Diane E Tatum

It's finally December in Adams, TN. Time for Christmas and, finally, Kate and Will's wedding. Kate has decorated the bed & breakfast for the holidays and for the wedding planned for December 23. Will has filled the house ceilings with mistletoe for any excuse to kiss his bride-to-be. While Kate and Will are excited and hopeful that the wedding be the most important event in December, intruders continue to break into the house destroying Kate's wedding finery. In addition, Will's wedding ring disappears. If all that wasn't disruptive enough, Will inadvertently finds himself working for a biker gang on a Christmas deadline.Will the weekends prior to the wedding be calm, relaxing, and merry?How will Kate and Will's relationship survive the stress of continual breaks in security? Will they be able to marry on December 23?

When Dorie and Ross MacAvoy return from their honeymoon in Scotland, much has changed. Police Captain Riley McDonough is dating Jenny Schaefer, the waitress at the Corner Caf and server at the Doll House B&B for Dorie and Ross's wedding. Dorie starts her new job at Daelin Police Department as a Liaison officer and researcher with Detectives Mavers and Akers. Ross starts a new job at the Chattahoochee Ranger Station with his new partner Felicity Johnson.When a series of church burglaries begin in Daelin, Dorie is confounded by the lab results saying the burglary suspect is a pregnant familial relative. The only female relative she knows is her mom, who has no reason to burglarize churches in Georgia when she lives in St. Louis. What is going on? To complicate matters further, a red hatchback is seen fleeing one of the scenes and strikes and kills a young boy. The driver has a brown pony-tail, like Jenny's.What is the burglar looking for? Who drove the red hatchback? Is Jenny involved? How are they related to each other?

Dorie Hudson, a new journalism graduate from Virginia Tech, moves to small town Daelin, GA, to work for the Daelin Beacon as the Lifestyles Editor. Within the first weeks of her time in Daelin, she finds the town up in arms about the kudzu 'sculptures' swallowing the loblolly pines on the road into Daelin. Why won't the mayor allow the nursery man Ross MacAvoy to tear down and destroy the overgrowing vines? What's hiding in the kudzu? As the mystery deepens, Dorie finds most people are like the kudzu, beautiful and polite on the outside, but dead and self-serving on the inside.

Dorie Hudson, reporter for the Daelin Beacon, is investigating a series of break-ins and burglaries across Daelin, GA. One witness identifies the culprit of an arson as chief of police Riley McDonough, escaping in a stolen purple car. Who is this look-a-like criminal who shares Riley's DNA? He is targeting all the people Riley cares about, even his dog.Dorie's fianc Ross MacAvoy is in California working for the National Forestry Service, hoping to earn a spot in Georgia's Chattahoochee Forest come spring. Riley's boyhood best friend, Ross is also targeted when he comes home for a couple weeks during California's fire emergency.What other secrets does Daelin have to offer about Riley's Mama Mary and Ross's childhood?What secrets is Dorie hiding from herself as well as Ross?Is anyone safe in Daelin with Riley's 'evil twin' on the loose?

Ross and Dorie are planning a Christmas Eve wedding.Someone wants Dorie out of the way, permanently.Could it be his mother, escaped from Central State Hospital?Ross really thought Dorie was imagining things while he was in California, but now that he's home, though sleeping at Riley's until the wedding, she continues to see things being moved and lights on in the attic. When someone steals his credit card and sends Dorie flowers from him with it, he just has to find out what is going on. Dorie finds out the secret about what happened with Ross's mother on Ross's 5th birthday party that Riley, Emmie, Jared, Bobby, and Joe attended. Planning for a Christmas Eve wedding after their trip to St. Louis at Thanksgiving makes the timetable tight while someone wants Dorie out of the picture, permanently.

Daelin High School alumni are returning to Daelin for a mega-reunion involving five graduating classes. Those grads who left Daelin for better opportunities than were available in their small Georgia town are often called the diaspora, the scattered ones. The first alum taken is Captain Riley McDonough's high school crush, Lucy Hendrickson. Riley and Daelin PD's finest are on the case, including Dorie MacAvoy, former reporter turned Liaison Officer. However, Dorie and Ross's pregnancy teeters precariously on viability.Will Dorie and Ross's child survive?Which alum will be abducted next?Why are they being taken?How will the police find the disappearing diaspora?

With witness protection, Interpol, and a hot MI5 agent to watch over her, Cassie should be safe from the Irish Mob in the village of Broadmoor in the Highlands of Scotland. But someone is still trying to get rid of her. Cassie had been Janette McCaffrey, wife of Ian McCaffrey, Irish mob boss in the DC area. She had everything she could ever want, until his mob generals blew up his car one morning in their driveway. When she testified against the culprits, her "reward" was witness protection in Scotland.Aidan MacAlister is the well-trained and seasoned MI5 agent assigned to watch over her. His job includes her personal security while also deciding if she really has cut her ties to the Irish Mob. Can they come to trust each other while escaping danger?Who can they trust while falling in love?Who knows their whereabouts and wants Cassie dead?Will they survive a summer of secrets while Hiding in the Highlands?

Dorie Hudson, a new journalism graduate from Virginia Tech, moves to small town Daelin, GA, to work for the Daelin Beacon as the Lifestyles Editor. Within the first weeks of her time in Daelin, she finds the town up in arms about the kudzu 'sculptures' swallowing the loblolly pines on the road into Daelin. Why won't the mayor allow the nursery man Ross MacAvoy to tear down and destroy the overgrowing vines? What's hiding in the kudzu? As the mystery deepens, Dorie finds most people are like the kudzu, beautiful and polite on the outside, but dead and self-serving on the inside.

Amanda, Colin, and Ben. All they ever wanted was to be in the Colonies, to escape the tyranny of the English aristocracy, to worship freely, to build a life together.Colin Michael Browning dreams of a new life in the American colonies. He works in the family business as a blacksmith. Amanda Andrews is Colin's soul mate who embroiders in her father's tailoring shoppe. Benjamin Andrews, Amanda's twin brother and Colin's best friend, is a theology student who rejects the Anglican Church during a time of persecution of Protestants in England. Ben yearns for the religious freedom available in Colonial America. These three plan a wedding and a journey to the New World. Their plan is derailed when Colin is forced into joining the King 's Army.The wedding interrupted, Ben and Amanda fulfill a promise to Colin to go to the Colonies without him while he begins his obligation to the King's army. Ben and Amanda move to Boston just before the American Revolution begins. Colin's unit is also moved to America to fight against the colonists. Colin will commit treason to be with the woman and nation he loves. Divided by loyalties and responsibilities, Colin, Ben, and Amanda struggle to begin their Colonial Dream.