She shifted closer to Ean and lowered her voice to a whisper. “There are even more people here tonight than usual. It’s surprising this close to Thanksgiving.” The room teemed with town center business owners and their families, and neighbors who hadn’t attended a council meeting in at least four...
Trinity Falls Fudge Walnut Brownies were her addiction. After purchasing a copy of Friday’s The Trinity Falls Monitor, she lingered in the book stacks, considering the romances, mysteries, and sweeping epic fantasies. She paused when she happened across a familiar author, then moved on when she r...
“We’re trapped.” The tension in Dr. Peyton Harris’s voice sealed the deal. Darius rose from his crouched position beside a box of old folders in Trinity Falls University’s archive room. The cramped room measured approximately forty-five by thirty-five feet and was a claustrophobe’s worst nightmar...
Vaughn hadn’t realized he’d had so many friends. He looked around the clearing at Harmony Cabins and the many friends who’d joined him this Saturday morning to build props for Mystic Park: Jackson, the Harmony Cabins owner and newspaper publisher; Alonzo, who was getting married in eight weeks; D...
A waist-high, teak wood fence barred him from her backyard. DeMarcus didn’t hesitate. He braced his arms on the fence and vaulted over. His sneakered feet landed on a paved walkway between the Jones’s residence and a well-manicured lawn as lush as a deep green carpet. Past the house, the walkway ...
He and his teammates were running a series of plays, preparing for the Eastern Conference Championship against their rivals, the Miami Waves. He found his position in time to catch the pass from his practice squad teammate, Roger Harris. Roger usually warmed the Monarchs’ bench until the second q...