Marilyn Ellner
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Connection to Illinois: Ellner grew up in Prairie du Rocher. Biography: Marilyn Ellner is the author of Ali and Abe... her first novel of suspense and romance. She is a wife, mother of three and has been a stylist for 33 years along with the owner of two boutiques. Her favorite hobby, when she isn't creating projects out of concrete and wood, is creating stories and putting them to paper. The Phantom Funeral is extra special for Marilyn because many people believe the Phantom is a true ghost that haunts the small 33-year-old historical town where Marilyn grew up.
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Ali and Abe ISBN: 1643781456 OCLC: Austin Macauley 2021 Ali Mason is a small-town teacher living a perfectly boring life. That is until she takes a trip to Nashville and meets Abe Parker. Not a fan of country music, she is clueless that Abe is a rising country music star. Country music's newest uprising star, Abe Parker, learns that scruffy is in. So, when he needs a few months off, he cleans up his look, making it impossible to be recognized. Meeting Ali, he's excited he can be an ordinary guy. After spending a day together, the couple discovers an intense attraction that leads to an unforgettable night. Yet it's all over in an instant when they become separated from each other. Abe searches for months with no luck. Ali goes home feeling hurt and used. A month later, she's shocked to learn she's going to have Abe's baby. Nine months later, while holding her newborn baby, she sees Abe's face on the television. Hurt, insecure, and vulnerable, Ali decides to not contact him. Four years later, Ali discovers someone knows her secret and wants revenge, leaving her no choice but to find Abe and explain he's a father. Anger flairs when Abe learns that the woman he searched for deceived him and demands the chance to get to know his daughter. Can Abe and Ali bury the hatchet long enough to protect their daughter? What happens when strong feelings start to resurface? Do second chances happen when someone wants you dead? |
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The Phantom Funeral ISBN: 168562510X OCLC: Austin Macauley 2023 Lilly Bienvenue inherits her grandparents' house in an old historical town of 300 years. Suddenly through a letter left to her from her grandfather and some intense dreams she finds her ancestors of several generations' past are connected to the curse of the town's ghost...The Phantom Funeral. The Phantom has haunted the town for centuries whenever the moon was bright on the anniversary of the night a commander of the neighboring historical fort was murdered in the 1700s. It is believed he is looking for his bride who never made it to the burial at the town's cemetery.Lilly is shocked when she digs into her family's history and reads about several of her aunts, decades apart, losing their love on that same anniversary. She even begins to dream of these past events and it appears she is the curse's next victim. Of course, her rotten luck, Tripp, a young boy from her past has reappeared looking all grown up and handsome. Lilly is beginning to believe he is her modern-day commander.To make it even more surreal the next anniversary is coming up and the moon phase appears to be very bright and everything is lining up to make her believe Tripp will be the next victim of the curse.Deciding Tripp's life is more important than the two of them being together, Lilly pushes him away. Yet Tripp has a different plan and decides to show Lilly they can beat the curse together. Yet can it be done? And by who's expense? |