Ellen turned, her heart hammering, watching as the man who held their lives in his hands approached with the absolute authority granted by law and…
Ellen shook his hand briefly, the contact feeling surreal and sickening at once. The man stood, gathered his coat and bag, and moved toward the…

I blinked and it was over. I’m not exaggerating. I blinked and the big man was on his knees. I’ve seen fights in my restaurant…
The subservient servant, the obedient property, the man who lowered his eyes and accepted casual cruelty without response. The performance had been necessary for survival,…
What he didn’t know, what he couldn’t know yet was that Charleston would bring the first real crisis. the moment when Ellen would have to…
With gloves and lanterns, they descended and searched every crevice of the underground room. Elise paced the floor, trailing her hand along the stone walls,…

They said her sister died in the fire. But 20 years later, someone left a letter in her mailbox. No name, no return address, just…

She was abandoned in a town that didn’t even know her name. No husband, no home, no way back. But then she found him. Her…

They said, “No man in Dry Creek chose with his heart, not if he wanted to survive. ” And Caleb Hart had survived things that…
Each piece of the costume felt heavier now, waited with the memory of every close call, every moment of terror, every second when discovery had…




