Ten Times Have the Lilies Blown

Set in a fictitious town on the plains, this novel has all the components of a simpler era – town fairs, a Main Street restaurant, even a local gossip. But Platte Valley has a dark secret: the murder of a waitress fifteen years earlier. Melora Wyatt leads an uneventful life until the release of Joe Isley, the convicted murderer, and the return of an old flame, Blake Johnson. Melora owns a “worthless” oil field, and she and others standing in his way become pawns in Blake’s plan to gain control of it. Because of a new recovery method, the field could be worth millions. At thirty-five, Melora is an easy mark. Her biological clock is ticking and Blake is the answer to her dream – a dream that becomes a nightmare as the unscrupulous Blake moves ahead with his scheme to become the sole owner of the Wyatt oil lease.