Maralee Lowder

The honeymoon of Ada, a shy and innocent young girl and Horace, a dashingly handsome, charismatic, mortician, gets off to a rough start. The marriage goes down hill from there. Although the marriage continues to be unconsummated, Ada holds out hope that one day the love she has for her husband will destroy the emotional wall that continues to separate them. Unfortunately, before this happens, her father, a celebrated physician and owner of the local hospital, faces ruin, both financially and legally. It is then that Ada realizes the only reason Horace married her was because of her family's high standing within the local community. That is when all hope of sharing love with her husband vanishes, as he begins abusing her. Having no one to turn to, Ada quietly accepts her husband's abuse, until, after years of living in fear, Horace does the unthinkable. When he takes away her only reason for living, she shes him for what he as become--a monster of the highest order. When she learns the depth of his depravities, she comes to the realization that it is up to her to keep not only herself safe from him, but also any others who might come within his distorted vision. What she decides she must do will surprise most readers, and abhor others. She feels it is her duty to humanity to protect them from the man she once loved. Unfortunately, what she cannot possibly know is, that although she may have saved others from the living man, she has released an even more dangerous evil, his everlasting angered soul.

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The Mortician's Wife

Now that he no longer has his widow, Ada, to keep him in check, the late and murderous Horace Carpenter manifests from a gaseous, dark entity into human form at the Old Mortuary, intent on wreaking havoc on all around him. But what is his plan exactly? While Emily is terrified of going anywhere near the Old Mortuary to take on the role Ada has foreseen for her, and a disenfranchised cult called 'The Sisterhood of the Zodiac' heads his way, can Horace pull off a level of destruction that will satisfy even him?

The Mortician's Revenge

Angela Burke

E. B. Sullivan

Lizzy Stevens

Publisher: Summer Solstice Publishing www.summersolsticepublishing.com Printer: Createspace This Book is comprised of 4 short Christmas Stories Christmas Guardian Angel In their first encounter, Isabella becomes infatuated with Marc a handsome young man who makes fantastic potato chips. Fifteen years later while Isabella purchases a picturesque Victorian house she discovers Marc is the seller. His magnetism stirs her emotions and pulls her into his troubled world. Soon Isabella realizes her new house, nestled deep in the woods, is haunted. By communicating with the house's spirit, she hopes to learn secrets, which can help Marc resolve his conflicted past and move him into the future. During the process, her love for him intensifies. As Christmas approaches, Isabella longs for Marc to return her affection. The Backcountry Diaries: A Christmas Rendezvous When Torah Blake retreats to a backcountry mountain hut on Christmas Eve, she doesn't expect to reunite with her old boyfriend, Cale Jamison. Cale, a world-traveling photographer for a snowboarding magazine, appears in the midst of a wicked snowstorm, taking Torah's breath away. Old feelings rekindle and Torah finds herself in a whirl-wind of risky emotions. Will Torah decide to give love another chance, or will Cale leave her on Christmas, breaking her heart again? Christmas At Alpine Village Some people will go to almost any lengths to win fame and public admiration. Christmas at Alpine Village tells the story of just such a person. As each year passes without her winning the coveted Best Business Christmas Decoration prize in the small town of Newkirk, CA, more lights are added, and more ribbons and evergreens are hung, all to no avail. But, while the prize continues to elude her, other events are occurring that are ultimately of far more value to those who live at the Village-both human and canine. A Surprise For Christmas Samantha wasn't expecting what she got for Christmas this year. Her doorbell rang and there sitting on her porch was a baby in a basket. This changes her life for the good. But then something happens. The baby's father comes for his child. How can Samantha convince him that she is the best thing for the child?

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