Ann writes closed door romances that are more than happily-ever-after love stories. Each one shines a light on a real life issue and features protagonists working hard to overcome personal spin-out from that issue. These are stories of friendship and family, compassion and community, that affirm the power of love.
September 11, 2001, left most of us reeling,
but for Jon and Allie that day made an indelible mark on their heart and body. What happens when two people trying to recover from their personal spin-out and trauma from 9/11 find their lives unexpectedly intertwined in a rural Appalachian Mountain community?
Can they save each other?
Follow the story of a career fighter and an infection control nurse as they re-build their broken lives, while engaged in creating a New Tomorrows shelter for victims of domestic and sexual abuse. Strongly immersed in a volunteer Fire/EMS brotherhood, this book shows how Love, Courage, and Hope, can break through the barriers of the past.
Wanda won’t identity her baby’s father.
Randy has never given up on her or the child he comes to love as his own, so they rekindle their broken teenage love. As Carter grows, his mother’s secret puts him in danger. The truth must be revealed.
But is it what she believes?
Or something entirely different?
Follow Wanda and Randy on their page-turning journey to solve an unexpected mystery and navigate drama and a nail-biting rescue before he can adopt Carter and become a Father by Choice. More than a happily-ever-after love story, Starting Over is a story of forgiveness, community, and finding courage to overcome personal trauma.
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.
From the pages of history, a novel for the ages . . .
The passion of activism flourished on college campuses in the tumultuous sixties, and Tillie embraced it as a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh. Descended from Irish immigrants known in their Appalachian community as Granny Women – the healers – her compassionate nature drew her into the Civil Rights Movement. She could never have predicted how dramatically her life would change. When family journals reveal shocking news about her history and lineage, she’s forced to re-define her path to the future.
Which road will she take?
After navigating new horizons, she may have to look for answers that lie Beyond the Sky.
Join readers on a thought-provoking journey through the divisions of the Civil War into the ardor of an era when our country’s youth led the way to a better national consciousness.
There are a three more books in the Hidden Valley series.
Book Four: Another New Chance: a Vet Tech Romantic Suspense, finds Brink facing great danger as he tries to stop a dog-fighting ring that is threatening him and the woman he loves. Publication expected in December of 2025.
Book Five is expected to be released in 2026. Monty, the Hidden Valley vet, deals with an apparently neglected dog belonging to one of the residents of the New Tomorrows shelter. He can save the dog, but can he resist his growing attraction to the dog's owner, who is fighting her own demons as she recovers from the abuse of her ex-husband?
Book Six, scheduled for late 2026, brings Allie's younger brother Kenny to Hidden Valley, still struggling with his addictions.
Mountain Ridge Creations
Fort Valley, Virginia, United States
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