Elizabeth Grady by Vicki Delany

A day in my life? I can’t imagine why anyone would want to know anything about my life here at Haggerman’s’ Catskills Resort. I can sum it up in one word. Chaos. Maybe two words: Busy Chaos You’ll have heard of my mother, Olivia Peters, the Broadway and Hollywood...

Mattie Cobb by Margaret Mizushima

I wake up before dawn, because today I’m driving to one of the state prisons to interview an inmate who once tried to kill me. To tell the truth, I had a rough night, but not because I’m afraid—I’m anxious to talk to this scumbag, a man who kidnapped me, my brother,...

Dee Rommel by Jule Selbo

My damn leg thinks it’s whole again; the knee thinks it’s connected to a calf and ankle and foot—thinks it has muscles, tissue, fat, tendons, veins, arteries and bones all in place to keep blood flowing from my left extremity to my heart and beyond. Of course, I know...

Mary Ticarelli by Ang Pompano

My full name is Marygrace Ticarelli. Call me Mary. Everyone does. I’m glad you stopped in. My daughter hasn’t been around to see me in two days. And my son? Forget about sons once they get married. They come to Sunday dinner, then you don’t see them for a week. You...

Gene Jacks by Sandra Bretting

It’s been said that diamond cutters and safecrackers have nerves of steel and hearts of stone. That described me, until the Houston Police Department dragged me into a murder investigation and chose someone I care about for the number one suspect. Let’s back up a...

Maureen Doherty by Carol J. Perry

One thing I can tell you for sure—there’s a big difference between a day in my life in Boston Massachusetts and one in Haven, Florida! I’m Maureen Doherty, thirty six and single. Back in Boston, not long ago, I had a corner office in a high-rise department store...