Books by Linda Hudson Hoagland

Lindsay Harris, mother of Emily, Ellen, and Ryan, has to face the most unanticipated event in her life when her youngest child, Ryan, is involved with drug dealers. He is only 11 years old and she is at a total loss on what she should do to get him out of this mess.Lindsay''s dream of a tame, normal life has evaporated and she along with her friend, Jed, must do the job for the police when they are attacked in her home.Lindsay is no different from any other single mother, except that she is determined that her children should survive all of the evils the world has to offer.How to stop the evils of the drug world from taking over Ryan''s life and the lives of the remainder of her family becomes her focus.This story tells you, the reader, what Lindsay had to do to help her son, and she learns along the way that snooping can be regrettable.

Ghosts and a haunted house are the enticements that pull Emily and her friend, Tim Riley, into the dilemma of being held hostage along with two of the local legal authorities who felt it necessary to search for the teenagers. Lindsay, Ellen, Ryan, Jed, and Marnie look for the truth and the kids.

Ella Hutchins discovers that she is the strong woman of Appalachian stock. She knows she is when she must overcome a tragic event in her life that takes away her reason for living. Her sons are long gone with families of their own so she and Sammy are there for each other. When that life ends, she struggles to start a new life.