Series: Cassie needs this bedroom for her spiritual purification retreats. Your medical recovery bed is set up in the hallway.

A severe winter thunderstorm rolled in, shaking the Blue Ridge Mountains with relentless rain and flashes of dry lightning. The wind howled through the timber [more…]

Mark Higgins moved with a sense of urgency. The news of Pemberton’s conflicting records had lit a fire under him. He arranged an emergency deposition [more…]

The storm raged outside, colder now, dropping the temperature into the sub-zero range. Inside, the lights flickered and then, with a soft click, went out [more…]

The morning dawned not with the usual gentle glow over the Blue Ridge, but with a stark, brutal light filtering through the snow-laden trees. The [more…]

A rare severe microburst storm rolled over the Blue Ridge Mountains, a meteorological anomaly that defied the season. Torrents of icy rain lashed down, turning [more…]

The world exploded. A sudden, deafening bolt of dry lightning, blinding white against the storm-darkened sky, struck the ancient white oak tree on the high [more…]

The gravel driveway, now a thick, soupy mud, soon filled with state troopers and federal fraud agents. Their boots squelched through the muck, their professional [more…]

The following month, the Blue Ridge valley burst into bloom. Sunlight poured over the mountains, painting the world in vibrant greens and soft pinks. The [more…]