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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 in danger, and in an act of desperation, she kidnaps him — only to become a murder suspect.
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Abby Palmer’s four-year-old son, Caleb, has been kidnapped by a serial
murderer dubbed as “The Grinch.” She has been instructed not to involve the police or her son will be murdered immediately. It is twelve days before Christmas and the countdown has begun. Tick. Tock.
When Abby is forced to seek help, she turns to the one person she can trust. Caleb’s father, Chance Taggert, the man she once loved, but who doesn’t know about Caleb.
Chance has left the police force because he is haunted by the deaths of innocent children at the hands of “The Grinch,” and his inability to catch the serial murderer.
Now he learns he has a son–a son who is in the hands of the man Chance has never been able to catch.
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Low on faith and high on fear, Summer Grant flees from death threats and is involved in an accident which leaves her trapped in Havens Creek, a small town not far enough away from danger. Though she doesn’t trust cops, she has no choice but to accept the hospitality offered by Police Chief Jake Taylor. Staying with his sister and her five-year old daughter in an isolated mountain home might be the ideal place to recuperate, but if the man Summer’s running from finds her, no one will be safe.
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LIGHTING THE TREE
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(Short Story approximately 20 pages)
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.
CONTEMPORARY ROMANTIC SUSPENSE (NON-INSPIRATIONAL)
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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 her, 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 an unlikely bond with her dead sister to unmask a killer before she becomes the next victim.
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Nothing bad happens in Foxfire. It is a safe haven for Grace Wilkins until her fiancee discovers a secret and calls off the wedding.
Suddenly strange things begin to happen. An enamored neighbor makes veiled threats. Roses appear mysteriously on her doorstep. Her beloved dog is wounded and the sexy veterinarian who saves her has a hidden agenda…and a gun.
Grace must confront her past or once again become a victim of the man who wants her dead.
CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORY COLLECTION
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“The Faded Photograph”
Widower James Carter is about to become a grandfather at the young age of forty-nine. And he’s not ready. A faded photograph, kept hidden in his wallet over the years, brings memories of his first love. What has happened to her? Does she ever think of him? Does she remember the dreams they once shared?
With a determination to move out of his lonely existence, he embarks on a journey to fulfill lost dreams and find the woman in the faded photograph.
“Twisted Spell”
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 to find 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?
“The House Next Door”
Kaylene Daniels is awakened in the dead of night by the sound of a moving van arriving at the house next door, which had remained since the death of her fiance, Donovan Jargin. With mixed emotions, she watches the furniture being moved into the house, and the mysterious stranger standing in the shadows.
All Kaylene’s attempts to meet her new neighbor are ignored. He refuses to acknowledge the knock at his door, choosing only the darkest hours of night to emerge from his dwelling. Determined to unravel the mystery, Kaylene enters his unlocked house. She hears a voice drifting down the stairs and her heart races. The voice is Donovan’s. But Donovan is dead. Isn’t he?
NONFICTION
My stories appear in the following books:
“Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrates Mothers”
“Chicken Soup to Inspire a Woman’s Soul”
“Chicken Soup for the Soul – Celebrating Mothers & Daughters”
“Cup of Comfort for Grandparents”
