Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and has worked as an English teacher and a business writer before retiring to a lake community north of Atlanta, Georgia where she belongs to three book clubs, plays golf and tennis, lounges on the lake, and hosts dinner parties. Her memoir, Quicksand: A Cautionary Love Story, was published in 2011 and turned into a screen play. Summer Squall is her second book and published in 2019 by Sunbury Press. A true southerner, her writing draws from her life in East Tennessee, metro Atlanta, and the Gulf Coast of Florida and Alabama. Her book reviews and wine pairings can be found on her website Sarahjonesauthor.com.
Summer Squall
Beth Gardner knows what she wants. As she approaches her thirtieth birthday, her life has progressed like the to-do list stuck to her refrigerator. Fulfilling job? Check. Condo in a trendy Atlanta neighborhood? Check. Supportive friends and a cat to cuddle? Check and check. Safe distance from her childhood in Tennessee? Big check. But something is still missing.
When she meets the charming Mark Berger out dancing one night, it’s love at first tango. Adventurous and athletic, Mark encourages her to venture out of her carefully constructed life and begin a new life with him in southwest Florida. “Slow down,” her friends advise. “What’s the hurry?” her therapist asks. “Why not?” Beth responds. “Why not happiness for a change?”
But will open-water diving, night lobster hunts, and off-shore sailing offer smooth waters for the couple? Or will the dangers and secrets of the deep pull them under? Determined to make this relationship work, Beth is about to find out.
Full of adventure and reflection, Summer Squall explores how the correct course in life isn’t always straight line.
Quicksand: A Cautionary Love Story
What do you do when FBI agents show up at your office and inform you that everything you believe about your spouse is a lie?
When Sarah first met Justin, he was charming, intelligent, and affectionate, everything she had been looking for in a partner. As the truth about the man who had shared her bed for years begins to emerge, Sarah realizes that love, trust, and devotion can be blinding, binding, and devastating.
For anyone who has wondered how intelligent people can get ensnared by a sociopath’s web of deception, Quicksand will show you just how insidious narcissists are – and how you can emerge stronger than ever once you’ve broken free.