{"title":"Best Sellers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This author gets inside your head and weaves a world you don't want to leave.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis fall, explore my favorite fall romantic thrillers! \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-green-door","title":"The Green Door E-Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWHAT HAPPENS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA coming-of-age novel about a young girl growing up in rural North Dakota in the 1980s. Beloved by readers of all ages, recommended if you are going through a hard time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book was so good!! Well written and suspenseful! Characters are true to the area its set in. Definitely recommend\" -Amazon Kindle Customer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSummer 1985, ten-year-old Rosemarie Mattson is afraid to find out what goes on behind the green door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRosemarie Mattson isn’t worried when her parents offer next-door neighbors a place to stay. Then the Sims move with them at the family country home, and their presence appears to be permanent. And when family edges are blurred, Rosemarie is suddenly afraid to ask what happens behind the guarded green door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYears later, Rosemarie leaves home and becomes the owner of her own bakery. Then meets Rich, a charming and handsome man. Easy company turns to deep conversation, and Rosemarie believes she’s met the man of her dreams.\u003cbr\u003eBut that changes when she arrives at her bakery and discovers Rich has painted the front door green. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd Rosemarie discovers sometimes not knowing is better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eSeven-thirty. Rich was a no show. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eI waited a half hour before texting, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eWhere are you? I’m leaving. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThere were two ways out of town. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.1in;\"\u003eOne by Hamill’s Bakery and the other a straight shot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eDon’t do it Rosemarie. Don’t…but of course I did. I went the bakery way. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eI slowed down before Hamill’s. The storefront was a lonely, desolate place. Feeling foolish, I started to speed up when I caught a glimpse of his truck parked in the back. As was Holly’s SUV. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eI couldn’t think straight. Couldn’t see straight, only red. Spots danced before my eyes. I gripped the steering wheel with both hands. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eWhat does she have I don’t? Why can’t he love me? What makes her special? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eI rushed to the stupid green door and pounded. “Rich! Open up!” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eEach minute, an everlasting eternity. They were in there, the two of them… \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eDefeated, I returned to the car. Several deep breaths later, a can rolled around the passenger side floor. It was the black spray paint Jim didn’t need for his shop project at school. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ePerfect.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eSweat beaded the back of my neck. I got out, shaking the can. The ball clanging around inside the metal container like images of Rich and Holly inside my head. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eRich will open the door now. Probably call the cops and have me arrested for vandalism, and…a bunch of other things. I don’t care. It will be worth it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eI needed proof.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .1in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eUncover the dark secrets that lie within the pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754560848242,"sku":"The Green Door_Ebook","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0892\/5279\/0642\/files\/BookBrushImage-2025-4-13-22-167.png?v=1775345996"},{"product_id":"the-green-door-paperback","title":"The Green Door Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWHAT HAPPENS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA coming-of-age novel about a young girl growing up in rural North Dakota in the 1980s. Beloved by readers of all ages, recommended if you are going through a hard time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book was so good!! Well written and suspenseful! Characters are true to the area its set in. Definitely recommend\" -Amazon Kindle Customer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSummer 1985, ten-year-old Rosemarie Mattson is afraid to find out what goes on behind the green door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRosemarie Mattson isn’t worried when her parents offer next-door neighbors a place to stay. Then the Sims move with them at the family country home, and their presence appears to be permanent. And when family edges are blurred, Rosemarie is suddenly afraid to ask what happens behind the guarded green door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYears later, Rosemarie leaves home and becomes the owner of her own bakery. Then meets Rich, a charming and handsome man. Easy company turns to deep conversation, and Rosemarie believes she’s met the man of her dreams.\u003cbr\u003eBut that changes when she arrives at her bakery and discovers Rich has painted the front door green. Rosemarie confronts him, and he claims innocence, even seems shocked she would think he had ill intent. Even as Rosemarie wants to believe him, she secretly worries he's done it on purpose. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd Rosemarie discovers sometimes not knowing is better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eSeven-thirty. Rich was a no show. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eI waited a half hour before texting, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eWhere are you? I’m leaving. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThere were two ways out of town. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.1in;\"\u003eOne by Hamill’s Bakery and the other a straight shot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eDon’t do it Rosemarie. Don’t…but of course I did. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eI went the bakery way. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eI slowed down before Hamill’s. The storefront was a lonely, desolate place. Feeling foolish, I started to speed up when I caught a glimpse of his truck parked in the back. As was Holly’s SUV. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eI couldn’t think straight. Couldn’t see straight, only red. Spots danced before my eyes. I gripped the steering wheel with both hands. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eWhat does she have I don’t? Why can’t he love me? What makes her special? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eI rushed to the stupid green door and pounded. “Rich! Open up!” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eEach minute, an everlasting eternity. They were in there, the two of them… \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eDefeated, I returned to the car. Several deep breaths later, a can rolled around the passenger side floor. It was the black spray paint Jim didn’t need for his shop project at school. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ePerfect.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eSweat beaded the back of my neck. I got out, shaking the can. 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It will be worth it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eI needed proof.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .1in;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eUncover the dark secrets that lie within the pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .1in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: lines-together;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754561175922,"sku":"The Green Door_Paperback","price":17.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0892\/5279\/0642\/files\/BookBrushImage-2025-4-13-21-5244.png?v=1744599225"},{"product_id":"where-there-is-no-whisper","title":"Where there is no Whisper E-Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The book was tormenting me, and I stayed up much too late reading!!\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlashback to 1981: A nostalgic journey of love, loss, and self-discovery 📺\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeet Eve Hofmann, a young girl coming of age under difficult circumstances. With a distant mother and dying father, she finds solace in her friendships with Silas Alder and Valerie Pleasant - or so she thinks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA chance encounter on a snowy porch sets off a chain reaction of events that changes everything for Eve and Silas, two souls bound by fate but destined to be apart. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders rave about this heartwarming yet suspenseful tale:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A delightful character... I just wanted others to do right by her.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Couldn't put it down!\"\u003cbr\u003e\"A breath of fresh air.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Eve navigates adolescence, first love blossoms between her and Silas. Years later, their paths cross again when he's hired to renovate an inherited schoolhouse into her home. Embers of passion reignite, but danger lurks nearby.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eValerie returns after years apart, stirring up memories and putting Eve on edge once more... \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eGideon’s eyes were fixed on the corner of the coffee shop. “Don’t look now, Eve, but did you kiss a girl and like it?” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eMy eyes automatically followed his to see Valerie sitting on a stuffed chair in the opposite corner, watching us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eI turned back around. “You know when someone says not to do something, it’s like a requirement to do it anyway.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e“She’s on her way over here,” Dawn said through her teeth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eSuddenly, I recalled spilling my guts to Valerie about Clint Hammond. A reason, perhaps the best, why I didn’t drink. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“Hi guys.” Valerie approached with a smile.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eDawn squinted up at her. “Valerie Pleasant?” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e“Wait, you know each other?” Gideon handed Dawn a tall drink. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e“I’m excited to stay at the schoolhouse,” Valerie gushed. “I don’t know if I mentioned how sorry I am about your dad not being…your dad.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eSeriously\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e? “It’s okay.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eShe glanced at Dawn. “At least you got a place to live out of the deal.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e“Right.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e“Is six an okay time to come by with the rest of my stuff?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e“Sure.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eValerie gave a wry smile. “I won’t keep you. I wanted to say hi. I can’t thank you enough. You are a lifesaver.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eAs soon as she left, Dawn pounced. “Do my ears deceive me? Valerie Pleasant? Is she moving in with you?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eI cringed at how it sounded. How did it sound? Like I made a whopper of a mistake. “How do I get myself into these things?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eGideon sipped his coffee. “I don’t know, how do you?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e“You told her about Clint Hammond?” Dawn asked. “I mean, you can tell whoever you want.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e“It’s a temporary deal. She’s moving to Texas at the end of the month.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eGet ready for a thrilling ride that will keep you on the edge of your seat!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754570809714,"sku":"Where there is no Whisper_Ebook","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0892\/5279\/0642\/files\/BookBrushImage-2025-4-13-22-1713.png?v=1744600673"},{"product_id":"where-there-is-no-whisper-copy","title":"Where there is no Whisper Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI felt his solitude, longed to go after him. He had college ahead of him. I had a baby.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The book was tormenting me while doing homework and I stayed up much too late reading!!\" -Teresa Risovi \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlashback to 1981: A nostalgic journey of love, loss, and self-discovery 📺\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeet Eve Hofmann, a young girl coming of age under difficult circumstances. With a distant mother and dying father, she finds solace in her friendships with Silas Alder and Valerie Pleasant - or so she thinks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA chance encounter on a snowy porch sets off a chain reaction of events that changes everything for Eve and Silas, two souls bound by fate but destined to be apart. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Eve navigates adolescence, first love blossoms between her and Silas. Years later, their paths cross again when he's hired to renovate an inherited schoolhouse into her home. Embers of passion reignite, but danger lurks nearby.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eValerie returns after years apart, stirring up memories and putting Eve on edge once more... \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eDawn sat down next to me. “We were just over at your place to check on you. Silas was in the yard. Said you would be here.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eGideon’s eyes were fixed on the corner of the coffee shop. “Don’t look now, Eve, but did you kiss a girl and like it?” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eMy eyes automatically followed his to see Valerie sitting on a stuffed chair in the opposite corner, watching us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eI turned back around. “You know when someone says not to do something, it’s like a requirement to do it anyway.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e“She’s on her way over here,” Dawn said through her teeth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eSuddenly, I recalled spilling my guts to Valerie about Clint Hammond. A reason, perhaps the best, why I didn’t drink. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“Hi guys.” Valerie approached with a smile.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eDawn squinted up at her. “Valerie Pleasant?” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e“Wait, you know each other?” Gideon handed Dawn a tall drink. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e“I’m excited to stay at the schoolhouse,” Valerie gushed. “I don’t know if I mentioned how sorry I am about your dad not being…your dad.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eSeriously\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e? “It’s okay.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eShe glanced at Dawn. “At least you got a place to live out of the deal.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e“Right.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e“Is six an okay time to come by with the rest of my stuff?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e“Sure.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eValerie gave a wry smile. “I won’t keep you. I wanted to say hi. I can’t thank you enough. You are a lifesaver.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eAs soon as she left, Dawn pounced. “Do my ears deceive me? Valerie Pleasant? Is she moving in with you?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eI cringed at how it sounded. How did it sound? Like I made a whopper of a mistake. “How do I get myself into these things?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eGideon sipped his coffee. “I don’t know, how do you?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e“You told her about Clint Hammond?” Dawn asked. “I mean, you can tell whoever you want.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e“It’s a temporary deal. 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Plagued with fear and doubt, unspoken mysteries haunt and threaten to tear her apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe quest to find Jordan takes her deep into a world of good and evil, distorted reality, and Kimber finds out the darkness brings out dangerous ideas and hive-minded reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd as she faces the most difficult challenge yet, triumph might mean simply getting out alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eDive Into the Darkness...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: MS-Mincho;\"\u003eMaybe she should apologize. Not that she did anything wrong, but he had seemed upset. She made her way to the bedroom, stopping abruptly. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: MS-Mincho;\"\u003eThe door was open; the light was on. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: MS-Mincho;\"\u003e“Jordan?” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: MS-Mincho;\"\u003eThe bed was empty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: MS-Mincho;\"\u003eKimber checked the master bath. “Jordan? You in here?” she called, retracing her steps, and continued her search throughout the quiet house.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: MS-Mincho;\"\u003eNo answer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: MS-Mincho;\"\u003eHe couldn’t have gone far. She pulled out her phone. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: MS-Mincho;\"\u003e5:20. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: MS-Mincho;\"\u003eShe tried calling his number. It went straight to voicemail. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: MS-Mincho;\"\u003eShe ended the call.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .3in; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: MS-Mincho;\"\u003eKimber headed to the back door, slipping into the extravagant three-stall garage. His pickup was in the first parking spot closest to the door. 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