Emilia's Secret

Journalist Waverly Aiken, while exploring her new town-Cinders, Arizona-encounters Emilia Cramer stumbling out onto a city sidewalk. While bleeding out from a gunshot, the young woman gives Waverly a green silk purse begging her not to let "him" find it. With a last desperate plea, the dying woman asks her to take care of her child, Bonnie. Waverly promises. She also vows to discover whatever powerful item or information the key inside the purse unlocks. Even if that means withholding information from Joshua Platt, the handsome police officer who responded to the murder scene. Even when someone dangerous begins to follow her everywhere in an attempt to unveil Emilia's secret too. Waverly cannot give in to her pursuer's intimidation. While she delves into her new job at the local community paper and adjusts to small-town life, she engages with Joshua for protection, along with support from her new neighbor friend Bryn Foster. Waverly must find a way to safeguard the little girl in her care by uncovering the truth behind the key before it's too late for them both

Pages: 332, Paperback, Independently published