Coming in July
Another Sweetwater Crossing Story
So many readers told me they hated to leave Sweetwater Crossing that I knew there had to be at least one more book after the original trilogy was finished. But even after One Special Christmas was released, readers weren't ready to say goodbye to that little town in the Texas Hill Country.
Neither was I.
I kept thinking about how Sweetwater Crossing would have changed by the middle of the twentieth century. Was Finley House still standing, and what was happening to the Vaughn sisters' descendants? One question led to another, and before I knew it, I had a new story waking me up in the middle of the night as I wrestled with my hero and heroine's dilemmas.
Although most of my books are set during the nineteenth century, Beyond the Melody takes place shortly after the end of World War Two. The war is over, and life should be back to normal, but "normal" is a word neither Anna Finley nor Jim Smythe would use to describe their lives. The invisible wounds that the war inflicted leave them convinced that love is for other people.
Who would have thought that a single dance in a small cafe would change the course of their lives?
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Newest Release
Return to Carr Valley
Welcome back to Carr Valley, a small town nestled in one of the most beautiful parts of the Texas Hill Country. It's here that three women who forged a friendship so strong that they call each other their sisters of the heart have a chance to rebuild their lives and maybe, just maybe, find true love.
Whenever I create a fictional town, I hope it'll feel real to my readers, so you can imagine how pleased I was when one of the early reviews of Whispers in the Valley said, "Carr Valley is an awesome place to live. I feel like it's my home."
Of course there's more to a book than simply the setting.
Whispers in the Valley is the story of Victoria Holton, whose life changed dramatically -- and not for the better -- after her father was imprisoned for embezzlement, and Peter Mulholland, Carr Valley's minister, who faces the most serious challenge of his career.
And there's even more, including a mystery that Victoria's determined to solve and the truth behind the stranger who comes to town. As the teaser on the back cover says, Carr Valley will never be the same.
In case you were wondering, here's the teaser:
A woman whose life is in shambles.
A man who's fighting for his future.
A decades-old-mystery.
Carr Valley will never be the same.
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