Native American Detective

Undercover Detective Arlie has his hands full again! Two very pregnant women, an overeager protégé, and a new arrival bent on making Anchorage the human trafficking hub of the world have complicated his life. Will he be able to handle all of them and still wear the Santa suit? Life has changed so much for the techno-clever Anchorage Undercover Cop since his trip to Arizona the year before (A Stingray Christmas). New people have come into his life - both good and bad. Will he be able to make it home to spend his first Alaska Christmas with his new wife and sons? Or will human traffickers ...

Métis journalist Leo Desroches has just been released from jail. Fortunately for him, he is re-hired at the paper to write a popular column about crime. It’s summer; the city is hot and buzzing with mosquitoes, and it’s on track for a record number of homicides. Called to the scene of an apparent overdose of a young Native man in the inner city, Leo witnesses some rocks falling out of the body bag, and he picks them up. At first he believes they are crack cocaine but discovers that the rocks are really rough diamonds.

Strangers with the same problem, Louie and Rita shared their anguish at being spurned by their same-sex lovers with two bottles of tequila, finding temporary solace in each other’s arms, knowing they’d never see each other again. Nine months later, life got a lot more complicated. Now, one year later, they’re sharing custody of LuLu, the child neither thought they'd ever have. Or could love so much. Then Louie’s boyfriend came back, filling their lives – and his tiny apartment. The doting gay father and his lover weren’t a problem for the mother but finding new housing and a ...