Charmaine Gordon

Each morning, Emily Kendrick runs on the hard-packed sand of St. Augustine Beach to clear her mind and heal her heart.From the widow’s walk of the house perched high on the dunes, a man trains his binoculars on Emily…

I held his cooling hand and asked the two words spoken many times during our years together. “Now what?” This time there was no response. I was on my own for the first time. When my fingers touched his wedding ring, I slipped it off and held it in my fist. The gold band was warm. I clung to him. “Come back to me, dearest.”Sometimes what you wish...

Charlie Costigan has a secret. Home life gone from bad to the worst when she protects her mother from another vicious attack by her drunken father.Midnight. Clothes thrown into an old suitcase, she races for the bus with a letter to an unknown aunt and uncle. ""This is my daughter. Embrace her as if she were your own.""Determined, Charlie begins...

Seems easy enough. Jimmy Costigan will deliver supplies to sister Charlie's project Haven,a respite for the needy, and leave.Simple.Instead Shelley Jackson answers the door,says she needs him and soft-hearted Jimmy stays to protect the family seeking refuge from a sociopath. He didn't count on falling in love.A twist of fate intervenes when Shel...