Bøger af Phyllis Bohonis

Thinking the pristine woodlands and peaceful river would give her the sanctuary she desperately needs, Hanna Davidson, a 56-year-old divorcee, flees from southern Ontario to a northern Canadian wilderness. She soon learns that the four-legged creatures lurking in the shadows are not the only predators to fear. There's a terror outside trying to move inside - or is it just her imagination? When the wilderness closes in and her own sanity is in doubt, her nearest neighbor, the handsome Nelson Everett, is always there offering advice, comfort and sanc-tuary. After she disappears, her family looks sus-piciously at him. Is she an accidental victim of the wilderness or has she been taken?

Stella recently lost a friend. A friend who left her a legacy. Two legacies, actually, both life changing, both attitude altering. One she can share, one she cannot. Stella has a history - one she's not proud of, but from which she now has a chance to break free. A chance to leave the grey clouds behind and enjoy a little sunshine. A man coincidentally appears on the scene when she's most vulnerable ... when she's building the courage to try her wings, so to speak. He's perfect - tall, dark, handsome, caring, funny, attentive, intriguing, and most delightful of all ... he's a terrific dancer. He's also much younger. Should she take a chance? Her friends say hell yes. Her gut says absolutely not. Her heart says ... well, that's a whole other story.

It wasn't the song "The Coldest Night of the Year" that was going around and around in Sarah Eisenboch's brain, plaguing her thoughts night and day. It was the memory of the frigid night she literally gave the boot to a pile of dirty rags outside her downtown Ottawa condo. To her horror, a human form had risen from the mass then limped away and disappeared into a nearby alley. The dark eyes that had momentarily captured hers continued to haunt her. A wealthy, kind-hearted philanthropist, she was devastated by the thought she had sent a homeless human being into a bitterly cold January night - maybe even to his death. She made it her mission to track him down and make amends. But life kept getting in the way. "Things" kept placing obstacles before her: a badly timed Florida vacation, a family tragedy, falling hopelessly in love, a granddaughter who needed her. Still ... that unfortunate figure and his poignant dark eyes kept reappearing. Not just in her dreams but in the shadows and doorways around her. Who was he? She wasn't aware the answer was only a gunshot away.

From the moment Tory's eyes catch the cold steel of Steve's in the smoky mirror of the bar, she experiences an unease she cannot shake. When he blocks her vehicle on a lonely stretch of farm road later that night, she is terrified but determined not to go down without a struggle. As the layers of this man with a history of violence are revealed, Tory wonders if she has bitten off more than she can chew. She came west to comfort an aging aunt, prepared to stay for only two months. She is not expecting a life sentence. A colorful thread of humor, honesty, and raw emotion weaves through this tale fraught with suspicion, murder and hope.