of the first two books. In the first two novels, readers
meet the two Sanders sisters, Nye and Oriana. I had many readers ask me before
the third book released whom the final novel would be about, since there were
only two sisters in the Sanders family.

This Redeemer was a
fun story to write for that reason, and because of how very different the
heroine is from Nye and Oriana. I was also able to infuse this novel with more
suspense than the previous two, which was ideal as I transitioned to writing
romantic suspense. I was able to finish the manuscript in about fourteen weeks.

I’m hoping to have a new romantic
suspense novel released in the near future, as I have two manuscripts currently
being considered by publishers. In the meantime, my project of the momentleast people in Montrose claimed to hear it sometimes).

That bell, usually tolled by Tom O'Connell during my childhood,
announced the deaths to our community. The old people used to say when
they heard the bell (after they had blessed themselves), "Ah, well,
they usually die in threes, don't they?"

Sometimes the slow, mournful tolling took forever, as
the age of the newly deceased person got a solemn, reverberating peal of
the bell for each year of his or her life.

In small towns, people turn out for funerals. In larger
cities, the only mourners who come to funerals are those from the work
place. There are no communities in big American cities.

I went to a graveside funeral in Minneapolis one time
where I was the only mourner. We were burying an old man who lived alone
in a dingy