LAVENDER and LOVE - A contemporary, mainstream novel w/romantic elements. Lavender’s intertwined in Angela’s life—from the family’s lavender fields in England, to the lavender fields of France. While living in England, Italy, France, and the U.S., she grows from a dependent, twice-divorced woman into a self-sufficient, successful entrepreneur. All that’s missing is her truelove, her first husband. He says he still loves her, but why was she commanded to meet him and his lawyers at a Pennsylvania estate? Is he going to take their son away?
. . . quick paced . . . reads like an enchanting movie . . . unique attention to detail . . . intimately portrays a strong heroine and the hardships she endures . . .is a must read for anyone who needs encouragement in their personal life. The Road to Romance
THE DRAGONFLY - A history professor, Cathy White, is in a car accident that delivers a traumatic blow to her head. She wakes to find herself in a 620 A.D. Anglo-Saxon village, where her knowledge of the future confuses the villagers.
Her further travels take her to a 1606 manorhome in Bury St. Edmunds, England, where she warns of the plight of the Jamestown, Virginia, explorers. The owner of the manor is Bartholomew Gosnold who planned the journey to America and captained the expeditionary sailing ship, Godspeed, accompanied by the ships, Susan Constant and the Discovery. Their landing in Virginia on the James River on May 12, 1607 is marked by the 400th anniversary being celebrated in 2007 in what is now known as Jamestown. Celebrations will take place in Virginia and in England, including a special service held at the Cathedral in Bury St. Edmunds, marking the founding of the first English-speaking settlement in the United States. Cathy’s foretelling of the outcome of the Jamestown voyage is misinterpreted and causes problems for her with the superstitious townspeople.
Cathy’s final destination is a country village in 1943, during World War II, where she lives as a Land Army gal. Being a history professor provides her with knowledge of the war which she recounts, raising governmental suspicions toward her.
Throughout the story, her goal is to find her way back to her husband in present time. Woven throughout this story is the true, fascinating, history of the author's hometown in England.
One death after another—will there be any customers left for Kate’s decorating business?
A Kate Bart Mystery
British-born Kate Bart, the interior decorator in this New Jersey town, helps her friend, Dutch, with his P.I. investigations. He’s decided that he’d like to be more than just a pal, so things get hot when they’re working together. She’s been a widow for some time now, but although she’s attracted to him, she still needs time to learn how to love again.
The arrival of the new sexy undertaker causes a ripple in the traditional-minded townspeople. She slinks around meeting Tom Yoast, the general store owner. What’s she after? He’s certainly no trophy husband-to-be.
“You’ll have ta deal with two dead people very soon,” Carmella, an elderly Italian psychic, warns Kate. Just what she wanted, something more to scare her as she and Dutch search for clues to solve the mysterious deaths. They follow leads, some to dead ends, but in the end the perpetrators are brought to justice.
