Bøker av Joanne Simon Tailele

Was it nature or nurture that drove a teenage girl to open fire in a crowd at a 4th of July celebration? Told through the eyes of the mother, a TV news correspondent, Adele must find the answer, even as it takes her away from Mercedes where she lays in a coma from the police bullet that stopped the carnage. If Adele follows the leads, the price could be her seventeen-year-old marriage to same-sex partner, Jodi Warren. The quiet town of Concord Park want revenge and they blame Adele and Jodi's lifestyle as the cause of their daughter's actions. But are they innocent of all blame?

As a single woman without the safety net of the Army, Destiny Osgood struggles with life as a civilian, and an amputee Just as she begins to get her bearings, sister Angela challenges Destiny to take-on her estranged mother who is ravaged by Alzheimer's. Little does Destiny know this will prove to be the most difficult mission of her life. Torn between her core beliefs of duty and honor, she battles resentment toward her mother after being abandoned at ten years old. A choice must be made. Will she master the challenge and discover forgiveness or find justification for vengeance?