INSPIRATIONAL ROMANTIC SUSPENSE 

Lethal Legacy, FREE READ
Published 2009,White Rose Publishing

When Jessie Carter learned she’d inherited her great-grandmother’s home in Tennessee, she took it as a sign from God to move away from the hurtful reminders of a broken relationship. Starting over seemed like a great idea—that is, until she arrived and found a dead body as part of her legacy.

 

 Joshua’s Hope
Published 2008 White Rose Publishing

Hope Courtland escaped her marriage to save her life. Her only regret is leaving her four-year-old stepson, Joshua, behind. Though she wants custody, no attorney is willing to tackle her ex-husband in a custody battle. Hope’s faith begins to falter. She learns that Joshua is paying the consequences for her freedom, and in an act of desperation, she kidnaps him. Suddenly, she becomes a suspect in her ex-husband’s murder.

Zack Stone is content to be sheriff of Pine Cove, Tennessee, where the worst conflict he deals with is handing out speeding tickets. Though his faith is strong, he struggles with issues of forgiveness surrounding his wife’s death. When he rescues Hope in a rainstorm, the last thing he expects is to find a woman who stirs his heart. Being a small town sheriff shouldn’t involve kidnapping and murder, but Zack can’t turn his back on Hope and the little boy she loves.

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CONTEMPORARY ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

FOXFIRE
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Tyler Sandford is more than a licensed veterinarian–he’s also a tenacious undercover DEA agent on the trail of a killer. He’ll do anything to get his man, for the murderer he seeks took the life of Tyler’s wife and unborn child. Tyler receives a break when he discovers the hiding place of the killer’s ex-lover, Grace Wilkins. But when he finally meets the flesh and blood woman, he’s in danger of losing his objectivity and his heart.

Grace Wilkins has been hiding in the secluded mountains of Tennessee where she feels safe from her ex-lover and his vow to kill her. She’s resigned to living a solitary life, for no man could ever overlook her tarnished past. Then she meets the sexy new veterinarian, Tyler Sandford, and she begins to hope for a normal life.

A cruel trick of fate leads a killer to Grace’s safe haven, forcing her to choose between running away and losing love, or staying and risking her life. Tyler is caught between confessing his true agenda and maintaining his cover. Either choice may lead to losing Grace. Will the webs of deception untangle before they both lose?

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HIT AND RUN
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Beth Barrett’s twin sister, Jilly, has been killed by a hit and run driver. Beth knows who did it. Proving it is the problem. The twins are linked through a psychic connection that hasn’t diminished with Jilly’s death, but no one believes it, not even Ryan Snider, the sexy detective assigned to the case.
When a stalker targets Beth, she can’t prove that either. Faced with a cunning adversary, she must depend on her own strength, and an unlikely bond with her dead sister, to unmask a killer before she becomes the next victim.

SWEET CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE – SHORT STORIES

LIGHTING THE TREE (Available as a Free Read in December 2010 on my Free Read page)

Brenda Davis is resigned to climbing into bed and shutting out thoughts of happy family gatherings. Twenty-four years ago she gave her baby up for adoption. Every year since, she’s placed a present under an unlit Christmas tree, waiting until the time they can be reunited. It’s Christmas Eve, and Brenda’s heart is heavy for she’s going to spend it alone—again.

But her friend, Dave Kingsdale, has other plans. He convinces Brenda to go to dinner with him. What he doesn’t tell her is that dinner will be at his parents’ home. For a long time, the widower has been longing to tell Brenda he wants more than friendship from her. What he doesn’t know is that she has the same feelings for him. And what neither of them know is a Christmas miracle is about to happen—delivered by an unlikely Santa.

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TWISTED SPELL (Available as a Free Read in October 2010 on my Free Reads page)

Dora is a preschool teacher who has a nasty neighbor she wishes she could cast an evil spell over. On Halloween she points a finger at him and mutters a meaningless string of words. When he runs away, frightened by her witch’s costume and supposed spell, she figures it serves him right for being so grouchy.

But when she returns home to find him injured, she is amazed at how handsome he is when he’s not yelling at her. Will she be able to resist the spell he seems to be casting on her?

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