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Kyla was born in Hidden Rock Hollow in Kentucky, the only child of a preacher. She leaves in the middle of the night with her friend Bonnie Belle, who is pregnant. Kyla delivers the child when Bonnie Belle goes into labor. When Kyla arrives at the home for unwed mothers, she has no memory of her life, no baby with her, not in her womb nor in her arms. By the way, where is Bonnie Belle?

As if finding out her boyfriend Billy had been killed in an automobile accident was not bad enough, Kate soon found out that he had been across town with another girl at four a.m. at the time. Terry had been driving his precious car that he would not even let Kate drink her coffee in. Together with her best friends, Connie, Linda, and Stella, she decides to solve this mystery. The plot thickens when she finds out that Terry had been shot. Kate was then accused of being a stripper, then arrested for attempted murder. It was a good thing that Billy was there to help them—in ghost form.

Della thought hiding from the Child Protective Services Agency was hard, but she soon found out hiding from a killer was much worse. When 16 year old Della Keal's aunt Cindy died. Della left West Virginia. All alone in the world now she found some friendly faces in Georgia and one deadly one in Florida. Unfortunately, now Della really understood the meaning of hiding.

Twins Nelly and Niles Collins didn’t have many financial advantages growing up. Their widowed mother had to work two jobs to support them. The mystery of the Lady in the Purple Hat brought the kids in this neighborhood in Southwest Detroit together in the summer of 1962.

Enchanted Vacation: Annabelle’s Visit is the third and last of my Annabelle Series. It is funny and heartwarming and includes old friends from several of my other books, you just might recognize an old friend.

Annabelle has always been able to fix things with a click of her fingers and a few choice words, but this Christmas, something is different. This Christmas, she realizes that the girl she has raised from birth, Jane, has grown and has a life of her own now, which includes her ultra-rich biological mother, the former bag lady Dennie Bin. It also includes the son of Annabelle’s worse foe.

Emily Kore is again being stalked. Only this time there seems to be no way to turn the situation in her favor. Join Emily, her best friend, Kat, and their boyfriends, Jordon and Scott. Retsel, everyone’s favorite FBI eye candy, is on hand to lend a helping hand. But does he have secrets of his own? Come back to the Monkey Bean Café and enjoy your favorite expresso while we figure this one out.

After a night of one too many glasses of wine with her friends, Suzanne had one of those dreams that feel so real. She dreamed she was laying on a hot beach and Andy, the cat who had been literally and unceremoniously dumped on her doorstep, was playing with her hair, nipping at her neck, and giving her butterfly kisses. The next morning, when Suzanne goes into her bathroom to shower, she begins screaming and collapses to the floor.

People who knew Carly thought she had it all together. After all, she was very beautiful and was very intelligent. Along with her best friends Suzanne and Shannon, Carly was privy to many secrets. What they did not realize was that secrets had a way of following people throughout decades. Secrets that can touch every part of your life and come back to haunt you.

Join Jennifer, ElNora, Steve, Johnny, and Bob as they search for the two men who are looking for Jennifer to shut her up. Yes, Jennifer finds herself in hot water again. This is the third and final book in the Jennifer series. Each book stands alone with enough background to follow the story without feeling lost.

Aunt Annabelle is a beautiful woman of a certain age. An age which you, I, nor anyone else will ever be privy to. Her eyes are a light cornflower blue, and her hair is a very pretty shade of silver. She is a trim five foot three, but don’t let her diminutive size fool you. She can be a formidable force of nature. I mean that literally.

Suzanne, Carly, and Shannon are in trouble again when the criminal they put away escapes from prison. Suzanne’s cousin, Officer Brent Trott, has his hands full yet again trying to save his cousin and her friends. Brent’s feelings are stirred up when a new man shows up in town and gives him cause to worry.

Most people feel the need to take a break from their everyday life at some point, and Shannon was at that point. She borrowed the name of her favorite character from an old sit-com and found a little country bar where she could escape to and be someone else for a while. She could drink and not have to worry who was counting, and a bonus was a cute bartender. Shannon was happy at Ruby’s Bar and Grille - until she found herself in the middle of someone else’s business, and they were not pleased.

Best buddies Zack and Annette had a special connection from the moment they met at age six. What twists and turns did they face and what sadness of all of the "what ifs"? What happened that caused Annette's disappearance right after Zack's 16th birthday party? Life does not always have a happy ending, but there is always a silver lining.

Ophelia thought she would have to stay in feline form forever, or at least until Mrs. Johnson died. Thanks to Thelma, Ophelia, and Thelma are able to find their way back to Enchanted after a lot of fun twists and turns and a ride in a suitcase. Ophelia soon learns that everyone in Enchanted has lessons to learn and fate to fulfill. Listen to how the family is reunited and just how Luna got that bubble butt.

Melissa never felt she belonged, never quite fit into her own skin. When an old school friend dies, Melissa comes home for the funeral and to help her grandmother with Judy, she could not bear to call her mother, who is in the nursing home. Melissa takes on a writing assignment for the local newspaper to write about a 45th Southwestern High School reunion.

Jasper walked slowly on the path, his cane in his hand. His steps were slow and his breath measured. He had returned to these woods after all these years to find out what had happened to him 84 years ago. He shouldn’t have waited so long. Arthur felt the first raindrop hit his cheek. It had rained that evening, too. Now, every tree looked like the next, and Arthur knew that with each breath he took, it might be his last.

What do you get when you mix a squirrel with big teeth and a fedora on his head, a fat goofy raccoon, and a street-smart turkey named Tessie? A fun romp around the down-river areas of Allen Park, Trenton and Woodhaven. Join Jimmy Gumbo and his friends as they try to lead Smokey Jo to her forever mom. They are not without experience, after all, they found Andy’s mom.

When Jim, Sarah, Riley, and Suzanne and their little dog Cooper move to a rental house in Southgate, MI they soon discover that they are not alone. Who or what shares the basement with Riley? Although the others in the Ghost series are 100 percent fun and fantasy, Ghost House is 99 percent based on my own true personal experience and was the inspiration for the following Ghost book series.

Before Irma became our favorite funny ghost, she was just Irma Bankers, a young girl with a sad story. This is the prequel to My Millie series, and the fact is that I just could not let Irma go without telling her own unique story. Happy, loquacious Irma with the big blue eyes and love of anything polka dot was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. What happens that causes Irma to not speak for years, and what was the cause of her untimely end to life on Earth as she knew it?