Joyce Oroz

Joyce Oroz raised her children and grew her commercial art and mural business. Painting was her whole life until nine years ago when she discovered writing. Joyce began writing children's stories and graduated to her first 400 page mystery novel, Secure the Ranch. She writes about the things she loves; painting, animals, California, relationships, mystery and adventure. Her ambition is to entertain, speed up the heartbeats, raise some hairs on the back of necks and make people laugh. She pulls her readers into Josephine's world and hopes they enjoy the ride. Joyce lives in Aromas, California with her husband and golden lab.

Secure the Ranch

..."Oh, my God, Solow!" I gasped. I hadn't a clue how he took the crash. I jumped up and raced out the front door. Herbert had the light on in the garage that looked like Hurricane Josephine had hit it. I rounded the truck and opened the passenger door. Solow practically fell out. I helped him to the ground, noticing his whole backside was crimson. I stifled a cry with my hand. Tears welled up as I embraced the best dog-friend a person could have. Down close, hugging him, he smelled like strawberries.

Once I realized Solow was wearing strawberries and a few other food groups, I relaxed considerably. He had polished off a pound of ground round, a pint of 'cookies and cream' ice cream and a dozen raw eggs. He had been literally rolling in groceries under the dash. Every dog's dream!