Like the Cardinal Cries: a small-town, second chance, contemporary romantic suspense (Mount Vernon Series Book 2)

Even tangled lives can be unraveled, one thread at a time.

Choking in the grip of her parents’ shadows, Imogen is forced to attend a school for troubled teens, where she meets T.J., a fellow soul tormented by his own monsters. Together, they navigate the dark corridors of their haunted pasts, forging a bond they thought would endure a lifetime. But that’s cut short by a wound that neither of them can face.

Years later, T.J., having failed in his dream of becoming a photographer and reduced to the life of a paparazzo, encounters Imogen at a glamorous club in Hollywood. But the girl he once knew has transformed into a superficial Hollywood elite, a Barbie doll whose polished exterior hides the scars of their shared experience at reform school.

As they reconnect, both Imogen and T.J. find themselves fleeing from the lives they never wanted, retreating to T.J.’s hometown of Mount Vernon, Texas. Here, amidst the quietude of small-town life, T.J. is confronted with the addiction that led to his downfall. He must decide if he has the strength to overcome his vices while grappling with the painful choice of letting go of Imogen once more.

A work of contemporary romantic suspense, Like the Cardinal Cries is a poignant account of two souls entwined by fate, struggling to break free from their pasts and find redemption in the most unexpected of places. Will they conquer their inner demons and reclaim their lives, or will their history be the one thing that tears them apart for good?