Shamed by her responses to a kidnapper’s titillations, Anna Fulenweider, 24, a fair, white freckled-faced newspaper reporter, refuses to talk about the abduction even six weeks later, despite the fact she is plagued by shakes and tremors. Police have not been able to identify, much less capture, the man who abducted the once-haughty reporter and released her 53 hours later, pensive, cowed and unwilling to talk about her ordeal, even to the psychiatrist provided by her employer newspaper. Desperate to undo the psychological damage to his friend and coworker, black news photographer Wesley Stemmons, 32, arranges a meeting between Anna and Wesley’s boyhood friend, the irrepressible Joe Marsh. Before her abduction, Anna had interviewed Marsh, long distance, about his development of an ingenious family of tracking devices. He provided her prototypes. When Anna vanished, it was Marsh who activated a satellite tracer from 500 miles away and booted up a receiver in Anna’s purse by remote, enabling him to send local police close enough to impel her release. Wesley reluctantly brings Joe and Anna together although fearful the playful playboy, Marsh, and the beautiful, somber Anna will be mutually attracted. Wesley tells Marsh of his own romantic interest in Anna and warns his friend not to complicate things. Marsh is annoyed to find the bright, funny reporter he befriended by telephone timid and subject to occasional, uncontrollable shakes. Determined to help, Marsh coaxes, bullies and cajoles Anna, forcing her to recall her abhorrent experience by fits and starts. His efforts become more complex as the romantic tension between himself and Anna grows and as Stemmons’ jealousy mounts. In spite of Marsh’s resistance, his interest in Anna takes root and blooms. Being in love with the same woman ignites animosity between Marsh and Stemmons which escalates from uneasy tension to hostility. Still, the men doggedly follow the kidnapping case’s cold trail together. Eventually, it is Anna who discovers the culprit and unmasks his age-old motive: unrequited love. Marsh steps up his campaign to prove to Anna, one-on-one, that her very responsive sexual impulses are normal and that sensuality between a man and a woman is a gift, not an affliction.

Aftermath

Literature & Fiction

Ervin, Sharon

Literary

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Two fascinating glimpses into Oklahoma history; two spooky stories to raise the hairs on the back of your neck. What more could any reader ask! Don’t miss these finely crafted tales penned by two of Oklahoma’s most distinguished authors. Each one is a delicious treat for everyone who loves their history spiced with danger and romance. Merline Lovelace, Bestselling Mystery/Suspense Romance Author

The Foxy Hens Go Bump in the Night

King, Jackie

Fielding, Peggy Moss

Short Stories & Anthologies

For those that yearn to put meat on the bones of long-ago ancestors and make them live again to tell their stories, M. Carolyn Steele's helpful book, Preserving Family Legends for Future Generations, will lead genealogists from the beginning steps of crafting a story through the final step of publishing it for family enjoyment.

Preserving Family Legends for Future Generations

Reference

Steele, M. Carolyn

Words, Language & Grammar

The Organized Writer! ·Do you know what your writing goals are? ·Do you know where to find ideas and how to use them? ·Do you want to use your writing time more wisely? ·Do you wonder if contests are worth the investment? ·Does being an organized writer mean the perfectly arranged office? The Organized Marketer! ·How can you use the internet to market? ·How can you juggle writing time with time for marketing? ·Is it possible to sell your articles more than once? ·What should you do when you've waited months to hear from an editor?

The Organized Writer Is A Selling Writer

Lay, Kathryn

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Writing on Walls Anthology is sponsored by The Storyteller Magazine and Fossil Creek Publishing. The Storyteller has been in business for 10 years and we wanted to do something special to celebrate those exciting years, hence Writing on Walls. The magazine is open to all writers and we are open to most genres and types of writing. We love to encourage and we jump for joy along with "our" writers when they place that first paying story, win their first contest or sell their first novel. We are an international magazine that reaches readers in over 16 foreign countries, including Canada and Mexico. We believe in sharing and in helping new writers along this lonely journey called writing, even if we have to 'Write on Walls' to do so.

Writing on Walls Anthology

United States

The Cuivre River Anthology takes its name from a river that flows through a six-county region in eastern Missouri, a land settled by Germans and French, rich in stories and tradition. This collection reflects the voices of those who live here today, as well as voices from around the country and even abroad. From Lincoln County, Missouri, to Lincolnshire, England, these stories gather us together, bridging the distance. And like the steady, enduring rhythm of the river, these stories travel the places we live and call us home.

Cuivre River Anthology

Echoes of the Ozarks, Volume II, is a compilation of Ozarks themed short stories, essays, and poems, all written by the talented members of the Ozarks Writers League.The Ozarks-inspired works take us once again into the multi-faceted Ozarks Mountain region, revealing its beauty, its past, and its present. The stories allow the reader to experience the terror of accused innocents--one in the past and one in the present, the ultimate fish story, memories of ancestors that linger, the possibility that a murdered spirit can return to wreak revenge, the humor with which Ozarkers regard newcomers, the triumph of hope over grief, and so much more. We hope you enjoy the writings selected for this second volume.

Echoes of the Ozarks

Bonnie Tesh, a cancer survivor, and Ronda Del Boccio, legally blind, are a couple of award-winning authors who discovered they have something unique, something that helps them keep a positive attitude no matter what happens to them. I'll Push, You Steer: The Definitive Guide to Stumbling Through Life With Blinders On, contains stories about their struggles (they call them speed bumps) and how they manage to deal with them by maintaining a sense of humor and a positive attitude. "People get into a rut and let their minds get stuck on worry and doubt," Del Boccio said. The authors teach a simple technique in the book and at live events on how to get out of your rut and into your new groove. "We share a lot of ourselves and our personal stories in the book and presentations. I both laugh and cry when I read the book, and I wrote half of it," Tesh explained. The authors are available for speaking engagements. They are spontaneous; every event is different. They can be outrageously funny one minute, tearful the next, but always trying to help their audience move toward a brighter place.

I'll Push, You Steer: The Definitive Guide to Stumbling Through Life With Blinders on

Self-Help

Del Boccio, Ronda

Tesh, Bonnie

Motivational

Letter writing has become all but a lost art in the modern world, replaced by long distance and the ubiquitous cell phone. A letter evokes a more innocent time in America when a soldier carried it through battle tucked into a breast pocket, reading it over and over again until its faded words became an indelible part of his memory; when love letters were bound in colored ribbons and stored forever; when a letter arrived sprinkled with perfume, sealed with a kiss (SWAK) or with X's and O's; and when each letter represented a little intimate part of the sender. It takes time to write a letter. It takes a certain introspection. What a letter says is that the sender cares enough to send a part of him or herself. Writing and receiving letters is truly a precious gift of time well spent. So asserts this remarkable lady, Nancy Louise Shoemaker, whose home in Pennsylvania is known as The Shoebox and whose wit and wisdom through long letters have delighted friends and family for years. With wry humor, insight and a keen sense of observation, Nancy looks at modern life and the human condition through a prism of love and understanding, muddles it over, then comments in personal letter essays that transcend the medium to become literature, poetry and philosophy in the finest sense. She is today's Erma Bombeck, a female Garrison Keeler, a William Henry Thoreau at her own pond as she speaks for the human condition and for the best in all of us. In reviving the art of letter writing through this unique collection of essays and several poems, Nancy ranges the entire spectrum of life from her unique perspective as observer and commentator from The Shoebox. I am truly blessed to have enjoyed Nancyas a friend for over twenty years and to help bring to the world this heart-warming book that reveals all that is good about today's America. Charles W. Sasser

The Shoebox: Letters for the Seasons

Humor & Entertainment

Shoemaker, Nancy Louise

Humor

Porter, Oklahoma, holds a dark secret-and troublesome dreams plague Tulsa Police Detective, Kenny Elliot, who grew up in the small town. When a bizarre murder catapults Elliot into his past, he's brought face-to-face with the fabric of his nightmares. A shiny necklace dangles from the rearview mirror of the vehicle where Lagayle Zimmerman, the victim, is discovered. Nine years earlier, in Porter, a similar necklace swung from the mirror of a Mustang that harbored the mutilated bodies of Elliot's friends, Jonathan Alexander (Johnnie Boy), and Marcia Barnes. Most of the town believed Elliot killed his classmates, but no arrest was ever made. Risking his job and his sanity, Elliot digs into his past to solve the murders and expose the truth.

Twisted Perception

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Avey, Bob

Mystery

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