Adirondack Sundown - Paperback

by Patrick J. Sprouse (Photographer), Heidi Sprouse (Author)

Conservation officer Graham Scott knows what it is to want. The wilderness has given him a lifetime of pleasure, the prospect of a family in a young teacher, Sarah Waters, and her five-year-old daughter, Lila...until it turns on him. One day, Sarah surprises Graham with a picnic lunch during a routine patrol of the Rockwood State Forest. She remains behind to take a few pictures of the sunset...and vanishes.Graham will spend the next seven months combing the largest park in the continental United States to find her. Consumed by want, no-need, he will stop at nothing to bring her back-for her parents, her daughter, himself, but most of all, for Sarah. Heartache, false hopes, and the unexpected will make you want to get "Lost in the Adirondacks," the continuing series of Graham Scott novels. Discover if Officer Scott's devotion and courage will be rewarded.

Author Biography

I've had a love affair with the written word since I was a child. My first grade teacher told my mother I wouldn't amount to anything, resulting in many sessions of Dick and Jane at bedtime. I still remember the victory of reading Green Eggs and Ham on my own. From then on, I was hooked, a veritable bookworm. It was only natural that writing would come next. I dabbled in stories for years, writing continuations of television programs with my best friend and filling notebooks with flights of fancy. Fast forward to college and I majored in elementary education with a concentration in my true love, English. I continued with Master's degrees in Reading and Early Childhood. I've dedicated twenty years of my life to teaching, finding great pleasure and heartache as well. It is the most rewarding, hardest job anyone could do. For the past twelve years, the passion of writing has grown. I finished my first novel shortly after my father's death in 2003, a young adult novel that is therapeutic. Lakeside Magic is a free read on smashwords.com. It's rough around the edges as all firsts are, but has potential. Deep in the Heart of Dixie is also a free read on smashwords.com, the story of an abused teen who flees and reinvents herself. In March of 2010, Adirondack Sundown hit, a 100,000 word romantic suspense that absolutely consumed my life. I was writing at every spare minute, pulling over to the side of the road, or sitting down in a grocery aisle to jot notes. The flood of writing continued and the tap hasn't turned off since. I've completed many other novels since. Belle Bridge Books published All the Little Things in the Cordial Creek Romances. I've since published Lightning Can Strike Twice, Aging Gracefully, and Sunny Side Up. Stay tuned for more to come!