Bøger af Jana Nolan

Things are not right in Henderson. Sarah and Jim have been assigned to cover the reopening of the Old Henderson Mine. But something horrifying is happening in Henderson ... and the deeper they probe, the more dangerous it becomes. The townspeople are not talking. They refuse to be interviewed. Even Sarah's elderly Aunt Carol is begging the two reporters to get out of town. Will they become the next victims? Based on her original novel, The Old Henderson Mine, Jana Nolan takes the reader ahead a couple of generations, and gives the reader the story of what happened first in Ireland, and then the final confrontation that takes place in small town Henderson, Colorado.

Four separate tales of vengeance. "The Old House at the Top of the Hill" tells of a family that has inherited a haunted home in Wisconsin's north woods and how it almost destroys them. In "The Woman That Wouldn't Let Go," a new neighbor, just divorced, latches onto Carla's husband and kids, and disaster results when Carla finally decides she's had enough of Molly. "Spring Break" is a love story about a clothing designer who goes on a road trip to promote his fashions, and picks up a young woman who shares a frightening escapade with him in an old cafe on a lonely road off the beaten track. Finally, "The Cabin at the End of the Road" is about three girl friends who expect to have a fun get-together at Peggy's cabin, but end up kidnapped by two sadistic escapees from a local mental asylum. This is Jana Nolan at her best, with exciting stories to thrill you and chill you.

Five intriguing stories from Jana Nolan, known for her unique story lines and charismatic characters. In "The Unknown Road Going Nowhere," Brenda Sparks leaves a life of despair behind her as she embarks on a new journey and discovers love and mystery in the town of Hope. In "Shadows in the Night," a homeless man, John Dubois, finally lands a job so that he can get his family back, but some conniving co-workers want him gone. "The Antique Clock" is a story about a husband and wife who acquire an unusual old clock that has some bizarre characteristics that soon create strange events in their lives. "Is He or Isn't He?" is about terrorist events happening in a small town in Utah, where young Karen Albertson is only trying to do her job in a meat-packing plant but has to train a strange man who, at first, appears abnormal but has a few surprises in store for her. In the last story, "Check In, But Can't Check Out," two college graduates embark on a summer vacation across the country and meet two musicians who are destined to cross their paths. At the end of their journey, however, they find themselves trapped in their motel. These are unique and unusual stories in the way only Jana Nolan can tell them.

Five entertaining stories of deprivation... "Storm Before the Calm" features a man who grew up in a dysfunctional family and is searching for answers to why his life has been turned upside down. A half-sister he never knew comes into his life, only to end up murdered. Then, his own life appears to be in danger as the most bizarre incidents begin to happen."Fear and What It Brings" is the second story, about a young woman, Angelina, who has to learn how to live a "normal" life, having been born with unusual phobias and fears that cause people to ridicule her and create the need for her parents to place her in a special education institution with people like herself. There she meets Bud, whose parents are wealthy, and when they fall in love, Bud's mother does everything in her power to discourage an impending engagement. Just before graduation, Angelina comes home to her parents and gets reacquainted with her childhood friend Neil, the only one who never ridiculed her, and now she must choose between Neil and Bud."On the Road Again" is the third story, about Kim, a young woman truck driver, who takes time off to attend a family reunion at her Aunt Betty's. But when one of the sisters, Ellen, comes up missing, Kim ends up in a dangerous situation when she embarks on a mission to find her.The fourth story, "The Town that Didn't Exist," has a touch of science fiction, when young Albert embarks on a train heading West in the early 1900s, hoping to find a place for himself to settle down, so he can send for his fianceé back in Philadelphia. However, circumstances lead him in an unexpected direction.Finally, "The Face Behind the Mask" is the fifth story, in which Ellie drives to Santa Barbara in California to visit a friend, Sandy, whom she met on a social media site. They end up taking a vacation together at Sandy's beach house in Santa Cruz, but not without trouble from a stalker, whom they suspect must be Sandy's ex-boyfriend. But everything comes out in the open during the Mardi Gras celebration with the face behind the mask.Each of the stories in the book deals with deprivation in one way or another, with an interesting twist of circumstances and unexpected outcomes.

Someone once said, "Sometimes reality is fiction."Malon Moore, a small-town girl heading for New York City, has seen that the reality of many things is fiction to others. The Colorado mountain under which she grew up is very unique, according to many stories from the townspeople who have lived in the area their entire lives."In the still of the night, I sit and listen to many sounds that echo off Sleeping Indian Mountain."Fact ... or fiction? The people of Applegrove, Colorado believe only what they choose to believe ... and hear.When Malon leaves her parents and the ranch she grew up on in Colorado, to start a new life in New York, she never expected to meet the man of her dreams in the first week, or land a job at his father's well known research industry.But then, she is startled to learn of her own small town's involvement with the company in something highly secretive and devastating.Soon she discovers her employer is having her followed, and her mission becomes the task of revealing their devastating secrets not only to the boss's son, but to her beloved home town at the base of Sleeping Indian Mountain... and the unsuspecting world.