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Who Took Hannah

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What if you tiptoed in to pick up your child and the crib was empty. An open window. A slashed screen. A hospital smell. Would you scream? Cry? Call the cops? Mandy Rose did all that then she ran. Ran all the way across the country. The pain was that bad. But the pain of not knowing the truth was worse.

Returning to Louisiana was a mixed blessing. Mandy’s father wasn’t thrilled to see her. She discovered her baby’s daddy was now her younger sister’s lover. Her still married mother was dating the mild-mannered cop on the kidnapping case. Then, a dead baby upped the ante. They teamed together to investigate. It’s the early 80s, so no cell phones. Can they find out who took Hannah and why?

Characters who won’t let you forget them. Clyde, the handsome Black man, who dated both wealthy sisters. Mandy Rose’s haunting past that kept her afraid of life. Tough little sister Laura, studying to become a cop. And more, much more to keep you turning the pages.

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The Search for Hannah

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TOO SMALL to SCREAM

Mandy Rose Bokum, sweet in temperament, has a dark side.

Unable to escape the vise-like grip her lover Clyde Boudreaux has on her; she risks all to break him out of a locked ward in a maximum-security mental hospital. Meanwhile the local police are working in tandem with federal authorities concerning missing and exploited children to find Mandy and Clyde’s abducted daughter.

The hunt for Hannah continues and intensifies. Time passing is the deadly enemy for stolen children.

Drinking one-too-many Sazeracs in a crowded Louisiana bar; Mandy confesses a hideous secret to her sister, Laura; a cop.

Then Mandy Rose disappears. Her family is frantic. She’s gone. It’s not the first time she’s disappeared without a word. They fear the worst. The police suspect a connection between her disappearance and the unexplainable escape of mental patient Clyde Boudreaux, presently accused of murder.

The Curse of Hannah

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What does it take to shatter a father’s dream?

Mandy Rose…vulnerable, scared, clearly in big trouble. No match for the men who would do her harm. All her money and status don’t matter in dark and dangerous New Orleans. Yet here she is…and all alone.

Clyde Boudreaux, more than capable, meets his nemeses in the bowels of NOLA also. Yet he perseveres. Battered and bloody, he refuses to give up. He continues the perilous journey to find Mandy Rose. Growing up poor and Black in rural Louisiana gives him the armor he needs to toss off the vicious attacks. He’s a survivor. He watched his grandfather get lynched, twisting on the end of a rope naked…with his shoes still on. Clyde inherited the amulet from him that gives him power. But is it enough?

Clyde’s thirst to find and save his daughter’s mother must be satisfied. Mandy Rose must live. He now knows what it is to love. But is it too late for Mandy? Or has insanity claimed her?

And horror of horrors, is it too late to save Hannah?

The Secrets of Skinny

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STILL DIETING? STILL FAT?

The little book with Big Answers.

Twenty weight-loss plans reviewed. Learn a new world view to make changes to your body and your life. A simple and kinder plan that you can live with forever.