Saving the Ghost is a story of struggle and survival. Ellen McInnis was severely abused as a child by her father. At 17, she put life with her parents behind her. She kept the abuse to herself, confiding only in her best friend, Cici, and her loving husband, Ned. Bucking the odds, her relationships with friends and her husband are strong. She is successful in her career.

But her father’s death brought the terrors of childhood back to life, and they are destroying her. Ellen is desperate to confess the truth to her elderly aunt Mercy, believing that Mercy will understand and love her back to emotional health, just as she did when Ellen was a child.

She learns that Mercy is keeping her own secrets, devastating secrets of unimaginable horrors and betrayal that blow Ellen’s world apart one more time. Her faith in love and family is shattered. How will she save herself when everything she believes to be true is found to be a lie?

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I bought your book, Saving the Ghost at the book Festival in Mankato. I easily read the work in the next couple of days after that.

That was quite a journey through Ellens life. I admire how you allowed the absolute horror of her early life to come out and yet, you were able to show Ellen’s power and her intense self awareness.

Her slow and erratic healing process was so well documented through her self dialogue, her friendships, and her marriage.

I don’t have the horror of abuse in my personal life, and I am uncertain if you do, but I have worked with numerous people and been close friends with people who have worked a lifetime at letting go of the remnants of it.

Absolutely great book! Loved how you brought in the north woods, nature, and the raw grit of healing.

Sincerely, S B

Filthy Dirty Garden Gloves - enjoy the cozy mystery series.

Among the members of the Buffalo View Village Garden Club, you don’t have to dig deep to uncover misguided romances and mysteries!

The first in the 4-book cozy mystery series, Filthy Dirty Garden Gloves.

Mrs. Julian Stanche, an avid gardener and widow of nine years, never stopped grieving the loss of her unfaithful husband. The citizens of Buffalo View Village and its authorities assumed Julian drowned in a boating accident, though the true cause of his disappearance, certified as a death, remained a mystery. Someone knew what happened to Julian and the secrets buried with him. But they’d have to get rid of his wife, Gloria before Julian and his secrets could be revealed. Through chaos and mayhem, new loves blossom, and scoundrels are undone in this frantic comedy of errors and missteps.

The second in the 4-book cozy mystery series, Filthy Dirty Garden Gloves, From Hothouse to Heaven.

Butch Findley, owner of Fat Lady’s Auctioneers out of Mission County, was not at all happy when two half-frozen bodies were found on Larry Grainger’s abandoned organic farm. The deceased were out-of-towners with ties to the missing farmer. But they were not the only thawing bodies discovered that spring. Between acts of larceny, murder, and layers of deceit, Buffalo View Villagers grieve the loss of one of their own while love blossoms in spite of it all.

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Blood on the Bridal Wreath

From Hothouse to Heaven

I have really enjoyed reading this book. I usually do not read this type of book but this deviation was a pleasant surprise.

This book has romance, unrequited love, friendship, some laughs, murder and a lot of suspense. This book has it all.

From the very first chapter, from the introductions and descriptions of each character I could picture them and find myself wanting to know more. I love Gloria's personality. She is sassy, classy, courageous and strong.

I had to read this book every free moment I had. The story kept getting more and more interesting. M E Fuller had me guessing and trying to figure out if in fact a murder had been committed and if so “Who Did It?” R. Espinoza