Embers and Echoes

In this touching story of the triumph of family bonds over the pain of personal tragedy, Catlyn Stacey must fight an emotional battle to reclaim her life from the trauma of her best friend’s murder, the death of the man who loved her, and the torment of her own kidnapping (Lingering Missives, 2014). Pursued by a sociopath who is determined to see her fail, Catlyn perceives a future in the person of an orphaned child, the support of an ad hoc family, and the inspiring words found in the two-hundred-year-old diary of a distant ancestor. In her unflinching confrontation with her tormentor, Catlyn discovers her deepest inner strength, a future, and the comfort of love. Catlyn’s story resounds with deep emotional courage. “Like the crackle of an ember, it is vibrant with its livid certainty. Like the flush of echoes in an empty shell, it is delicate in its subtlety.”