Manuscripts and WIPS …

When Rain Falls

Through the Storm Series # 1
(Romantic Suspense)

First 40 pages won 2nd Place (Novel Category) at the 2007 Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference. FINAL EDITS: October 4, 2008

Whatever doesn’t kill you, will make you stronger. CANDACE JOHNSON doesn’t care about being strong, but she would like rest for her weary soul. Frightening nightmares linked to a traumatic event from her childhood has affected her sleep and mental health. She has moved on with her life, but the past insists on walking beside her like an unwanted visitor. When a close friend is murdered, Candace is determined to seek justice.

The only problem. Her quest for justice soon turns into a desperate struggle for her life.

Deep Fried Trouble

(Cozy Mystery)

FINAL EDITS: November 30, 2008.

Widowed Eugeena Patterson throws herself into organizing the neighborhood association, a good opportunity to get to know new neighbors like recently widowed Amos Jones, until she stumbles upon her estranged neighbor’s dead body. Eugeena’s daughter is fingered as a prime suspect, but where is she?

Determined to find her missing daughter, Eugeena and Amos sort through a list of neighbors with shady or unknown backgrounds. The more she searches, the more Eugeena becomes unsure about this neighborhood association idea. Someone closer than Eugeena thinks, wants to keep it that way.

When Thunder Rolls

Through the Storm Series # 2
(Romantic Suspense)

WIP: First ten chapters written, planning to have final draft by Spring 2009.

ANGELA ROBERTS has managed to move her life forward after her mother’s disappearance twenty years ago. Or so it seems. One night when her grandmother suffers an irreversible medical setback, Angela sees a woman on the news who looks strikingly like her long lost mother. Has God finally answered their prayers?

She teams up with news reporter, Wesley Cade, to track down the woman, currently on the run from the police. Usually reserved around men, Angela will soon find out how much she can trust Wesley as they both uncover information that connects the mysterious woman to several cold cases. Before time runs out, Angela will either find out if her mother is really alive or if she will fall into a similar fate.

When Storms Blow

Through the Storm Series # 3
(Romantic Suspense)

WIP: First chapter written, planning to have final draft by Summer 2009.

The first lady of Victory Gospel Church, LENORA FREEMAN, has a secret that could destroy her ambitious husband, Rev. Jonathan Freeman. What is she willing to do to protect her husband and her church? More coming soon.