Book 4 of the Marla Mesconti Mystery Series is set in the beautiful eventing mecca of Aiken, South Carolina. Readers will be transported from the frosty hills of New Hampshire to the breathtaking eventing fields of Aiken. Marla, Jay, Hilda, Rick and Jorge are all back as the main characters and this book introduces Lexie Garrod, a New York transplant that left her dismal city world to immerse herself in the sport of Three-Day Eventing. See where this book takes you when a mystery surroundi...

Third in the Marla Mesconti Mystery series, this book tells the tale of Gwenonwyn of Aileen, or "Layla", as she's called, a rare-colored buckskin Gypsy horse. Layla loses her rider on an organized trail ride when a camouflaged hunter steps out from behind a tree. Layla is nowhere to be found, but soon, Marla is called in to help when Layla is found in a pond miles away from the ride. The story unfolds in the hills of New Hampshire and takes Marla and her crew to the green mountains of Verm...

Marla Mesconti, amateur sleuth and top-notch horse trainer, has stepped into it deep. While attempting to help the Manchester Mounted Police Department find an appropriate horse for their program, she inadvertently becomes the prime suspect in a murder. Her friend, Jay, comes along to help her confront the bait-and-switch dealer. When Marla gets in over her head, Jay calls in her long-time friend Rick Wassel from New York City to help. As the mystery unfolds from the hills of New Hampshire...

Marla Mesconti is a fair-haired horse trainer for her Reach For The Stars Stables in Andover, NH. She finds her mentor and best friend dead in his tack room at Brandywine Farm. The same farm that had a prized Friesian stallion stolen from a local horse show. The local PD is not helpful at all in finding the stolen horse and immediately shelves the case. The apparent murder of her friend and the lost horse that meant so much to him is more than Marla can take sitting down. She and her frien...

Paralysis. Stuttering. The 'shakes'. Inability to stand or walk. Temporary blindness or deafness.When strange symptoms like these began appearing in men at Casualty Clearing Stations in 1915, a debate began in army and medical circles as to what it was, what had caused it and what could be done to cure it. But the numbers were never large.Then in July 1916 with the start of the Somme battle the incidence of shell shock rocketed. The high command of the British army began to...

Emmy, Niall, and Sita and Jonathan miss their train back to London from a Somerset wedding, escaping Britain's worst rail crash in sixty years. Upon reflection of their mortality, the friends reevaluate their lives, and come to a decision. They will all, along with Emmy's daughter Lila, Niall's girlfriend Kat, and Sita and Jonathan's children Jay and Asha, move into the ramshackle manor house Emmy recently inherited in Cornwall. In the idyllic setting, they hope to simplify their lives.

We all need encouragement to "come out of our shell." Our shell may be an addiction; it may be anger from past experiences. First thing you need to know is that you are not alone.We have things we battle mentally, physically, and spiritually that can deter us from where we should be in life and in Christ. Living a life where we dwell on the past or even current hurts will keep us stagnant. No one wants to be angry, frustrated, disgusted, sad…just plain miserable. But sometimes when...