Category: Action/Thriller ISBN-10: B003FL6X6G
Copyright: July 9, 2009
a suspense romance, is set in modern day Florida and follows the life of heroine Sadie Callaghan as she deals with religious prejudice and conviction. When her life is threatened she turns to the most unlikeliness of people- the sheriff, who believes her to be a suspect too. The duo set aside their differences and set out to expose her stalker- all the while fighting their feelings for each other.
Excerpt
Cora Mathis held her head high as she strode past the post office. There was no way in the world she was going to allow the town or its inconsiderate residents distract her from her errands. She felt their eyes upon her but she heeded no reason to acknowledge them.
Having dealt with close-minded people her entire life, Cora was on high alert. The only reason she felt cautious today was because Sadie, her granddaughter, was accompanying her.
It was a rarity that Cora permitted Sadie to go into Hanford Vines. She had a strict belief that the people of the town were prejudice and with good reason. They had ridiculed her for years and whenever the chance arose that Sadie ventured into town, she was scorned and gawked at. Cora despised the narrow-mindedness of people. They just wouldn’t accept that someone was different. They couldn’t comprehend that not everyone was like them or that some people expressed their religious beliefs in other forms. Not everyone was a Methodist or Baptist.
But when these self-righteous people, mainly the womenfolk, needed guidance and words of encouragement they always came to Cora. Never giving their visits a second thought, they were all hypocrites.
She was a proud and private woman and when it came to Sadie, her built-in maternal instincts kicked in. Cora had never married and that was the primary reason for her shunning from the general local populace years ago. Having a child out of wedlock was unheard of and looked down upon in that day. Cora knew how difficult it was to protect her young. Her daughter, Sibley, made protection difficult. Always in trouble. Always seeking trouble.
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