Novels
A Branch in Spring
A tangle of secrets, a life-changing decision and two families determined to withhold what was never theirs to keep.
Shaken by the fallout from an ominous story, journalist Rayna Westcott seeks refuge on her family’s horse breeding farm for Thanksgiving. When an unnerving event leaves her emotionally stranded and confronting a cache of simmering regrets, the plan becomes simple; face her demons, reinvent her career, and run back to the city.
Despite warnings, she naïvely moves into Raspberry Cottage, a dwelling on the back of the Westcott estate. Although it offers temporary shelter to revive an old dream, it sits adjacent to Charlotte and Trent Jackson’s home, awakening thoughts of young love and roads not taken. Rayna soon finds it difficult not to notice the seemingly happy life of the Jacksons.
But when Rayna uncovers a web of deceit, destined to crack the foundations beneath the two families, the unthinkable happens.
