Penance
by Lorie O'Clare

Illegal drugs and terrorist weapons haunt Susie Winestone's dreams, but it's her ex-husband that is the real nightmare...the nightmare she can never seem to escape.

Terrified of what her ex could do to her, Susie has run from her previous life. Now with a new identity and a new home deep in the Midwest, she searches for a simple, peaceful existence. One with Luke Roge, the sexy small town carpenter, in it wouldn't be too bad.

But her past returns and the nightmare begins again. Even the turbulent spring weather doesn't hold a flame to the danger her ex-husband represents.

Luke has discovered the truth behind Susie's terrifying past and is determined that Susie's ex will leave her alone, no matter the price. But nothing goes quite according to plan and soon Susie and Luke find themselves trapped in a series of events that threaten to tear apart their dreams forever.

Lorie O'Clare's Bio

All my life, I've wondered at how people fall into the routines of life. The paths we travel seemed to be well-trodden by society. We go to school, fall in love, find a line of work (and hope and pray it is one we like), have children and do our best to mold them into good people who will travel the same path. This is the path so commonly referred to as the "real world". The characters in my books are destined to stray down a different path other than the one society suggests. Each story leads the reader into a world altered slightly from the one they know. For me, this is what good fiction is about, an opportunity to escape from the daily grind and wander down someone else's path. Lorie O'Clare lives in Kansas with her three sons.

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