The Old Cedar Chest (Strange Sands, #1)

An antique cedar hope chest. A hidden panel. A century-spanning vendetta.

This unusual, faith-filled suspense and mystey novella series is about the unexpected adventures faced by an architectural historian when the unseen realm affects her clients' properties.

Mercedes Annalee Ellison held her Great-Great-Grand Aunt's fragile journal and a tattered manila envelope, puzzling about whether these items would change her life. Her intuition screamed that they would, and the way they had come into her possession would make any skeptic pause. She wanted to bolt, to flee what loomed ahead.

Distractions were not welcome in her life right now. She was an architectural historian with three great jobs lined up for the summer-and a problem with her boyfriend.

But before her first day with her new client, Mercedes finds herself entangled in a diabolical vendetta against her family over disputed land in England. She desperately searches for answers about why she is an unsustpecting target for something that happened back in the year 1900. A man murdered her ancestor, Claire Ellison, one night in an eerie storm, and only a miracle will save Mercedes from the same fate. Can she survive and accept her calling and destiny as part of the legendary Ellison family?

Reader note: This novella is for readers who enjoy moving quickly through mystery and suspense stories, and will have special appeal for readers who like elements of the supernatural and characters who live their Christian faith in all situations. It contains a sprinkling of Scriptural references from the CSB version of the Christian Bible..

Auteur

Pamela Poole's love for the LowCountry of South Carolina inspires all her books and paintings, so she describes her work as "Southern Ambiance." She and her husband live in the Hilton Head, SC area, where they enjoy walks on the beach, palm trees, magnolias, and wildlife around the lagoon in their back yard.

Her perspective on writing books and painting pictures is like that of the iconic artist Norman Rockwell, who once said he knew life was not ideal, but it should be, so he chose to paint that way. Pamela pursues the warm, whimsical, loveable, and ideal in her creativity. She hopes readers will laugh out loud, sigh, be inspired to reach higher, and feel refreshed, as if they strolled in warm Southern sunshine!

Pamela writes clean fiction from an unapologetically Christian worldview, which is unusual in the lukewarm fare of today's inspirational book markets. As an artist and former art teacher, she also writes stories featuring artists and art perspectives that help any reader have a deeper appreciation for painting.

Pamela lives life loving Jesus and her family as a wife, mother, and Gigi, and she is blessed with true friends. She is a member of various artist and author organizations.

"Now to Him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us— to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen." Ephesians 3:20,21