Meet the Characters

Grace Busher –  (Sister to Craig and Melanie)You’ll find her in Oh, Gracious!, Thirty Days Hath…, and Introductions.

Nolan Burke-  (Grace’s Neighbor)You’ll find him in Oh, Gracious!, Manuscript for Murder, and Introductions.

Paige Matthews-  (Grace’s best friend) You’ll find her in Oh, Gracious!, and None So Blind.

Chuck Majors- (Foot-in-his-mouth buffoon that shows up randomly for comic relief) You’ll find him in Oh, Gracious!, Discovering Hope, Introductions, Speak Now (mentioned in passing), and Past Forward

Hope Senior – (Friend of Matt Rushby) You’ll find her in Discovering Hope, Captured!, Past Forward, and Argosy Junction

Sanjay Brown- You’ll find him in Discovering Hope and Past Forward

Bentley Girard–  Blessing Bentley, Thirty Days Hath…, Past Forward, Tarnished Silver, Tempting Tait, and Charming Chloe (not in print).

Chad Tesdall-  (Cousin of Luke, nephew to Olivia/Libby Sullivan and Zeke Sullivan and officer in Fairbury) You’ll find him in Discovering Hope, For Keeps, and Past Forward

Aggie Milliken-  (Aunt to the “clan” and friend of William and Tina) You’ll find her in Ready or Not, For Keeps, Here We Come, Not a Word, and Past Forward

Luke Sullivan-  (Cousin to Chad and friend to Mac—Nephew to Zeke) You’ll find him in Not a Word, Ready or Not, For Keeps, Here We Come, and Past Forward.

Zeke Sullivan-  (Uncle to Chad, Luke, and Libby/Olivia) You’ll find him in Not a Word, Ready or Not, For Keeps, Here We Come, and Past Forward.

Olivia Sullivan- (Aunt to Chad, mother to Luke) You’ll find her in Ready or Not, For Keeps, Here We Come, and Past Forward

William Markenson- (Friend to Aggie and deputy to Brant’s Corners) You’ll find him in Ready or Not, For Keeps, Here We Come, and Dead Limb Walking.

Marcus Vaughn-  (Minister in Brant’s Corners) You’ll find him in Not a Word, Ready or Not, For Keeps, and Here We Come.

Willow Finley-  (“Wow” darling of Fairbury) You’ll find her in Past Forward, For Keeps, Here We Come, Thirty Days Hath…, Confessions of a De-Cluttering Junkie, and HearthLand.

Chief Varney-  (Chief of Police in Fairbury) You’ll find him in Manuscript for Murder, Crime of Fashion, Two O’clock Slump, A Man and a Mouse, Thirty Days Hath…, Eden’s Gate, Bentley, Past Forward, Mismatched, A Bird Died  and pretty much anything else that happens in Fairbury.

Darla Varney-  (Chief Varney’s Wife) You’ll find her in Manuscript for Murder, Past Forward, and Bentley

Tom and Lily Allen-  (Minister and his wife in Fairbury)  You’ll find them in Past Forward, Manuscript for Murder, Thirty Days Hath…, Bentley, and possibly Mismatched

Alexa Hartfield-  (Fairbury’s famous murder/suspense authoress) You’ll find her in Argosy Junction, Manuscript for Murder, Crime of Fashion, Two O’clock Slump, Thirty Days Hath…, Bentley, Past Forward, Mismatched, oh, and maybe Eden’s Gate.

Jordan (Joe) Freidan- (Fairbury’s favorite officer) You’ll find him in Manuscript for Murder, Crime of Fashion, Two O’clock Slump, Past Forward, Regression, Mismatched, Thirty Days Hath…, A Man or a Mouse,

Lane Argosy–  (Singer with her brother Tad, Lane still bears the scars of a cult on her soul) You’ll find her in Argosy Junction, Reluctant Shepherd, Past Forward, and Advent

Matt Rushby- (Inner city man) You’ll find him in Argosy Junction, Reluctant Shepherd, Advent, and Past Forward

Adric Garrison- (Fairbury’s newest and favorite mechanic) You’ll find him in Thirty Days Hath…, Mismatched, Past Forward, and Not a Word

Allison Wahl-  (One of “Adric’s girls”) Substitute teacher around the Loop) You’ll find her in Thirty Days Hath… and Mismatched

Christine Dawson- (One of “Adric’s Girls”) You’ll find her in Thirty Days Hath… and in her own book

Becca Jacobs- (One of “Adric’s girls”) You’ll find her in Thirty Days Hath… Past Forward, and HearthLand

Jael Higgenbotham- (Friend of Christine and Grace and one of “Adric’s Girls)  You’ll find her in Thirty Days Hath… and in Mismatched

Todd “Mac” Mackenzie-  (Loner and social outcast of Brant’s Corners) You’ll find him in Not a Word

Savannah Forrester- (Darling of Brant’s Corners)  You’ll find her in Not a Word

Cara Laas-  (Cousin to Hope’s best friend Kirky) You’ll find her in Speak Now, Two O’clock, Slump, Advent, and mentioned in Thirty Days Hath…

Lita Cathey- (Bright, young advertising agent) You’ll find her in Advent

Curtis Brighton- (Delta Advertising’s biggest Agent)  You’ll find him in Advent

Jonathan Lyman-  (Heir to the Delta Advertising Company)You’ll find him in Speak Now and Advent

Chessie Jorgensen- (Outspoken child lover) You’ll find her in 31 Kisses and “Boone’s Book”

Carson Holbrook–  (Dairyman’s son and athletic coach) You’ll find him in 31 Kisses and “Boone’s Book”

Boone Holbrook- (Carson Holbrook’s brother) Introduced in 31 Kisses, he’ll also be “starring” in his own novel eventually.

Erika Polowski- (Kidnapped by The Agency, friend of Keith) You’ll find her in Justified Means, Mismatched, and Effective Immediately—possibly A Forgotten Truth

Keith Auger- (Best agent in The Agency) You’ll find him in Justified Means, Mismatched, Effective Immediately and possibly A Forgotten Truth

Ralph Myner-  (Starter of a planned community) Past Forward and Hearthland

Charity Stafford-  (Runs Stafford House—boarding house.  Introduces guest to “her friends”) You’ll find her in Oh, Gracious!, Introductions, Argosy Junction, None So Blind

Daniella “Ella” Weeks- (Lost memory in unexplained event) You’ll find her in Past Forward (mentioned in passing) and in her own book, None So Blind (Book One of Sight Unseen) as well as Will Not See and Ties that Blind (Books Two and Three of Sight Unseen)

Todd Bryant –  Son of Bookends and Lil’ Darlin’s owners Karen and Dale Bryant

Audrey Seever-  Owner of the Confectionary.  You’ll find her in A Bird Died, Tarnished Silver, and HearthLand.

Zain Kadir- Audrey’s husband.  Appears in Tarnished Silver and HearthLand.

Kelly Cox-  Mother of Aiden, Nathan, and Anne Cox.  Wife of Jon Cox.  Main character in A Bird Died and in Tarnished Silver.

Jon Cox-  Father of Aiden, Nathan, and Anne Cox.  Husband of Kelly.  Appears in A Bird Died, Past Forward Volume 6, and Tarnished Silver.

The Homstad Family–  Kelly Cox’s family.  Also includes Keith, Dee, Lorena, Breanne, Lila, Drew, Jamie, and Logan.