Embers and Echoes

Gripping suspense in a literary thriller - ""Like the crackle of an ember, it is vibrant with its livid certainty. Like the flush of echoes in an empty shell, it is delicate in its subtlety.""

In the wake of her best friend's murder, the death of the man who loved her, and the torment of her own kidnapping ("Lingering Missives," 2014), Catlyn Stacey is fighting an emotional battle to reclaim her life, but an obsessed sociopath intends to see her fail. Plagued with nightmares and burdened with the guilt of being a victim, Catlyn perceives a future in the person of an orphaned child, hope in the support of an ad hoc family, and purpose in the inspiring words of the two hundred year old diary of a distant ancestor. In a harrowing confrontation with her tormentor, Catlyn discovers her deepest inner strength, a will to live, and love.