Samantha 'Sam' Sherman is a thirty something stay-at-home Mom without any problems. She loves her smart husband, her sweet daughter, and her career choice. One day, in the process of helping a friend, she is drawn into the investigation of two murders. Suddenly, her steady world begins to sway. Insecurities from years ago return, her husband is annoyed at her involvement in the case, and then there is the acerbic detective with dark curly hair and green eyes who seems to be everywhere. Sam is miserable and stressed out and well, slightly exhilarated. Imperfection can be a deadly draw....

"Marriage is an adventure, like going to war." G. K. Chesterton

People always used to tease Samantha Lee Sherman about how "the civil war must rage in your marriage" because of the juxtaposition of her maiden name Lee with her married name Sherman. However, since Sam solved a couple of murders (in "The Happy Housewife") it was not just a joke anymore. Her new confident self was coming in increasing conflict with her old husband.

In an effort to work on her marriage, Sam travels with her husband Doug to Zurich, Switzerland on his work trip. But crossing the Atlantic only seems to...

Fran Stewart has fallen in love with the little boy she is set to adopt from the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. Just as she enters the final stage of the adoption process, a sinister coalition of politicians, bureaucrats and cynics begin working to halt international adoptions. Fran's fight get her son home, based on the real life six year drama over international adoption in Kyrgyzstan, is the subject of "Kyrgyzstan 2008-2009: A Love Story."

Fran is too seasoned, too plain, and too practical. In short, she is no one's ingenue...