The Jemma Series
The Jemma series is a rich saga of her life from hometown girl to mother hen. Choices and consequences create a lively existence and, along the way, there are friends and family with plenty of advice and problems of their own. Don't miss out on a single word of this delightful, down home series.
It's 1965 and artist Jemmabeth Forrester is painting from her heart. Trouble is, that heart is like the Texas Panhandle wind - strong and shifty. She chases after love like the Zephyr that runs on the tracks behind her grandmother’s house. She gets hit hard, but sometimes that’s what it takes to stop a runaway. Two men love her and she can't make up her mind about that. Getting advice from half the town, she could spare herself some grief, but Jemma is not one to learn from anybody’s mistakes but her own. So, she makes extra.
Book 2: In My Bones
Book 1: Corner of Blue
It’s 1966 and Jemma’s longtime sweetheart, Spencer, offers her The Ring and they set a date. Green-eyed, cowboy lawyer Paul, plots his own proposals for Jemma, and jealous Missy, known as The Cleave from her infamous baton-twirling days, lurks nearby to do what she can to twist that ring right off Jemma. Then there’s the secret pact that Jemma and Spencer are determined to keep, despite their anxieties over Vietnam and Spencer's draft notice. Who says small towns are boring? Not in the Texas Panhandle, ma'am.
Book 3: Taste of Gold
It's 1969, Newlyweds Jemma and Spencer Chase deserve to be happy. With Spencer home, at last, from the Vietnam War and Jemma's near-brush with death, their time had come. But even bliss can stub its toe in the realities of everyday life. Especially with ex-boyfriend Paul and Missy Blake, "The Cleave', determined to wrestle their way between the darlings of the Texas Panhandle. Spencer discovers that he is not above the law, and it's the latest topic at Nedra's Nook and the barber shop. Come on down. While you're at it, pick up some tater tots at Son's Drive In, if you don't mind. Oh, and a couple of Dr Peppers. Bless your heart, hon.
Book 4: Dust of Orion
In the early 1970s, the friendly residents of Chillaton, Texas, are raising their cotton and kids to semi-perfection. But you have to hold your mouth just right if you want to stay on everybody's good side and out of the ongoing stories at Nedra's Nook and Bernie's Barbershop. Jemma's art is showing around the world and her old flame, Paul, buys the sprawling, nearby Lazy J ranch. Jemma's husband, Spencer, is about to step into a heap of trouble. Neighbor Lester is up to something big himself, and Jemma's Gram, Lizbeth, harbors a mighty secret. Jemma's little brother comes for a summer stay and she learns more about teen parenting than she can handle - alone, that is.
Book 5: Bless The Moon
Parenthood descends upon the just and the unjust, changing lives like diapers. Is it the moon? Three babies arrive in Connelly County, Texas, during the frigid winter of 1973. But that's not the only news whipping around in the Panhandle wind. The local society page editor makes a whopper of a typo that has the whole town gossiping. Neighbor Lester's once-dead wife reappears, and the outspoken postmistress deals with her infamous mother-in-law. Jemma's grandmother, Lizbeth, might just get more than her college degree, and Aunt Do Dah runs smack dab into Cupid and the law. Jemma gets zapped with blessings and woe.
Book 6: Virtues of Strangers
In the 60s, Jemma was the It Girl in tiny Chillaton, Texas. In 1976, not so much. Her art is not ready for her big show, she can’t wear anything without an elastic waist, and her toddlers rule. Her husband, architect Spencer Chase, just hired a sexy newcomer as his assistant. Lots of strangers are in town, including Jemma's own, dear Spencer. Can crows warn us of the future? Start counting. Meanwhile, the sheriff and the feisty postmistress are trying to figure out if her late husband had any virtues or was he in the Mafia? Actually, the most happening place around is the cemetery and Jemma is about to make it famous.