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Author: Chris Karlsen | Website

Chris is a retired police detective. She spent twenty-five years in the law enforcement with two different agencies.

The daughter of a history professor and a voracious reader, she grew up with a love for history and books.

She has traveled extensively throughout Europe, the Near East, and Northern Africa satisfying her passion for seeing the places she read about.

A Chicago native, Chris has lived in Paris, Los Angeles, and now resides with her husband, and five rescue dogs in the Pacific Northwest.



Published Works & Book Reviews

Golden Chariot

The rare discovery of a ship sunk during the time of the Trojan War has been found off the coast of Turkey, near Troy. Charlotte Dashiell is an American nautical archaeologist and thrilled to be part of the recovery team. The wreck may contain proof of her highly controversial theory about the Trojan War.

Charlotte is present when the Turkish government agent assigned to guard the site is murdered. Her possible involvement and a questionable connection to a private collector of black market relics bring her under suspicion. Atakan Vadim is the Turkish agent sent to investigate her. Unknown to either of them, the smuggler behind the murder plans to steal a valuable artifact and frame Charlotte for the theft...after they murder her.

Reviewer: Josie
Review: Apr 23, 2012
Genre(s): Romance, Adventure / Action
Hoping to prove her theory, nautical archeologist, Charlotte Dashiell, uses questionable connections to become part of a team recovering expensive artifacts from a ship sunk off the coast of Turkey. When a man guarding the site is murdered, the Turkish government worries black-market thieves are to blame, and Charlotte comes under fire as a suspect. Atakan Vadim, an archeologist in his own right, is the Turk

Journey in Time

London attorney, Shakira Constantine, finally agrees to spend the day with her handsome client, Alex Lancaster. While riding in the countryside, the couple finds themselves caught in a time warp and transported back to the 14th Century, and an England preparing for war. Everyone believes Alex is the Baron Guy Guiscard...a baron who died in the upcoming battle.

If they can’t find a way to return to the 21st Century, Alex will have to sail with the army to certain death. Shakira will be left alone to survive in the alien and terrifying medieval world.

Reviewer: Josie
Review: Sep 1, 2011
Genre(s): Historical Romance, Time-Travel
Alex's soul is several hundred years old. A casualty of a medieval war, he roved the earth for centuries as a ghost before getting another chance at life. Passionate about music, he becomes a sought-after music producer. Haunted by memories, he eschews long-term relationships and takes solace in his playboy lifestyle. Enter Shakira, an exotic beauty, successful attorney, and musician. One view of her playing

Heroes Live Forever

Elinor Hawthorne has in inherited a house that is haunted by the ghosts of two medieval knights, Basil Manneville and Guy Guiscard. Basil is the man of her dreams, her knight in shining armor. She falls in love with him and he with her. Basil soon realizes she needs to live a normal life, a happy life with a mortal.

A lifetime later fate intervenes. Basil, still in love with Elinor, is told her spirit lives on in a young woman and is given another chance at life to find her.

Reviewer: Josie
Review: Jul 8, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Historical Romance, Ghosts
Chris Karlsen's novel, Heroes Live Forever, spans two lifetimes. It starts when Elinor Hawthorne inherits a haunted house. After the shock of meeting the resident ghosts wears off, she and Basil Manneville, one of the ghosts, fall in love. Both long to live as one, but given their ghost and human states they can't fully consummate their relationship. Because he loves her and believes she deserves more than

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