About the author

Vikki Kestell

Vikki Kestell’s passion for people and their stories is evident in her readers’ affection for her characters and unusual plotlines. Two often-repeated sentiments are, “I feel like I know these people,” and “I am right there, in the book, experiencing what her characters experience.”<br><br>Vikki holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Learning and Instructional Technologies. She left a career of twenty-plus years in government, academia, and corporate life to pursue writing full time. “Writing is the best job ever,” she admits, “and the most demanding.”<br>Also an accomplished speaker and teacher, Vikki and her husband Conrad Smith make their home in Albuquerque, New Mexico.<br><br>To keep abreast of new book releases, visit her website, http://www.vikkikestell.com/, or find her on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/TheWritingOfVikkiKestell.<br><br><strong>A Prairie Heritage</strong><br>Book 1: <em>A Rose Blooms Twice</em><br>Book 2: <em>Joy on This Mountain</em><br>Book 3: <em>The Captive Within</em><br>Book 4: <em>Wild Heart on the Prairie</em><br>Book 5: <em>Stolen</em><br>Book 6: <em>Lost Are Found</em><br>Book 7: <em>All God's Promises</em><br>Book 8: <em>Joy on This Mountain: A Short Story</em><br>Book 9: <em>Rose of RiverBend</em><br><br><strong>Girls from the Mountain</strong><br>Book 1: <em>Tabitha</em><br>Book 2: <em>Tory</em><br>Book 3: <em>Sarah Redeemed<br><br><strong>Laynie Portland</strong></em><br>Book 1: <em>Laynie Portland:</em> <em><strong>Spy Rising</strong></em><br>Book 2: <em>Laynie Portland:</em> <em><strong>Retired Spy</strong></em><br>Book 3: <em>Laynie Portland:</em> <em>Renegade Spy<br></em>Book 3: <em>Laynie Portland: Spy Resurrected</em> <br>Book 5: <em>Vyper: A Laynie Portland Sequel</em><br><br><strong>Nanostealth</strong><br>Book 1: <em>Stealthy Steps</em><br>Book 2: <em>Stealth Power</em><br>Book 3: <em>Stealth Retribution</em><br>Book 4: <em>Deep State Stealth<br></em>Book 5: <em>Stealth Insurgence<br></em>Book 6: <em>Stealth Triumph<br></em>Book 7: <em>Stealth</em> <em><strong>Genesis </strong></em>(A Nanostealth Prequel)<br><br><strong>The Tahoe Mysteries</strong><br>Book 1: <em>Number 1 with a Bullet</em><br>Book 2: <em>Be Quick or Be Dead </em>(October 2025)<br>Book 3: <em>Death on the Deep Blue</em> <strong></strong>(October 2026)<br>Book 4: <em>Murder by Accident, A Miss Finch Prequel</em> (October 2025)<br>