CrossReads Short Takes:
The Seven Gates of Peril
(Peabody High Mysteries Book 4)
by Jeri Massi
High school science teacher Doc Thorson and his students Jack and Penny are hurled from bucolic, peaceful Peabody, Wisconsin to a distant Earth, at the mercy of the warlike and highly competitive Theskulins, who have tracked Doc and determined that the science teacher and his companions are worthy to be hunted as trophies. When Jack and Penny are discovered by two thirteen year-olds friends, they find the unexpected help that could save them. Yet, they realize that by their very presence they are a deadly threat to the peaceful and neighborly people of the world where they have landed. At last the truth about Doc and the mysterious Arch begin to be revealed, as Jack and Penny tie together the facts about their science teacher, the cosmos, and some of the mysteries of the ancient Roman and Greek empires.
His Perfect Love
by Sharon K. Connell
No one crosses Jerry Windham and gets away with it. Not even a woman as shrewd as Patricia Campbell. After uncovering this man’s dreadful secrets about women reported missing, she ran. Even two years later, she can’t get rid of the thought that he’ll never stop looking for her. He’d do anything to see her dead, or worse. Unaware of the FBI’s search for her to learn what information she might hold, she continues to hide.
A new look, a new city and job, fearful thoughts suppressed, Patricia moves on. Three new men enter this beautiful woman’s life. A persistent computer technician, a charming philanthropist, and a handsome, wealthy businessman who wants to marry her. But her fears resurface, and she wonders if she can trust any of them.
Having rejected God in her college days, Patricia believes He would not listen to her now. All she wants is to change and have a normal life. Will she put her trust in God? Can she survive long enough to find peace…and perfect love?