Tattered Innocence

A tale of passions indulged, denied, and ultimately forgiven:On the verge of bagging the two things he wants most-a sailing charter business and marrying old money-Jake Murray's fiancée/sole crew member dumps him. Salvation comes in the form of dyslexic, basketball toting Rachel Martin, the only one to apply for the first mate position he slapped on craigslist.On a dead run from an affair with a married man, Rachel's salvation is shoving ocean between her and temptation.Rapid fire dialogue and romantic tension sail Jake's biker-chick of a boat through hurricanes, real and figurative. A cast of wannabe sailors, Rachel's ex, Jake's, a baby-go along for the ride.The many-layered story weaves together disparate strands into a seamless cord. Mother and daughter look eerily alike-down to their lusts. Their symbiotic bond, forged in the blood of childbirth on the kitchen floor and cemented by their secrets, must be cracked open. A son must go home. Sin must be expunged.Tattered Innocence is for anyone who's ever woken up sealed in a fifty-gallon drum of their guilt. Ann Lee Miller earned a BA in creative writing from Ashland (OH) University and writes full-time in Phoenix, but left her heart in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, where she grew up. She loves speaking to young adults and guest lectures on writing at several Arizona colleges. When she isn't writing or muddling through some crisis-real or imagined-you'll find her hiking in the Superstition Mountains with her husband or meddling in her kids' lives. Over 100,000 copies of Miller's debut novel, Kicking Eternity, have been downloaded from online retailers.