyed stranger is not only intriguing, his medical skills provide them a common link and purpose. Can she open her heart to love and happiness again? Their relationship is deepening, but at a gathering of clans, Richard fails to keep his promise to the woman and child he claims to love.
When Nema leaves with another clan, Richard once again finds himself alone. Can Richard and Nema heal their own tattered hearts and find a way back to one another to heed the call of what the Golden Sun sings?
Colleen N. Baxter 