When Cynthia Freitas, a mid-western girl seeks employment and excitement in the big city of San Francisco, she quickly learns that on a marginal salary, luxury living is not within her grasp. The Cairns Building, a run-down tenement, with bad plumbing, faulty wiring and archaic furnishings, is all she can afford on a meager salary. Long hours commuting and working preclude a flourishing social life, and she’s beginning to wonder if moving to the big city was one big mistake. To top it off, someone is kidnapping and killing women in her very neighborhood... and the victims bear a striking resemblance to Cyn.
By coincidence, her neighbor, a handsome police officer, is assigned to the strange and baffling case. Their chance meeting over a Hefty-bag leads to a romantic encounter that ends on a shocking note and changes the way they both view they lives. Step into The Cairns and prepare for a jolt!
GINGER SIMPSON
PAGING DR. JONES:
As the groggy haze clears, Catherine raises her hand and gently touches her bandaged face. Suddenly, memories more painful than her injuries race back. She shudders at the thought of her ex-husband and his alcoholic rages. An unfamiliar voice at her bedside stills her fears and brings her a strange feeling of safety.
Dr. Jones has seen it all as a physician, but looking at his patient's battered and beaten body makes his blood boil. How could a man do this to a woman? At first his attempts to help her rid herself of future violence are out of concern, but before long it is something else that draws him to her bedside. There is something strangely familiar about and comforting about her.
WHITE HEART LAKOTA SPIRIT:
Sixteen-year-old Grace Cumming’s father searches for riches in the Black Hills, along with other miners influenced by gold fever. Grace bides her time, hoping it won’t be long before she is back in civilization and has an opportunity to be courted. It’s no fun living in the shadow of the mountains and sleeping in the back of their wagon day after day. The normal morning peace is shattered by war cries and the thunder of approaching horses. Within a short time her family lies dead and she’s tethered to an angry Lakota Brave and being drug along like a pack-mule.
The angry stares and harsh-sounding words that greet her upon arrival in the Indian encampment make her wonder why she was spared—perhaps to be tortured to death. She feels a spark of relief when she is gifted to another brave—maybe the kindness she sees in his eyes may be her avenue of escape. Little Elk stirs feelings Grace ought not to feel, after all, he rode with the others who killed her family. Besides, he’s an Indian.
LIFE IS A BOWL OF TOILETS AND I FEEL FLUSH:
I’ve often thought that we should have been provided with a handbook of what to expect as we grow older, but since we didn’t get one I have tried to compile a small list of things for which you may wish to prepare yourself. To the quote in my book, “We’re like wine, we get better with age,” I would like to reply, “Humbug!” Whoever said that must have downed a few bottles before uttering such lies. There’s nothing great about wrinkles, hot flashes, or getting painful charley horses while trying to assume your once-favorite sexual positions, but, no matter how much aging hurts, I’d still fight for my last breath to be part of this wonderful experience called
PRAIRIE PEACE:
In the 1860's, Cecile Palmer is the envy of the single girls of Spring City and the object of every young man's fancy-until she experiences love at first sight. She meets and weds Walt Williams in less than a week. The newlyweds journey to her husband's newly-purchased ranch and a life for which this naive and pampered only child is ill-equipped. A series of events turns her life upside-down. An injured Indian brave stumbles into her doorway while her husband is away. Destiny changes Cecile's life in a way she could never have imagined. She discovers she's pregnant, and when her husband doesn't return with the winter supplies, Lone Eagle offers to take her to winter with his people. She accepts his offer, knowing her chance of surviving the winter on her own is not good. Then a trader comes to the village with evidence Walt may still be alive. Cecile now faces a difficult decision. Self-sacrifice, betrayal and lasting love lay on the rocky road ahead.
Author, Ginger Simpson paints her story with a broad brush, dipped in romance and breath taking suspense, to create the portrait of Cecile Palmer' s journey to womanhood. Prairie Peace does not disappoint.
Reviewer: Donna Bedrick for The Romance Studio
SARAH'S JOURNEY:
When Sarah Collins set her sights on California for a new beginning, she never figured a war party would attack her wagon train. After her friend Molly succumbs to her injuries, Sarah is the sole survivor, left alone to find her way back to civilization. Stampeding buffalo, the black prairie nights and eerie noises.just when she believes she's faced the worst, a rattlesnake bite threatens to accomplish what the Indians failed. Is it her time to die, or does Sarah have a purpose yet to accomplish?
CHASTITY'S CHARMS - Stages of Love Book One:
When Chastity Holmes accepts a position with Norwell Genetics, she has no idea there's more to the job than what's listed on her job description. She's supposed to screen applicants applying for laboratory positions, not act as bait in a sting to capture an unethical researcher who is selling stolen eggs to fertility clinics. Saying no doesn't appear to be an option when she peers into Detective Blaine Logan's piercing blue eyes. Can she help him capture the thief before being robbed of her heart?
EMBEZZLED LOVE:
They advertise on television—“find your true love; we’ll match you with the person of your dreams.” Their irritating spam clogs your computer inbox—"free tonight? Let’s chat.” You can turn the channel or hit the ‘trash’ button, but the promises still linger in your mind. Is it any wonder divorced and lonely, Cassie Fremont, signed up for an on-line dating service? What later shocked her was cost of the ticket for a ride on the roller coaster from hell.
