Ladies of the Fire

Can a woman on the run find herself again? The late 1960s set the newly-widowed Lily-Rose Pembrick reeling as she flees Lincoln, Nebraska, with her children. Only taking the cash from the house safe and what she can get her hands on at the family bank, she leaves the recently-inherited and successful Pembrick Transportation company behind. Exhausted from driving all night, she stops in Applegate, Ohio, and decides to start a new life on Norwood Street. There, she meets Fiona Kasey, an African American no-nonsense housekeeper/companion to an elderly white woman, and Sugar Bowersox, a southern spitfire who has lost herself in motherhood. Together, they enjoy Lily-Rose's backyard fire pit, where dreams are spoken, and secrets revealed. As they embrace a kinship they never would have sought, Lily-Rose begins to think her past can finally be laid to rest - until someone ends up dead. When Lily-Rose's past catches up with her, who will be left standing?

The first audiobook of the series of three is lighthearted, yet tension builds as a mystery man gets closer to destroying the newly-found peace these three women have come to embrace. Conversations reveal real life scenarios where pain and truth coexist. The overall story is redemptive and endearing, wrapped with elements of romance, wittiness, and intrigue. The characters waffle between sassiness and introspection, as they share their deepest secrets during their most vulnerable times. Yet through it all, they learn to rely on their faith.