Magnolia Nights
Passion. Intrigue. RedemptionHer characters are mothers, daughters, sisters, and wives facing real-life issues.
Magnolia Nights
Passion. Intrigue. Redemption
Ellie Pringle has spent endless hours and countless dollars working with a therapist to remember the lost years of her childhood. She’s baffled and more than a little intrigued when the grandmother she hasn’t seen in thirty-four years dies and leaves her a fortune. The time has come to face her past in person. Still reeling from a recent breakup of a long-term relationship, and with nothing to keep her in San Francisco, Ellie packs her meager belongings and boards a plane for the South Carolina Lowcountry.
Standing in the entryway of her grandmother’s antebellum home on South Battery Street in Charleston, Ellie faces the first of many ghosts who will soon haunt her. On her first night in the creepy, creaking mansion, as she’s perusing the titles in a dusty bookcase, she comes across her deceased mother’s leather-bound journal. Her mother’s words create more unanswered questions and send her on a quest to find more journals. As Hurricane Irma bears down on the South Carolina coast, Ellie encounters Julian Hagood, a handsome architect who has the talent to restore her dilapidated mansion and the charm to mend her broken heart. But as Ellie reads her mother’s diaries, they dislodge a stone in the wall that safeguards her memories, causing her world to come crumbling down. Revelations about her childhood lead Ellie on a harrowing journey of discovery that will hold readers spellbound until the dramatic conclusion.
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Magnolia Series
My Week Without a Cell Phone
I was in such a rush to get to the airport for a week in the Florida Keys, worried about all the other things I needed to pack, that I left my iPhone on the kitchen counter. I didn't realize it until we were almost at the airport. Too late for me to go back home and...
Many a Sleepless Night
Last week was a bad sleep week for me. Truth be told, every week at my stage in life has its sleep challenges. But this particular week was different from the rest. Instead of being awake for two or three hours during the middle of the night, I woke every morning at...
The Florida Keys
My husband and I recently traveled to Islamorada in the Florida Keys for a few days of rest and relaxation. We have not had a vacation by ourselves since the children were little. We did very little, aside from eating, sleeping, reading, and sitting in the sun. I've...
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