If you've followed my posts about this series, you know that several years ago my son, granddaughter, and I took a trip to Ocracoke Island, a barrier island twenty-five miles off the coast of North Carolina. I fell in love with the island and decided to set a book there. The idea for following the adventures of an island family turned into a three book series. Dangerous Reunion released last July, and Fatal Disclosure the third book in the series will release in May.
Shattered Identity is the story of Lisa Wade, dispatcher for the Ocracoke sheriff's office, whose mother supposedly jumped to her death from the widow’s walk of the island lighthouse twenty-five years earlier. When Lisa and Sheriff’s Deputy Scott Michaels find her mother’s journal, they discover clues that someone had a reason to want Lisa’s mother dead, and they suspect she was murdered. As they inch toward the truth, a killer is waiting in the shadows, determined to keep some secrets buried forever. Romantic Times Magazine gave the book 4 ½ stars and called it “a thrilling story about seeking peace from past hurts.”
As I wrote this book, the hero Scott Michaels became very real to me. In Dangerous Reunion Scott was reunited with the family from which he was abducted by a aunt when he was a child. As he struggles to make up for the lost years, he must also face the memory of the military missions he has experienced and the men who didn’t come home. My favorite scene is when Scott tells his sister Betsy about an experience he had one morning when he led a military convoy through hostile territory down a dusty desert road in a faraway land. The story Scott relates is a true one that happened to a friend of mine. He allowed me to use his true-life experience of a reminder of how much God loves us, and the book is dedicated to him and all the men and women who serve our country in the military.
Scott and Lisa both are trying to learn to live with the traumatic experiences that have affected their lives. They find out, as all of us do who seek the Lord in our lives, that Christ's grace is sufficient to bring strength to our weaknesses.
11 Comments:
At February 13, 2012 9:03 AM,
Wendy Sparkes said…
2 Cor 12:9-10 are a couple of my favourite verses that I draw on regularly, so it's nice that you've included that theme in your book so that Scott & Lisa discover the reality & power of them too.
At February 13, 2012 9:55 AM,
Jackie S. said…
I purchased your book last week and will read it as soon as I finish another book I had started!!!
Can't wait!
jackie.smith[at]dishmail[dot]net
At February 13, 2012 10:42 AM,
Valri said…
I can't wait for this second book! I enjoyed the first one very much.
Valri
westernaz@msn.com
At February 13, 2012 11:07 AM,
beemama said…
yboloriI love the islands off the NC coast. This sounds like a curl-up-with-a-cup-of-coffee read.
Shirley
beekeeper5(at)bellsouth(dot)net
At February 13, 2012 1:13 PM,
Missy Tippens said…
I'd love to visit there someday, Sandra! What fun to set a series on a beautiful island. I think maybe you'd want to do several research trips! :)
At February 13, 2012 3:37 PM,
Kim Watters said…
Congrats on the new release, Sandra. Sounds wonderful. My parents used to vacation on a barrier island off teh coast of South Carolina. Beeutiful place and a great setting for a suspense.
At February 15, 2012 11:23 AM,
Nina's At My House said…
love your books, can't wait for this one, sounds really good, hope it's as great as the first one.
Nina
At February 25, 2012 3:32 AM,
Ruth said…
I think it is great that you get to interact with your readers. Am keen to read your first novel now that I have read this write up.
ruth_mangabhai(at)yahoo(dot)com
At February 25, 2012 3:33 AM,
Ruth said…
I think it is great that you get to interact with your readers. Am keen to read your first novel now that I have read this write up.
ruth_mangabhai(at)yahoo(dot)com
At March 23, 2012 2:21 PM,
Jennifer said…
That's a hard word to pronounce Ocracoke. I have never heard of the Island but I will check it out. The series sound really good I'll have to look for them. Thanks for sharing!
jennydtipton[at]gmail[dot]com
At March 23, 2012 2:22 PM,
Jennifer said…
That's a hard word to pronounce Ocracoke. I have never heard of the Island but I will check it out. The series sound really good I'll have to look for them. Thanks for sharing!
jennydtipton[at]gmail[dot]com
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