Ashley Easton rescues a badly abused horse, deciding to return to show jumping, the passion of her youth. The animal gives unquestioned love, something lacking from her husband, Keith. But when Ashley begins to compete, she is terrified as the show course seemingly changes into an old forest and the jumps appear as real walls, fences and trees. Her thoughts spill through her head in elegant French. As she attacks the fences with an unfamiliar, fearless abandon, she begins winning every competition. Craig Thornton, an avid horseman, happens upon Ashley’s first competition, entranced as he watches her jump her horse, Injun. Mystically drawn toward each other, it’s as if they knew the other…but from where? After several missed opportunities, they finally meet, becoming fast friends, their love of jumping horses a mutual bond. Ashley seeks therapy to address a strange terror swamping her whenever she’s intimate. During hypnotic regression, she’s stunned to find herself in two apparent past lives, first in the 17th Century, on a fox hunt as the fearless French horsewoman who fills her head while jumping, and again, 150 years later in Philadelphia, a shipping tycoons daughter. Both times she is fulfilled by glorious romance, followed by the terror of their brutal murder while making fervid love in a forested glade! The doctor says these are figments of her subconscious, but he’s shaken, knowing the truth. He realizes those were real past lives, and their killer may be lurking again, nearby. Ashley and Craig soon discover more than friendship. As these two newly rediscovered lovers struggle to free themselves from broken marriages, others plan to fulfill a 300-year-old legacy of death.
George Bernstein is a youthful
seventy-eight-year-old, with a B.A. from Northwestern University, now living in
south Florida, and the retired president of a publicly held Chicago company.
George's main interest is as a serious novelist. He has attended
numerous writers’ conferences and seminars, including that of famous fiction
agent, Donald Maass, and he has worked with independent editor, Dave King, all
with the goal of improving his craft.
George's first novel, Trapped,
was published by TAG Publishers, after being a finalist in their Next Great
American Novel contest. Dee Burks and her staff really love the story, and have
put a lot of effort into comprehensive editing and revision suggestions, making
Trapped the best it can be. Trapped
was also a finalist at the 2012 Florida Writers Association RPLA fiction
contest.
Eager to get his family to South Florida for the Christmas vacation, private pilot Allen gets recertified for Instrument Flight Rules. Bad weather is coming, and if they don't get airborne soon, they'll be stuck in Chicago for at least 3 days, ruining their vacation. The plan is to fly out in the evening, stopping in Memphis overnight, while the storms races by. Then it will be clear sailing in the morning, all the way to Miami Beach.
But Mr. Murphy's Law takes command, and what should be an easy flight in minimal Instrument conditions, becomes something very unexpected. Fighting to save his wife and 2 children from a fatal crash-landing, Al is faced with more than he ever intended. Will Fate be the hunter? It may rely on a Lucky Coincidence.
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A word, a single word defines a moment for Anne. She needs to find a new one when her spouse leaves her at the age of 47, coming out of the closet literally in a closet. She finds herself back in her hometown amongst her high school friends which she left behind in her past. 
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