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House of Shadows
Secrets Never Die
by Crystal Mary Lindsey
In 1902, Mariah Kingsford flees her life as an Opera star in New Orleans to escape a dangerous pursuer. But as she returns to her family plantation in North Carolina, she wonders if life will improve or worsen. On the train ride home, Mariah meets a young mother and her two children in need, and she feels compelled by God to offer them a home with her.
However, upon arriving at her once-beautiful plantation home, Mariah is shocked by its disrepair and disturbing secrets. Mysterious and terrifying occurrences with ghostly horse riders plague and baffle her. With the help of newfound friends, Colonel Jeb Craven, the town judge, and his lawyer son Hart, Mariah begins to unravel the tangled web of deception built by her crooked and evil grandfather.
As they delve deeper, they discover illegal contraband hidden in the plantation cellar and a secret tunnel filled with alarming content, sending chills down Mariah’s spine.
Will she be able to uncover the truth and restore her family’s honor, or will the secrets of the plantation destroy everything she holds dear?
Able to lean on Hart, a romance ignites and blossoms between them.
What future can lay ahead of these two if they fail to STOP the criminals before disaster strikes?
In her quest for the truth, Mariah receives divine guidance through angelic visitations that strengthen her faith, courage, and persistence in prayer.
Hear the Bells Ring
(A Festival of Carols Book 3)
by Scott R. Rezer
2019. Abigail Moyer, an aspiring author, needs some inspiration, especially after receiving yet another rejection letter from one too many publishers. Hoping a change in scenery and her life will supply the needed inspiration, she heads home to picturesque Buckingham, Pennsylvania, and her parents’ farm for Christmas. There, she discovers an engagement ring of an assumed lost ancestress and a mystery that sparks an idea within her for a love story she hopes will finally get her noticed. But when a chance meeting brings a handsome stranger across her path, she may also find the inspiration for a love story of her own. If only she dares to believe the impossible.
1861. Eleanor Benton wants only one thing in her life. The chance to marry the handsome and quiet farmhand she has known most of her life. But as a once-orphaned boy who has worked on the farm since he was ten, Ethan is unworthy of her, according to her parents. They wish for her to marry someone else. When duty calls, Ethan enlists in the Union Army to fight for his country. He promises to return to her, but as Eleanor waits at home, she has only his vow inscribed on an engagement ring that she keeps hidden from her parents. But will it prove enough to bring comfort to her anxious heart?
A dual-timeline story that begs the question of whether love can be so strong that it can reach across time.
