"Tulips in the Sand is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that is sure to keep the pages turning and your night light on."
On an impulse, 20 year old Riley Matthews follows her best friend’s advice and joins her at The Squeaky Hinge Bar and Grill for some much needed fun in a life that had become dull and routine.
How could that one act turn the events in her life around so drastically?
Within days, Riley is thrown into a tangled web of money, men and murder. Searching for love, confronting her past and terrified for her life, there is only one person that can save her…
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He turned and walked back into the restaurant. In an instant he was gone, she was alone and the night air turned from cool to cold in just a brief moment. A chill ran through her spine and she turned to go back into the building.
“Riley, where were you?” Kim asked. “I was worried when you didn’t come back.”
“Sorry Kim. I took the long way to the john.” She sat down as the lights dimmed, signaling the band was about the start again.
"As they sat and chatted, the band played behind them. One song blended into the next, Riley wasn’t listening very closely and she doubted Kim was either as they were engrossed in conversation, leaning into each other over the table trying to hear over the music. Until the voice spoke again. Riley was in mid sentence when she heard her name over the microphone. She turned and saw...."
Pastor Preston Woods who has been hurt so much in the past is seeking a fresh start in the small town of Pinecrest. But when he arrives, he finds himself in the middle of a town struggling with deep-rooted corruption, and a community divided by secre
