Teri Thackston
At age 11, Teri had a dilemma: how could she become an international spy and a famous writer at the same time? Even at that young age, she suspected it would be difficult to undertake covert operations while making the rounds of bookstores and talk shows to hawk her bestseller. Realizing that international spies didn’t always live very long, she decided to take the path of fame and fortune… a path that has proven much longer and rockier than even James Bond could handle. But, being a native Texan and the oldest of four sisters, she has the determination, patience and imagination needed to make it to the top.Married to her high school sweetheart, Hal “Jetman” Thackston, Teri occasionally joins him at his twice-weekly music show (but don’t ask her to sing). Their extraordinary sons have inherited their artistic aspirations. Chad is an actor and a writer and Sean is a designer and an artist. Between the four of them, they have what it takes to create an Oscar-worthy movie musical with outstanding sets and costumes… and of course a plot that revolves around an international spy.
Achievements
Wait Until Moonrise, Beloved - Paranormal Romance
First Place 2003 Emily Writing Competition, Paranormal Category
For Ryan’s Sake (Deadly Climb) - Romantic Suspense
First Place 2001 Lone Star Writing Competition, Romantic Suspense Category
The Abduction of Miss Jenny Chandler - Historical
First Place 2006 Lone Star Writing Contest, Historical Category
Short Stories
“Trails’ End” - Capper’s Magazine
“Promised to One Man; In Love With Another” - True Story Magazine
“A Wish Upon A Star” - Woman’s World Magazine
“What Will Aunt Jo Do Next?” - True Confessions Magazine
“The Awful Fear I Can’t Control” - True Confessions Magazine
“Prairie Fire” - True Confessions Magazine
Website
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writing as Tea Trelawny Fill 'er Up? (e-book) Ellora's Cave March 2009 Order from E-Publisher | Ram and Jess haunt - and heat up - the old gas station in their small hometown. Each blames the other for their fatal accident, an incident which also drove their best friends to divorce. Spirit sex is great but they need to forgive each other and find a way to bring their friends back together. But Skeeter and Deirdre Cooper may not have the chance to reunite before Death comes to call one of them. Parted by different life callings, they struggle to find the love that once meant everything...before it's too late. Meanwhile the Coopers' son Scott is content with his laid-back lifestyle and determined not to repeat his parents' mistakes. But his world is shaken by a beautiful stranger. Ashley is a successful career woman who loves big city life and yet she's seduced by Scott's sexy small-town charm. Will they go their separate ways or be lured together by the supernatural stimulation that charges the air around them? |
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Scent of Lavender (e-book)
Cerridwen Press August 2008 Order from E-Publisher | A mysterious woman appears at Rob Sheridan's Victorian house the evening after he moves into it. When the beauty vanishes before his eyes, the war veteran realizes his home is haunted! Intending to prove that Rob's late uncle swindled her grandmother out of the house, Lily Graham arrives minutes after his ghostly experience. Hearing his claim, she fears that he intends to frighten her away. But Lily doesn't scare easily and vows not only to take back her home but to protect her family from Rob's cruel lie. One haunting experience after another proves to everyone that the ghost is real. Possession and worse threaten when the spirit's longing for her deceased lover draws Rob and Lily to each other and to a long-buried secret that someone-or something-has vowed to keep hidden forever. |
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Final Words (e-book)
Cerridwen Press April 2008 Order from E-Publisher | A near-fatal hit-and-run leaves Medical Examiner Emma St. Clair able to talk to the spirits of people she autopsies. With his sister's hit-and-run death unsolved, Detective Jason MacKenzie vows to bring this lethal driver to justice. When a serial killer throws them together, will her ability to talk to ghosts prove deadly...in love and life? |
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writing as Tea Trelawny Going Down? (e-book) Ellora's Cave February 2008 Order from E-Publisher | On St. Valentine's Day in Manhattan, a matchmaking spirit must bring together four couples before she can join her own love in Heaven. Restricted to the elevator and the corridors leading to it, she hurries to match eight unlikely lovers in satisfying sexual adventures before the clock strikes midnight. |
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DEADLY CLIMB (E-Book)
Cerridwen Press October 2007 Order from E-Publisher | Traumatized by a fall off a Manhattan high-rise, Deputy Marshal Laura Killen hasn't left her home in nine months. A former ace mountain climber, now she can't even face the two flights of stairs leading down from her apartment. John MacLean doesn't care about her fear. Confronting her at gunpoint, he demands that she help him protect his nephew Ryan from the mobster who killed Ryan's parents. Suspecting that John may be the real killer, Laura finds the courage to go with him for Ryan's sake. But snipers in an unmarked helicopter, murderous thugs on a train and leaks from someone at her headquarters convince Laura that John is no threat to Ryan. He is, however, a threat to her reawakening heart. As danger forces them to rely on each other, trust-and something more-begins to develop. Pursued by killers, they finally reach Ryan's hideaway at a mountain lodge in Wyoming's Teton Wilderness. There Laura must face her fear of heights to save the man and child she loves. |
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The Abduction of Miss Jenny Chandler (e-book)
Cerridwen Press August 2007 Order from E-Publisher | Jenny Chandler enjoys a life with no more pressing problem than what to wear to the next cotillion, and she's content to remain "Daddy's little girl". But yearnings arise when she meets Texas Ranger John Grayling, suggesting that growing up might not be so bad. Gray's latest love has just announced she's marrying someone else. Hurt by love, Gray swears off women and vows to devote himself to his job. But when Jenny is kidnapped by bandits and Gray is captured trying to rescue her, the young woman's spirit and sensuality test his vow. The bandit leader recognizes Gray as valuable barter to convince a renegade Comanche chief - whose son Gray killed - to help hijack an Army gold ship. Knowing that death awaits him, Gray is torn between escaping with Jenny and staying to learn more of the bandit's plan. Gray falls for Jenny, but can he trust her when every other woman in his life has failed him? Jenny loves Gray, but can she break through the barrier around his heart? Can passion's fire ignite lasting love before evil plays its smoldering hand? |
| Perilous Passions
Order from E-Publisher | Cerridwen Press July 2007 |
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| To the Rescue (e-book)
Order from E-Publisher | Cerridwen Press May 2007 |
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| Perilous Passions (e-book)
Order from E-Publisher | Cerridwen Press March 2007 |






