Why I wrote Angel of the L Train I was responsible for emptying out my parents’ house. It hurt to empty the house and sell it. I grew up there and cherished the happy memories of my young life and my loving parents. But after my mother died and my father became gravely ill, I felt the pressure of watching the dwindling case flow and wondering if financial help would be available when the money was all gone. So, I put Thea, the heroine of Angel of the L Train, in a similar quandary. She sold her childhood home to pay for her mother’s care in a nursing home. Thea snatches at an offer for a job that would be an obviously poor choice for her, she takes it anyway since she is desperate for a steady income. She believes she can hide the past and move on with her life, but the secret she promised never to reveal is soon out in the open and wreaks havoc on her life. This is the blurb for the book: Thea Ahern desperately needs a job, so when she lands a job at L
Blub: When a wagon train is attacked leaving women and children alone and vulnerable, churches throughout the Ozarks take them in. Maggie Lynn and her wards along with three other women end up in West Ridge, a small, out-of-the-way town in Arkansas. Maggie has seen her fair share of loss. Now responsible for raising her orphaned nieces, she must find a way to support them. A sensible small-town sheriff, Owen Sommers tries to keep the peace when a wagon full of women descends on his city of bachelors. The sheriff tries to keep the peace, but his principles are challenged when he suspects the ladies have something to hide. His suspicions are confirmed when strangers appear in town looking for what they believe is rightfully theirs. Extract: “Hey, this is too tight.” “Stop your bellyaching.” Owen picked up the man’s gun and put it in his belt. “Just be glad I don’t shoot you and leave you for dead.” “I should have put you down when I had the chance.” “When was that?”