Kate took a leap of faith, moving back to her small Vermont hometown after her divorce. With no job, but a passion for baking, she opens a kitchen store and bakery in town, buys a small farmhouse, and settles into a comfortable, but ordinary life. Her daughter, Sarah, wants her to find her Mr. Right. Gail and Sue, her best friends, just want her to be happy. Kate wants to fall in love again, but the available prospects seem less than ideal. Then, a stranger comes to town. Tall, dark and definitely handsome, he becomes the object of her curiosity. She discovers that he's a writer; one with a past that he doesn't seem willing to reveal. Although Kate finds herself attracted to him, she's afraid of what she imagines he could be hiding...either from her or from himself. While one man is willing to hand over his heart to her, she finds her own heart pulled towards another. But how can she make the right decision if she doesn't know the truth? Hope it seems, can yield both blessing and curse, but what will it return for Kate?

What do you do when your family's financial security is threatened by the loss of a job, illness, or divorce? Or, have you been struggling for years and never seem to be able to get ahead? In the Trenches is the story of one family's survival of economic challenges brought on by a terminal illness in the family and loss of income. Getting creative, learning to budget, and looking at the situation through the eyes of opportunity can turn around any bad situation.

I started writing these tales for my grandsons who love their bedtime stories. They live in Arizona and we don't get to see them often enough, so I thought by writing some stories myself, that it would give them a bit of closeness that we don't have otherwise. The stories are designed to help in the growth process and provide some positive reinforcement for some of the awkward situations that children face every day. Hopefully there are a few ideas in here to help them through. "Small Bear With A Big Wish" is about trying new things and not getting discouraged. "Martin, the Left-Handed Monkey" is learning that different is not wrong or stupid, and never easy. "Freckle-face" is about being happy with your self. These stories have all come from things that I have experienced after being an aunt, mother, stepmother, grandmother, and school bus driver. Children are an endless source of inspiration and learning. They can teach as well as be taught and we all have a lot to learn. "A Worm's Tale" is and example of how each teller of a story sees it differently.