Bøger af Staci Troilo

A cold stone heart breaks more easily than it beats. Than it loves. Damien was a loyal warrior, killed in battle in 1203. Because of his true heart, he was given the option to pass on to his eternal reward or exist in another state of being as a protector... until he could resume living the life he'd been cheated of. A soldier by nature, he chose the latter. And he waited centuries-as a gargoyle-growing increasingly bitter about his choice. Then he sees her. Rina is a hard worker and loyal friend. But she has the worst luck. One night, after saving her best friend from a violent assault, she finds herself at the attacker's mercy. Then, out of nowhere, a savior comes and rescues her. With only an angel to guide him, Damien must make the right choices to win Rina's heart, or be forever damned as a grotesque mockery of the guardian he once was.

"It's just a little family history. What could go wrong?" When Lizzie Clydell agreed to join her grandmother at the church's genealogy group meeting she expected nothing more than lemon squares and a few stories. Instead, an old diary leads Lizzie down a dusty road of lies, hidden family secrets, and a lynching that nearly destroyed her family. Still strug-gling with the loss of her parents two decades ear-lier, Lizzie must con-front a painful past that others hoped was forgotten. Her journey becomes even more difficult as she realizes those around her may not be as they seem. Can Lizzie make peace with the past or will it destroy the relationships she holds most dear? Joining her is a group of lifelong friends known to Lizzie as The Gals. Headed up by her own grandmother, the group of women guide her through the past with humor, encouragement, and tough love as she learns about grace and forgiveness. Set in small town Georgia, Finding Eliza is a contemporary story with flashes of his-tor-i-cal fic-tion as Lizzie digs into the 1930s of segregation, illegal interracial relationships, and fear of the KKK.

Some towns aren't meant to have their curses broken. Naomi and Penelope, the Dotson twins, don't believe in curses, particularly when they involve entire towns rather than individuals, but apparently most of the residents of Centerville feel otherwise. The latest in a string of what the twins call horrific coincidences is the murder of Joe Harbaugh, town councilman and business paragon. On the heels of his death, a series of break-ins at local establishments occur. The police narrow down their suspect list to one of Harbaugh's terminated employees, but the sisters aren't convinced. Together, Naomi and Penelope start their own investigation and get tangled up in a web of lies, kidnapping, and attempted murder. Can the Dotson twins solve the mystery before someone else gets hurt?