The Hag Witch of Tripp Creek

Book excerpt: A NEW HOME Dawna Temple let herself be moved from the familiarity of Pittsburgh to the wilds of West Virginia, all so her mentally exhausted husband, John, could heal from a breakdown. Struggling with the abrupt change of location, Dawna finds a friend in her neighbor, Suzanne Miller, known to the locals as The Hag Witch of Tripp Creek. A NEW FRIEND Dismissing it as hillbilly superstition, Dawna can't believe the things she hears about her funny and empathetic friend. Suzanne has secrets-dark secrets-and eventually she reveals the truth behind the rumors that earned her the wicked nickname decades earlier. OLD WOUNDS Now in possession of the truth, Dawna has conflicting emotions about Suzanne's past deeds, but when her husband's well-being takes a downturn, she finds there is no one else to turn to. Will she shun her friend as others have done before? ...or can she accept that an act of evil is sometimes necessary for the greater good?