Walking becomes a necessity when missile attacks destroy the Alaska pipeline and a gasoline ban is enforced. Beat Duncan and her friend Darla set out to walk 256 miles to find jobs and connect with their men, but are followed by an evil man who well stop at nothing to get what he wants from them.
Suppose the '70's peace movement changed America's government to a pacificist one and then later the country was attacked. The book, Jigsaw, examines the options the government would have with all the peace treaties and amendments in place. The one thing that happens immendiately, after the Alaskan pipeline is hit, is a complete ban on gasoline, which forces characters Beat Duncan and Darla Sennot to plan a long distance walk to Pittsburgh from Dayton. Hoping to replace the jobs they lost when their plant near Wright-Patterson was destroyed, they both have love interests in Pittsburgh as well. Drawing on their strengths as professional women, they overcome hardships, foul weather, and danger. But the evil man who is stalking them threatens their safety even as they approach their goal.
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"Even before the President left the stage, news reporters broke in with more horror tales: rioting at supermarkets; youths sickened from siphoning gas from cars; accidents as commuters rushed to get home (and not get stuck in traffic); lines at gas stations that ignored the mandate to close; suicides and more.
I couldn't take anymore in. My helter-skelter meter was red-lined and my stoicism receptacle was as empty as my car's gas tank. I shut my eyes....."
Her grandma always said she had “the blessing”, and to always use it for good, but sometimes there is shame in fame if a person can’t handle it. Don’t let the Boo Hag ride ya
Secrets Lurking in Pinecrest is a romantic mystery with a series of puzzling events.
Mike Armstrong, a ruggedly handsome Forest Service Law Enforcement Officer, returns home to Pinecrest to work at the Ranger Station.
Mary Howard is the dil
