Convergence by Ginny Yttrup

 Book Description:  Psychology professor Dr. Denilyn Rossi contends that the past is either a shadow that haunts us or a force that propels us. The choice is ours, she tells her students. What she doesn’t tell them is that her own past is a shadow she can’t seem to shake. Fear has immobilized her and is taking a costly toll.

Adelia Sanchez, however, has embraced Dr. Rossi’s teaching. She is ready to confront fear and render it powerless—using the trauma of her past to propel her to entrap the man who stalked and brutally attacked her.

As Denilyn’s past and Adelia’s present converge at the Kaweah River, a dangerous man bent on destruction threatens them both. Will he uncover the secret Deni and Adelia have fought so hard to protect?

My Thoughts:  I was SO excited to see that another book was written by Ginny Yttrup.

I love her stories!  

And this story did not disappoint.

There are two women with pasts that include alot of fear.  Two women trying to get over their past.  And both women have a secret.

Oh.my!  The twists and turns in this suspenseful read had me at chapter three.  It took two chapters for me to get into the story and "see" what was going on.  But I know how Mrs. Yttrup writes so I was willing to wade into the story.

Once the reader gets into the story there is no going back.  Kind of like the two women in the story...once they were in ..... in for a penny, in for a pound.

The reader is taken on a trip of sorts.  It's a thrill of suspense and a pondering of mystery.  

Loved, loved this read so much so that I read it all cover to cover in one afternoon.

Paperback: 320 pages

Publisher: Shiloh Run Press 

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1683227883

Suspense by Mary Alford

 These are FANTASTIC stories by Author Mary Alford:

🌾 UNSOLVED AMISH ABDUCTION...coming soon!
An Amish woman forced back to the life she fled.
A child caught in the crosshairs.
A police officer who doesn’t know the whole truth.
Three stories.
Three battles for justice.
One mission: Seek the truth—no matter the cost.
What’s more dangerous — a killer hunting in the shadows… or a secret someone you love is keeping?

FUN FRIDAY!

 

WOW {Warm Oven Wednesday]

  

Coca-Cola Cake

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup butter
1 cup Coca-Cola
3/4 cup miniature marshmallows
1 square (1 ounce size) semi sweet baking chocolate
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup cocoa powder
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 cups sugar
2 1/3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

***Frosting***
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/4 cup Coca Cola (plus 2-3 Tbsp. additional if needed)
3 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup chocolate syrup

PREPARATION:

Place in a sauce pan butter, cola, semi sweet baking square and bring to a boil remove from heat and add marshmallows and stir until all is blended and the marshmallows are disappear. Set aside to cool enough to tepid or room temperature. 

In mixing bowl blend the shortening, oil, vanilla and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and buttermilk and beat until smooth. Mix flour with baking soda, cocoa, baking powder and salt, add half of flour mixture to shortening, egg mixture, and beat. Scrape bowl time to time to clean the sides off so ingredients are blended in batter. Add cooled coca cola mixture and beat. Add remainder of flour and beat until completely smooth about 3 - 4 minutes. Batter will be thick. Place batter into a 13" x 9" x " 2 oiled and floured baking pan. Set pan on top shelf in a preheated 350* F oven for 35 - 40 minutes. Check for completed baking time with a toothpick. If the toothpick comes out clean by sticking in the middle of the cake it is time to come out of the oven and cool. For Frosting: Cream butter, add cocoa, vanilla, Hershey's Syrup, and coca cola, beat until smooth. Add powder sugar a little at a time and beat constantly. Scrape the sides of bowl time to time to get all ingredients into the frosting. If the frosting seams a little dry add a little more coca cola and beat well. Frost warm cake. Serve with natural vanilla bean ice cream and enjoy.

Happy Book Birthday to Mary Alford!

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Fatal Witness: (Romantic Suspense K-9 Thriller Cold Case) by Patricia Bradley

 

 Book Description:  As a child, artist and potter Dani Bennett witnessed the brutal murder of her parents. With no memory of the incident or her true identity, she was forced to take on a new name and a new life, hidden away in Montana for the past 25 years.

Mae Richmond has spent the same stretch of time searching for her granddaughter, who went missing the night her daughter and son-in-law were murdered. Convinced the woman she saw in a pottery magazine feature is the woman she's been searching for, she enlists the help of K-9 officer Mark Lassiter of Pearl Springs, Tennessee, who tracks Dani down.

Skeptical but curious, Dani sets out on a journey to uncover the secrets of her past and reclaim her true identity. But someone close to her is determined to keep the truth of what happened all those years ago hidden.

My Thoughts:  THIS cold case story will not only keep the reader on the edge of her seat but it will keep the reader trying to read as quickly as she can turn a page.  

Not only is this story a real page turner it also has all the markings of a first rate murder investigation.  

The suspense of Dani Bennett's life from the time her parents were murdered to fast forward to the day her grandmother sends a K-9 officer, Mark Lassiter, to track Dani down.  This is where the story begins...if Mark is trying to find Dani who else is trying to find her to keep the secret and the murder of her parents quiet.

Dani decides to see of she can regain her true life but someone doesn't want anyone to know what happened all those years ago.

The suspense/mystery in this story was incredible.  

Patricia Bradley hits out of the ballpark with this book 2 of Pearl River Novel. 

be sure to read book 1 too.  The books are stand alone but you won't want to miss one!

It's almost time....New book by Mary Alford

 In just 24 hours, the secrets buried on Hope Island rise to the surface.

A barn that holds a deadly memory.
A past that refuses to stay silent.
A love tested by truths that could destroy everything.

Tomorrow, the storm breaks.

💙 TANGLED PAST releases Tuesday, February 24.

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