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Ann writes closed door romances that are more than just happily-ever-after love stories. They are stories of realistic people struggling with real contemporary issues. Stories of friendship and family, compassion and community. Stories of strength and fortitude.
In book one of my Hidden Valley Fire & Rescue series, Jon says, "There are no geographical boundaries to the brotherhood," expressing the connection between first responders in the service, not matter where they are located. Those words will appear on your coffee mug once you add your morning coffee.
New Tomorrows is the first book in Ann's Hidden Valley series of clean, feel-good romances, each of which explores a serious, real life, contemporary issue.
Is it a twist of fate or something more? On September 11, 2001, Jon was a nurse working in a New York City Hospital and Alliie was an EMT in an all-volunteer fire/EMS company near Washington, D.C. Both are still struggling with fallout from that pivotal day when their paths accidentally cross in Virginia’s Appalachian Mountains. A surprising bond grows between them, but they both must find the courage to overcome the barriers they have built around their hearts. Dreams, memories, and unexpected discoveries reveal the events that have shaped their lives since 9/11.
While battling to overcome their individual traumas, Allie and Jon gather a group of Hidden Valley friends to help Allie create a domestic abuse program and shelter.
Strongly immersed in the fire/EMS brotherhood of a remote mountain community, this clean, contemporary romance explores how the effects of poverty, abandonment, domestic abuse, and personal loss influence our lives for years to come. New Tomorrows shows that there is hope for healing from trauma and, if we allow it, love can break through barriers of the past.
Trigger alert: This book contains themes of domestic and intimate partner abuse, including sexual abuse. There are no scenes depicting explicit sexual assault.
If you are looking for a story with unexpected plot twists, an intriguing mystery, moments of nail-biting danger, and a teenage love in need of mending, this is the book for you.
Wanda Marlow and Randy Sullivan fell in love when they were young teens, both involved in the volunteer fire and rescue company in their remote valley home in Virginia's Appalachian Mountains. They are sure their relationship as a forever couple will survive being apart while Randy pursues a carpentry apprenticeship out of state and Wanda goes away to college. However, at the end of her freshman year Wanda comes back to their Hidden Valley home pregnant and holding onto a secret about the father of her child.
Wanda feels shame over the circumstances of her child's conception and blames herself for betraying their love. She keeps trying to push Randy away, but they have never stopped loving each other. When her son Carter is only three months old, Wanda and Randy agree to start over as a couple, but the secret is still between them.
Randy's greatest fear is having Carter's father show up one day to claim the child he has come to love as his own. As Carter grows, he begins to ask questions about his father. Once the secret begins to hurt Carter, Wanda and Randy know the truth must be revealed. But what is the truth? Is it what Wanda believes? Or is it something entirely different? Their search for the truth leads them on a path to solve an unexpected ;mystery about Carter's biological father.
Carter becomes convinced that Paws, his pup since they were both babies, can help solve the mystery. In a drama-filled scene, Paws must help Randy rescue the nine-year-old from the danger he finds himself in as a result of that belief.
Told against the backdrop of the Hidden Valley Fire & Rescue company, this closed door romance is more than a happily-ever-after love story. It's a story of compassion, friendship, community, and finding courage to overcome personal trauma.
You may read this book as a stand-alone, but you will enjoy a richer experience by reading the books in the Hidden Valley Fire & Rescue series in the order published.
Stories set against the backdrop of a remote mountain fire & rescue company
Stories with meaning and substance, where realistic characters face and overcome real-life problems
Stories where communities come together to assure nobody has to walk through trauma alone
Stories with a memorable animal character, usually a dog
No Turning Back: Marching Toward Freedom is the story of Tillie, whom some folks in Hidden Valley call a Granny Witch. She is the proprietor of Tillie’s Treasures, a store that features the work of local artisans from her Appalachian Valley home and the surrounding area. In this story you will meet her when she’s a young teen and follow her life from the 1950s to the early twentieth century. It’s a story you will not want to miss that explores racial relationships and healing, as a strong woman with a mountain heritage finds her personal freedom to define who and what she is. And perhaps finds an unexpected, late-in-life romance. Book 3 will be out late summer 2024
There are a total of six books in the series, plus a Christmas Novella. The novella, featuring Deputy Tom Calvert and Louise, will be out in time for your 2024 holiday reading. Book 4, scheduled for early spring 2025, finds Brink facing great danger as he tries to stop a dog-fighting ring in their valley home. In book 5, Monty has to deal with a neglected dog belonging to one of the residents of the New Tomorrows shelter. In the final book, Allie's younger brother Kenny shows up, still struggling with his addictions.
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