Years ago while living in Michigan, out of town in the
country side, one of our friends was the local Sheriff. My husband at the time
was doing some remodeling for a fellow who had moved to our small town.
This new fellow, I’ll call him Sam, spent money like crazy,
and paid for everything in cash, including the $30,000 dollar remodel my
husband did for him.
Sam took us for a celebration dinner after the project was
completed. He told us he wanted my husband to build him a safe room in his
basement, a room no one would know was there. Of course we were excited at the
prospect of more work in a slow economy.
Our Sheriff friend calls us both into his office. He tells us
about our “New” friend Sam. Sheriff holds up a rap sheet of previous crimes Sam had
been convicted of, including Armed Robbery, Rape, Automobile Theft, you name
it, it was probably on the list. His life of crime started at fourteen and he
was around forty when we met him. Sam was under surveillance for recent
unsolved store robberies in the county. Sam and his wife had moved from another
state to our tiny town of four hundred people, right before the armed robberies started.
So we were told to report anything we heard from him or his
wife such as if they were going out of town, if they bought something big and
new, etc. Sam’s number was on my wall list of phone numbers next to the Sheriff’s.
My husband called to say Sam was going to buy a new car in the next town over.
I dialed the Sheriff and Sam answered!! Oddly enough the
numbers were one digit off. I said wrong number and hung up. Called the right
number and told the Sheriff the mistake I had made. He told me to leave the
house in case Sam was coming over. The Sheriff and Deputies had received
evidence linking Sam to the local crime wave and were on their way to arrest
him.
There’s a knock at the door, I see it is Sam, (this was
before cell phones) I hid in the bedroom and called 911. Luckily for me, he
left after knocking for five minutes.
Sam was arrested down the road from our house.
Have you ever been duped by a friend who turned out to be
not at all who you thought he/she was?
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Here's a
blurb and the cover of my November 25th release, "
The Witch with the Trident Tattoo".
Blurb:
Gifted witch Ella Stone,
born with an inherited affinity for water and the ability to talk to sea
creatures, is on a mission. Ocean life is disappearing off the Atlantic Coast,
and Poseidon needs her to find out why. She’ll do anything she can to find
answers, even if that means hiring handsome, brooding sea captain Noah Drago to
help.
Ella leads an isolated existence,
keeping her secrets close. To the world at large she’s a scientist, but deep
down she’s a lonely witch, wanting a deeper connection but afraid of reaching
out. When Noah accidentally learns of her magic, she’ll have to trust him.
Noah has been a commercial fisherman all
his life, except for five years as a Navy Seal. He’s seen and done things that
scarred him, so he keeps to himself. But when Ella hires him, his life changes
as quickly as a storm at sea. The sexy scientist’s kisses turn Noah’s
world upside-down. Soon, he’s plunging into a world of myth, magic and passion.
But will their growing
connection—their love—be enough to save them from an encroaching evil bent on
destroying all life as they know it?
