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Novels: Ritual River Patterns of the Heart Blood Ties (in progress)	Short Stories in Anthologies: Christmas Presence Clothes Lines Summer of Love

	RITUAL RIVER An undying love … an ancient curse … which will win? Ritual River is an intriguing romantic mystery set in Western North Carolina that shows how strongly the past affects the present. It moves back and forth between today and 1838, the date of the Indian removal from WNC. Today a young couple discovers they have inherited, along with the undying love of their ancestors, an equally undying spell of death, put on at the time of the removal, that will kill their child. As the couple tries desperately to remove the curse, readers can see the parallel lives of two family dynasties, and two pairs of ill-fated lovers, as the frontier and modern settings dramatically collide during a tumultuous period of history. The stories are connected by the ‘ritual river,’ actually the boisterous Nantahala, which plays a crucial role in both families’ lives. READ AN EXCERPT WHAT READERS SAY ABOUT RITUAL RIVER “I started reading it as soon as I got home, stopped only to fix some supper for my husband, then continued on til I finished it just before midnight. I couldn’t put it down” – J.C., Murphy “I plan to read it again. Hope you write many more. I love history, genealogy, folk lore and the stories of our mountains. There are so many mysteries and secrets.” – R.C., Swannanoa “I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your new book – it’s a very entertaining read” – S.A., Murphy “I love happy endings!” “I don’t usually read this type of book, but I really enjoyed it” – Male reader “You did a very good job” – D.S. “Extremely well plotted and paced. After twenty pages, it became very difficult to put down” – V.J., New Jersey

BLOOD TIES (WORK IN PROGRESS)	In finding out why her father stopped loving her, Norah discovers he killed her mother. Does she still want his love, or should she run for her life? READ AN EXCERPT

	Patterns of the Heart Anya Gordon is the most envied woman in the country. A successful couturier to the elite, she reigns supreme with her adoring husband, Joe, by her side. Finally she can escape the past – a past haunted by the ravages of war and the struggle to build a new life in a strange country. But behind the glamor lies a lost dream, and a secret that could destroy all that Anya has fought so hard to achieve. READ AN EXCERPT (A limited number of copies are available by emailing nancysalescash@charter.net.)

	Christmas Presence is written in the unique voices of women writers who have roots in and connections to Western North Carolina. These Christmas stories, essays, poems, and memoirs, many set in the 20’s, 30’s, 40’s, and before, add seasoning to the cultural landscape of a region already rich in custom and lore. “Christmas is a special time, an intense season when emotions are heightened, memories are made, hearts are warmed or broken, illusions blanketed or shattered. Relationships reveal their soft and sharp edges; joys are magnified and so are losses. These stories, memories, reflections, and poems by western North Carolina women shine with the sincerity of a Christmas star and glow with the warmth of a winter’s fire. They invite you to come into the presence of Christmas.” Joan Medlicott (Author of Ladies Covington Series) READ AN EXCERPT

	Clothes Lines About one-half of the seventy-five women writers of Western North Carolina (including the recent North Carolina poet laureate) included in the book CLOTHES LINES gathered for its launch in September 2009. That’s me wearing red in the center of the stone fireplace wall (tall people always get the back row). The book celebrates in stories and poems the theme of clothing, ours or others’, worn, remembered, revered or rejected. READ AN EXCERPT

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