Murder has been committed in Pleasant Grove, VA, a typical bedroom community, where middle class working Americans have fled... More > to escape the problems and crime of city life. The victim - a young wife and mother of two. The only suspect - a homeless person seen fleeing the area. This is a story of what happens when two different worlds collide and there is Murder in Pleasant Grove. < Less

Murder has been committed in Pleasant Grove, VA, a typical bedroom community, where middle class working Americans have fled... More > to escape the problems and crime of city life.
The victim - a young wife and mother of two.
The only suspect - a homeless person seen fleeing the area.
This is a story of what happens when two different worlds collide and there is Murder in Pleasant Grove. < Less

Secrets can destroy families and individuals. Hidden in the past of Dolores de Los Rios is a secret which, though unknown to... More > her, has affected her life since the day she was born. Share her sadness, her happiness, her struggles and her triumphs. Read the first two chapters here. You won't be able to stop. < Less

Timothy Addison left his Richmond, VA,home for a fishing and hiking trip to Colorado.
After nearly a month of no contact,... More > his brother, Dr. Mark Addison begins to fear Tim has met with foul play. Enlisting the assistance and efforts of Richmond PD's Mary O'Riley, Mark determines to find his Missing brother and bring him home. < Less

P J Barnes, born Polly Jean Davis in rural Appalachia, marries her high school sweetheart, temporarily ending her dream of... More > studying at the University of Virginia. After twelve years of marriage to an unfaithful husband, Polly seizes an opportunity to escape her unhappy life. < Less

Successful writer Phil Martin wakes up one Monday morning not knowing who or where he is - "...in another man's world, in... More > another man's house, wearing another man's beige silk pajamas..."
Trying to make sense of what's happening, he becomes bombarded with non-stop phone calls from people he doesn't recognize, demanding answers to questions - when he has none.
In a quest for his identity he travels to the remote reaches of Appalachia retracing the path of his birth family, In Search of Himself. < Less

Marilee Taylor, having fled a failed marriage, seeks refuge at an isolated cabin on Red Oak Lake. She needs time to think,... More > time to reflect and time to plan her future. When a late night intruder disrupts her plans for solitude and reflection, she finds herself trapped and threatened in a battle for her very life.
Sheriff’s Deputy Jonah Day, who answers the call for police assistance at Red Oak Lake, has no way of knowing how his life is about to change, how his world will be turned upside down – even being dismissed from the police department, when he becomes involved with the woman accused of murder.
Ryan Howard, charming and witty, can have most any woman he wants – except for the one woman, he realizes too late, that he wants most.
Life will never be the same for any of these people when the irreversible chain of events is set in motion and there is Death on Red Oak Lake. < Less

Marilee Taylor, having fled a failed marriage, seeks refuge at an isolated cabin on Red Oak Lake. She needs time to think,... More > time to reflect and time to plan her future. When a late night intruder disrupts her plans for solitude and reflection, she finds herself trapped and threatened in a battle for her very life. Sheriff's Deputy Jonah Day, who answers the call for police assistance at Red Oak Lake, has no way of knowing how his life is about to change, how his world will be turned upside down - even being dismissed from the police department, when he becomes involved with the woman accused of murder. Ryan Howard, charming and witty, can have most any woman he wants - except for the one woman, he realizes too late, that he wants most. Life will never be the same for any of these people when the irreversible chain of events is set in motion and there is Death on Red Oak Lake. < Less

Successful writer Phil Martin wakes up one Monday morning not knowing who or where he is - "...in another man's world, in... More > another man's house, wearing another man's beige silk pajamas..." Trying to make sense of what's happening, he becomes bombarded with non-stop phone calls from people he doesn't recognize, demanding answers to questions - when he has none. In a quest for his identity he travels to the remote reaches of Appalachia retracing the path of his birth family, In Search of Himself. < Less

Timothy Addison left his Richmond, VA, home for a fishing and hiking trip to Colorado. After nearly a month of no contact,... More > his brother, Dr. Mark Addison begins to fear Tim has met with foul play. Enlisting the assistance and efforts of Richmond PD's Mary O'Riley, Mark determines to find his Missing brother and bring him home. < Less