Life and Death (Mae's Meadow)

By D.D. Kimberley

It felt like a time to savor. The balmy days of late spring would stretch into the long lazy days of summer. The infectious joy of the newlyweds, Adele and Eddie, spilled over them all like sunshine. The envious 'plateful of happy', as Avery called it, was made happier still by the dream too impossible to wish for, yet somehow inevitable and right. Adele, at 42, was expecting her first child-an already much beloved baby girl.So maybe it was okay just to let themselves be happy for awhile. Maybe it was okay, not to be too concerned with the whereabouts of three who'd chosen to leave the fold. Happiness can be such a fleeting thing, after all.Two thousand miles away, a motel owner discovered a crime scene. The little room on the backside of the motel bore signs of a violent struggle so bloody that there should have been a body, but there wasn't. And a dark cloud of scary questions rolled over the happy family in Carolina wine country, questions that may not be answered for months-if ever.Still, they carried on-trying to prepare themselves for the worst while staying focused on the goodness that remained. Then an ominous darkness emerged much closer to home, posing a direct threat to the newlyweds and their unborn child.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530933471
• ISBN13: 9781530933471
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 516 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 6.0"