New Hope Series

A Glimpse and Gone

New Hope Series Book 4

Lizbeth Ericson comes home to New Hope, Nebraska, with her future stretching out in front of her much like the tracks of the Union Pacific Railway stretch out onto the prairie. New Hope is a railroad town made up of kind, hard-working, thrifty, and ambitious people. People much like Lizbeth herself. She’s a budding author and a recent college graduate, a bright young woman on the threshold of a new and exciting future. When she’s offered a job at the local newspaper, she can’t wait to start. Lizbeth knows she has a lot to learn, and she’s eager to begin.

When unexplained malice, mysterious threats, and a shocking murder suddenly occur in New Hope, Lizbeth realizes she has more to learn than she first thought. The newspaper business and the workings of the printing press, of course, but there are other, more important lessons coming her way. Lizbeth must learn that people aren’t always what they seem. That love can turn to mischief and grief to spite. And that looking too far into the future can make a person miss what – and who – is right in front of her. The events of the summer of 1886 in New Hope, Nebraska, will teach Lizbeth Ericson about life and love, and about herself, too. Especially about herself, which will end up being her most important lesson of all.

Through Seasons of Fire

New Hope Series Book 3

Caroline Moore’s stay in New Hope, Nebraska, was supposed to be temporary. Come in.  Run the town’s luxury hotel in the owner’s absence. Leave. Exactly the way Caroline liked it.  After the tragic deaths of her husband and daughter, Caroline never stayed anywhere very long. She was a woman scarred and haunted and on the prowl, moving from place to place, searching for something. For someone.

But it doesn’t take long for Caroline to realize that ordinary little New Hope and its citizens are anything but ordinary. They’re ambitious, orderly, progressive, and hard-working. A lot like Caroline herself, in fact. Definitely not ordinary. There could be a future waiting for Caroline in New Hope, Nebraska. Once she puts paid in full on her past.

Surprised by Shadows

New Hope Series Book 2

New Hope, Nebraska, is the kind of town that minds its own business and accepts people even strangers, even single women without comment or criticism. Exactly the kind of place painter Sheba Fenway is looking for. Along the way other things happen, like friends and a successful business and a comfortable home, but for Sheba, it’s always and only about her art. That’s all she has room for in her life and in her heart.

Until one August when Sheba’s past comes calling, and suddenly her life isn’t just about painting any more. Now it’s about family and keeping them safe. Before the smoke clears, Sheba will come face to face with fear, danger, and evil. With love, too, something she never wanted and doesn’t have room for. Or so she thought. In the end, if she’s smart and fearless enough, Sheba Fenway may live to find out what a woman’s life – and heart can truly hold.

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“… a lot of mystery, a realistic Western flavor, some romance, and some very fine writing … Not a note strikes false in this exceptional story. Hasley continues to get better and better as she finds new heroines.”

(Ohio.com, 1/14/18)

What We Carry With Us

New Hope Series Book 1

The inhabitants of New Hope, Nebraska, have done their best to put the Civil War with all its turmoil and devastation behind them. By 1878, the town is prospering. Three daily railroad stops. Groceries, feed and grain, hardware, and leather goods readily available. Bank, doctor’s office, and barber shop. Its own church and school, preacher and teacher. A civilized community with all the marks of progress. That’s what the hard-working members of the Merchants’ Association believe until the day New Hope’s telegraph agent young Eddie Barts disappears, and suddenly life in New Hope changes. Young widow Ruth Churchill, barber and owner of the town’s finest boarding house, has lived and loved in New Hope for over a decade. She calls it home and its citizens friends. Five years after the death of her beloved husband, Ruth has managed to find peace and a kind of happiness. But with the disappearance of Eddie Barts, Ruth will find her world and her life turned upside down. Despite all the trappings of civilization, something – someone – evil is hiding in New Hope. For years, unknown to anyone but one relentless searcher, a wicked man of violence and deception has been living behind a mask of respectability. Before his mask is ripped off, Ruth will experience suspicion, doubt, danger, and fear. Her own life will be at risk. Her own heart, too. Because along with terror and grief, comes love. They live side by side. When it’s all over, New Hope, Nebraska, will never be the same. And neither will Ruth.