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Widowed single mother Ellen Lange is caught in the middle of a police investigation after two of her elderly residents are murdered. She never figured being the administrator of the Kingsley nursing home would include fending off questions about a serial killer from one very attractive detective. Between parenting her 10-year-old daughter and still reeling from the death of her beloved husband, Ellen finds herself shying away from the attraction she feels for the detective.
Special Investigator Bill Watts is on the case of the Ponytail Perp and has more than just questioning in mind when he meets Ellen. With a killer at large, and his concern for Ellen escalating, as new evidence appears that may concern her, Bill finds himself wanting to spend more and more time with her and her daughter. He just has to convince Ellen that he is there for the long haul.
Reviewed by Teagan of BookWenches, an independent reviewer.
In this story, the interaction among the characters is wonderfully written, giving the reader a dose of witty humor and edge-of-your-seat suspense. I even teared up at one point and had to grab the tissues. This book intrigues the reader on so many levels. It will appeal to many people, as it weaves so many different genres into one story. I enjoyed Ellen’s strength of character and her commitment to her daughter. It spoke to me as a parent, and added to the realistic feel of this story. The author has wrapped a sweet | |  | | Tangled Web
In 1933, an underground coal mine explosion puts Catherine Jones father, Max, out of work. The family must earn a living in those depression days and the women: Catherine, Claire and their mother Alma go to work in the silk mill.
Max becomes a union boss with the United Mine Workers, but the women are stuck in their jobs. Claire hopes to go on to nursing school. The ambitious Catherine falls in love with her supervisor at the mill and sees his interest in her as a way to a better life. He seduces her. Although she is no child, she is inexperienced in the ways of the world and expects him to marry her and give their baby his name. But he blames her for her pregnancy, saying that her being mugged in the park resulted in rape, ergo, the child can’t be his. Catherine must go to a shelter for unwed mothers and put her baby up for adoption.
She and her sister start their lives fresh in Philadelphia where opportunities are becoming available. She meets a family man whose wife is an artist. The couple befriends her, getting her a job in a defense plant and an opportunity to attend art school. This is not an easy path for a woman, but the doors begin to open on a political cartooning career, while a complicated love finds her.
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, describes the undercurrents of family relationships in eastern Pennsylvania in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Out of wedlock pregnancy, corrupt adoption practices, and alcohol rehabilitation act as backdrops to this engaging fast paced saga centered around a young woman, Catherine, and her quest for love and self expression. Julie follows several families as they struggle to maintain equilibrium and cohesiveness in a time of social and political unrest and change
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