Botched Boundaries (LP)


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Years ago, Nell Crane built a wall of silence around herself and a serious lie. The barrier held firm until a reporter's sharp mind and pointed questions kicked a hole in it. With the whole wall in danger of giving way, Nell risks full exposure for what she is: a criminal. Ethan Crane is a man of high principles who has believed his wife shares his values and honors honesty and self-discipline. When Nell's illicit act and continuing deceit are revealed, their lives take a devastating blow. Boundaries shatter, trust crumbles. The Cranes wonder if naming their masonry business Rock Solid mocks everything they've worked so hard to achieve. Nell must decide her next step. Can she persist in lying, in hopes that doing so will preserve her pride? Or, must she face truth and justice, head-on, and live with the consequences?




Water Marks (LP)


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When Dale Donnahue brought an unmarked box to Rick Dante, he delivered more than the notebook inside itÑhe dumped a nightmare on the Milford, Iowa, Chief of Police. The contents of that taunting notebook point an accusatory finger straight at Chief DanteÑwith the brazen implication that he hasnÕt been doing his job. The cryptic caption on the title page says: Milford, Iowa: Unsolved Murders. The murderer must be a cocky dude with ice flowing through his veins. The notebook contains irrefutable evidence of five seemingly unrelated homicides: five obituaries matched to five signs which incorporate MilfordÕs water tower into their sinister messages. Each sign follows the progression of the countdown to the grand finale: 1 down, 5 to go . . . 2 down, 4 to go . . . Rick and his police force must thaw five cold cases in search of clues. Unless they find the perpetrator of those heinous crimes, the execution of Ò6 down, 0 to goÓ will stun the town. No one will feel safe anymore in Milford, Iowa.




Fallow Fields (LP)


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A startling pronouncement changes Dutchville's Wedding-of-the-Decade from predictable to unusual. A furtive letter delivered at the reception generates speculation and dismay. Is anyone even thinking about the bride and groom? It's doubtful!




Destination Unknown (LP)


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He drives a big rig & has even bigger plans . . . for someoneÕs death. She drives her motherÕs car & wishes she had a plan . . . for her own life. He lacks conscience. She lacks confidence. He has $10,000 . . . which surely will accomplish his ultimate goal of freedom. She has $1.30 . . . until a windfall brings more freedom than she knows how to handle. He meets her when he has begun to lose hope. She meets him when sheÕs begun to find hope. He thinks sheÕs in Milford, Nebraska. She wonders why sheÕs in Milford, Maine. ItÕs an understandable, but potentially deadly mistake.




Prevailing Winds (LP)


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A marriage ends . . . but a secret lingers; a friendship totters . . . and a relationship spins. Granted, Cory isn't Bennett, but Laurel seeks neither a husband nor a clone in Little River CA-all she wants is peace. Instead, she finds herself flung in the face of prevailing winds, at odds with her children and best friend . . . all because a civil engineer creates a tempest of his own in Laurel's life.




Shifting Shadows (LP)


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In 1944, Muriel discarded her friendship with Sanna and concocted a self-centered plot, which gave her what she wanted: Derek VanHousen. That Sanna and Derek were all but publicly engaged didn't deter Muriel. Blindly she plunged into the murky waters of self-gratification, latching on to everything but a clean conscience and peace of mind. Now it is 1964 and Sanna is returning to Dutchville. With his first-love walking the same streets again, will Derek remain true to his wife? Muriel has a tough row ahead if she's going to make what she knows to be fiction (a happy VanHousen marriage) seem real enough to fool Sanna. Muriel has a two-pronged problem: 1) keeping face in a town that remembers her deviousness, and 2) resurrecting the vivacious Young Muriel who snagged her best friend's true love. Life is in disarray for the VanHousen family-while Sanna is as enticing as ever. Sometimes you just can't escape shadows, even shifting shadows . . .




Patchy Fog (LP)


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Does one, can one ever forget . . . dismiss . . . disdain the life-changing, mind-boggling, heart-blasting impact of a first love? Memories of it may flounder in the fog of passing years, or be consumed by the blaze of more persistent, lasting love. Whether it was ecstasy or agony, does a first love ever lose its power? Does sunlight truly obliterate fog, or does it merely push it aside until it is merely the shadows? Renita Vander Voon never expected to be asking these questions, but then her first-love reappeared. That's when she realizes that fog obscures all but what is most important: the next step to take, which is something only her heart knew.




Rough Terrain (LP)


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Vivacious Brigetta Ter Hoorn captivates Bram de Boer's heart until he finds her as enticing as bees do his prized tulips. But problems not easily discussed haunt the newly-weds until they wonder if their marriage will survive. Beginning in the early 1900s in Dutchville, Iowa, and reaching into the 1920s at the Rochester State Hospital, the young couple faces rough terrain and tough decisions.




Ripple Effect (LP)


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Friends old & new always meet at the Crosby ND Threshing Show each July. But rarely are they as unlikely to connect as 3 people whose problems created unending ripples in the pools of their divergent lives. Hélène seeks to fuel a hope for her future, Zeke aches to fill a hole from his past, and Eddie longs to find a home right-here, right-now.




Unguarded Edge (LP)


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Cornelis and Lena's decade-long secret ripped two families apart. He ran; she kept silent. Now he's back, expecting her to forgive and forget-and teach his daughters.