Bøker av Kathy Wile

Magazine writer Nancy Green wanted to write about food, or the water park, or anything but the topic she's just been assigned: the quirky residents at a camp near Sardis Lake. Most people in the community fear them. No one really knows what they're doing out there or what they're all about, and no one has dared to find out. With the help of her writing partner, Adam, Nancy must enter the notorious area to interview these mysterious people.Though Nancy and Adam have been friends and coworkers for years, this is their first project as a team. Their working relationship is going so smoothly that Nancy finds herself wondering if it could develop into something more. She realizes that this is probably a bad idea, but that doesn't lessen her attraction to him. Little hints whisper that he might feel the same.As they knock on doors, they find that many of those behind them are just as scared of outsiders as they are of them. Nancy and Adam's attempts to earn their trust suffer a setback when a couple of other people hungry for a story piggyback their progress with ill intentions. This unexpected roadblock only furthers their determination to tell the residents' stories to the prejudiced public.During the interview process, the writers encounter situations often humorous, sometimes dangerous, but always intriguing. The interviewees have eccentricities born of individual fears and have sought refuge in a place where they know they will rarely be bothered by anyone. As Nancy and Adam get to know these people and see the beauty in each of them, their desire to convey their findings to the public grows. They set out to change the negative public mindset surrounding the residents, despite the many challenges thrown their way.

Kate Adams has had her share of interesting experiences since coming to work for Trisail Tourism. Though she started out working on a Florida island, the company soon moved her to the mountains of Tennessee for the autumn and winter seasons. Now, she finds herself stuck at Christmas Lodge with her coworker and love interest, Blake Morris. Lenore, their difficult boss, has them working 14-hour shifts. She hates happiness and anything resembling love. After Christmas, they are transferred to Carmisa Island in south Florida. Blake's parents reveal a secret linking the family to the island that will soon change everything for the two of them. While Kate and Blake are in the mood to celebrate their tropical transfer and their blossoming relationship, someone on the island is conspiring against them, interrupting their joy by framing Blake for attempted murder. Though Carmisa Island is as picturesque as a calendar, Kate finds herself homesick for Tressle Island, where she and Blake first met and where her career began. Kate longs for a chance at a new life with Blake, but with the odds stacked against them, she is beginning to wonder if that will ever be possible.

Maisy Walters finds a young woman passed out in a ditch next to a sunflower field. She can scarcely believe her eyes when she sees this woman's resemblance to her friend who went missing twenty-four years earlier. However, the lady lying unconscious is around the same age Maisy's friend was when she vanished over two decades ago. Compelled to care for this familiar stranger, Maisy takes her to the hospital, where she lies in a coma. Upon awakening, the woman has no memory of her identity. Feeling bound to her both by moral obligation and curiosity, Maisy offers to let the lady live with her. Maisy decides to call her "Aubrey" after her doppelganger. Aubrey ventures out to a stream behind Maisy's property for evening walks. There, she meets a man named Patrick, whom she is sure she knows, though he insists otherwise. Nevertheless, their connection is undeniable, and they quickly fall for each other. Upon encountering the nearby sunflower field, Aubrey discovers that she has a severe sunflower phobia. Patrick pleads with her to come to his farm for a mysterious urgent reason. Because his farm lies on the other side of the field, she must conquer her fear of sunflowers to reach him and uncover the mystery that will change her life forever.

What do talking cows, tornadoes, and alligators have in common? They're all frequent visitors to my subconscious night life!I'm Kathy Wile, and for as long as I can remember, I've had vivid, detailed, usually outrageous, sometimes terrifying, often humorous dreams.To answer the questions I usually receive upon describing one of my dreams, no, I'm not on drugs; I didn't eat anything before bed; and I didn't accidentally consume the wrong mushroom. I just have an imagination that is as active at night as it is during the day, while I'm writing fiction on purpose.Several friends have urged me to compile my dreams into a book, promising that they'd love to read it. Well, friends, here is your chance! I hope you were serious.If you enjoy the strange ramblings of the subconscious mind, then this book is for you. If not, then move along. There's no story here; just a collection of things that will make you say, "What on earth?!"

When she wakes up in a body bag, the last thing Shana Heatherly remembers is accepting a ride from a handsome stranger along the Natchez Trace. Memories of the past month have vanished, along with her long red hair. Her kidnapper has graced her with an unwanted yet flawless short blond style. Shana must tread through the murky visions, migraines, and blackouts to discover her truth. With the help of a quirky hypnotherapist and a few vivid dreams, she pieces together shards of her broken experience in hopes of tracking down her abductor, only to find he has taken six other women who didn't live to try. Along the way, Shana encounters a man with connections to her past. She finds herself falling for him, but she fights her emotions, determined to focus all her energy on gaining resolution. When her hypnotherapist suggests returning to the scene of the crime to seek the final missing link, Shana must decide if she can bear to confront her lost reality, no matter how dark it may be.

Nina Carter never imagined her husband would bring her on vacation to Orange Beach, Alabama, to end their marriage. He tells her it's over and walks out the door of the rented condo, leaving her all alone hundreds of miles from home. Just down the beach, Michelle Kingsley's fiancé breaks off their engagement only two weeks before the wedding. Determined to start her new job as planned, she stays in town, but when the company unexpectedly shuts down, she is left jobless and homeless. Pummeled by the emotional tsunami that has wiped their slates clean, Nina and Michelle must rebuild their lives from scratch in paradise. The two women meet when they find work at the same souvenir shop. They become roommates and encounter the mystery of strange noises in the shed, as well as yardwork done by an unseen gardener. Nina soon captures the eye and heart of a coworker, Barry Sable. He struggles between the intensity of his feelings for her and the knowledge that she needs time to recuperate, but their connection is undeniable. Before long, Nina finds her heart not only healing but falling toward the one who seeks to catch it.

Things aren't going well for Kate Adams. Her minimum-wage job barely pays the rent on her one-bedroom apartment, her hypercritical boss cannot be pleased, and her insensitive boyfriend isn't a fan of emotions. When the mounting sadness pressures her to her breaking point, she realizes that she can just leave everything behind and start over somewhere new.Kate decides to pursue her dream of living near the ocean. After a search for seaside employment, she secures a job on Tressle Island with Trisail Tourism, a company that trains employees for a variety of positions, ranging from restaurant workers to tour guides, while providing free lodging. It all seems too good to be true, and when Kate develops a relationship with coworker Blake, her life's upswing reaches dizzying heights.However, it seems that someone at Trisail is jealous of Kate. Ominous messages begin to appear on her doorstep, soon escalating to threats. Meanwhile, rumors of suspicious business activity within the company reach Kate's ears. Against Blake's advice, she sets out to discover the truth, though it could jeopardize her newfound paradise.