Kim Pritekel è un'autrice contemporanea la cui passione per la narrazione è emersa in giovane età, portandola a scrivere il suo primo romanzo a tredici anni. La sua prolifica carriera abbraccia romanzi, novelle e racconti, dimostrando una versatile padronanza narrativa. Pritekel incanala anche il suo impulso creativo nella scrittura di sceneggiature, partecipando attivamente all'industria cinematografica. La sua scrittura, profondamente influenzata da un profondo risveglio spirituale personale, esplora temi che risuonano con un vasto pubblico in cerca sia di trame avvincenti che di introspettive riflessioni.
The story follows Christine Swann, a celebrated singer/songwriter and lesbian icon, who grapples with her glamorous yet troubled life. Despite her fame and fortune, she struggles with deep-seated misery stemming from a traumatic childhood. Music serves as her refuge and a means to confront the difficult choices she faced at a young age, highlighting the contrast between her public persona and private pain.
Set against the backdrop of a tragic plane crash, the story delves into the lives of six survivors grappling with loss and trauma. As they navigate their new reality, themes of resilience and the human spirit emerge amidst the heartbreak of nearly two hundred lives lost. The narrative explores the emotional aftermath and the connections formed in the face of overwhelming grief, highlighting the struggle to find hope and meaning in the midst of despair.
Striving for her father's approval, Faith Fitzgerald pursues a career as a high-powered attorney in Manhattan. Growing up with the trauma of her mother's suicide and her father's absence, she believes that success in her profession might finally earn her the recognition she craves. The story explores themes of family dynamics, personal ambition, and the quest for validation amidst emotional turmoil.
Erin Riggs leads an ordinary life, but her unusual fears prevent her from fully engaging with the world and her own reality. A pivotal incident at 3 a.m. shatters her normalcy, propelling her into a journey of self-discovery and transformation. This event forces Erin to confront her fears and explore the truths she's avoided, leading to profound changes in her life.
The dead do speak. You just have to listen. Homicide Detective Catania “Nia” d’Giovanni is the only daughter in a large Italian family of six children. The backbone—a position not applied for nor wanted—she continues to create new glue to hold the dysfunctional group together. For Nia, family time feels more like herding cats than spending time with her brothers and feisty, aging parents. Her heart has always been in her career with the Pueblo Police Department, especially since it will never be okay with her very Catholic mother to openly give her heart to any woman, until she meets a secretive waitress who has her at, Can I take your order? And then it begins… Three murders that are so gruesome, so horrible, they rock the small town to its core. Nia and her partner Oscar are left to piece together a deadly puzzle to find the key to unlock the monster they hunt. Or, are they the hunted? As they dissect the murder scenes where not one shred of evidence is left behind, more bodies begin to show up, each cleaner than the last, the shadowy specter that is the killer vanishing without a trace, making the woman Nia loves disappear right along with it. When there is no evidence to follow, Nia must trust her instincts…or, is she being guided?
Liberty Faulkner faces an unexpected life change after losing her job due to corporate downsizing, leaving her homeless and directionless. Seeking refuge, she returns to her small hometown of Wynter, Colorado, hoping to find solace in familiarity. However, the close-knit community proves to be anything but discreet, complicating her efforts to rediscover herself. As she navigates the challenges of starting over, Libby grapples with the realities of her past and the expectations of those around her.
The heartwarming tale revolves around the unexpected friendship between six-year-old Abel Cohen and Zac Lipton, a slightly older girl who is well-versed in the woods of Maine. Their bond blossoms over a summer filled with laughter, storytelling, and playful adventures, highlighting the innocence of childhood and the magic of connection in nature. As they navigate their surroundings together, the story beautifully captures the joy of friendship and the spirit of exploration.
Chase Marin is an 18 year-old girl filled with more confusion than common sense. A daughter of affluent parents, Chase is expected to go to college at the University of Arizona and prove herself as equally successful as her big sister. How can she do that when she doesn't even know herself? Dagny Robertson is everything that the Marin's would want in a daughter - too bad Dagney's own parents don't even know their only child, borne from their intense love, exists. Now, Dagny works on her graduate degree while acting as a TA in Psych 101. Can this older woman, once the worshipped babysitter of a lost eight year-old girl, help Chase find herself?
A story so epic one book can't contain it.BOOK TWO:1890: In the dying days of the Old West, Sally Little runs her booming brothel with the passion and tenacity the business of sex requires. Savvy and indulgent, there's one itch Sally can't let herself scratch. Afraid of hurting the woman she loves, she instead unleashes ... Present Day: ... her renovation crew and fixer upper TV show on a dilapidated mansion that has known nothing but death since a murder there in 1977. Samantha Leyton sees ratings gold in bringing the sagging old house to life, but instead she discovers only she has the power to unlock the mystery that hunted four women across time, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Can she release her sisters who came before her and finally be granted the gift of love that is stronger than any evil?four women - three deaths - two words - one houseTHE HUNTER
Twenty-four-year-old Hope DeSilva has been released from a three-year stint in a Georgia prison. After returning to her family property in a tiny Georgia town, she decides she's had enough of the poverty, violence, and profound family dysfunction. It's time to get out on her own. She buys a $400 car and heads to find work out west. After the car breaks down in Colorado, she's given a ride into a mountain town called Wynter where she runs into brash, aggressive police officer Samantha Gains, who has not one ounce of patience or sympathy for a felon in her black-and-white world of right or wrong, good or bad. But, running from her own family trauma and inexplicably bewitched by the young newcomer Hope, Samantha begins to realize that maybe her strict worldview isn't as simple as it seems. When a freak accident brings the two women together, it will take both of them letting go of their pasts to truly move on. Take another trip to Wynter and revisit old friends as they work their magic to help Hope and Samantha find their footing-and ultimately bring them home.