About this series
Welcome to Book 2 of Rae Crossmon's White Rock Series. Familiar faces. New players. Ancient conflicts. Fresh battles. One overriding sentiment: Free will is a terrible thing. But it’s better than the alternative.
Jessica McConsas is in love with three men. Perhaps one is evil. Perhaps one is good. Perhaps one is just a catalyst. But it's never that easy when it comes to White Rock.
While campaigning for her father, Jessica becomes involved with Piers, a reclusive and mysterious young man. She also finds an unlikely ally in an old friend, Vance Munroe Easton, who helps her discover the truth behind a dark family mystery. Last but not least, Jess struggles to forget Evan Helmsley and their night in the snowstorm, something much easier said than done.
On the other side of the country, Evan learns how to be a friend, with the help of an extraordinary woman. Sondra has her own secrets, but she doesn't share them until it's too late. Her decisions offer Evan a chance to redeem himself by taking responsibility for another child—maybe doing it right this time.
Evan’s sister Henri has to decide how much she believes in old legends, while her lover Byrne finds he is still capable of being surprised. When Henri finally meets the daughter she gave away, an old dream collides harshly with reality.
A new family joins the fray. When Anderson Annolla conceives a young child from a vacation tryst, she becomes caught in an old war between Jackson, the father of her son, and Jarenth, his half-brother. Andy must ally with Jarenth to save Heath, while protecting a dark secret from her own past. Jack’s resentment and jealousy fuel a decision to hurt Andy with an action that has tragic consequences for all involved.
Rae Crossmon's "twisted fairy tales" highlight an ancient Slavic legend wrapped in modern suspense stories. Each book builds toward a final conflict between ancient enemies while exploring themes such as free will vs. fate, family secrets, and the status of myth in contemporary American society.
Titles in the series (2)
- White Rock Foundations
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Free will is a terrible thing. But it’s better than the alternative. Book 1 of Rae Crossmon’s White Rock Series begins a saga that mixes ancient legends with contemporary issues and characters. Combining elements of Eastern European mythology, Arthurian stories, Russian fables, and American pop culture, this twisted fairy tale brings an old conflict to life in 1990’s America. Henri Helmsley sits in a mental hospital in the city of New Devin cradling an old scar on her abdomen. Her brother, Evan, lies in a hospital bed across town bearing a wound in the same place, one his sister made with a handgun. Henri’s attempt to kill Evan ignites a chain of events that threaten to destroy a carefully maintained balance between two powerful families. Dr. Elizabeth Graves is summoned to the hospital in the middle of the night to provide counseling for Henri. Elizabeth arrives to find that her patient has hired Elizabeth’s estranged husband, Kiernan Porter, as her defense attorney. Though Kiernan and Elizabeth initially clash over Henri’s case, they quickly realize the young woman’s situation is somehow bound up with the secrets that destroyed their marriage. As Elizabeth works with Henri, she hears details of a lifetime of physical and verbal abuse inflicted by Evan. Henri claims the abuse escalated after she became pregnant three years ago by her college boyfriend and Evan forced her to give the child up for adoption. Kiernan hears a different version from Henri’s brother, Evan making a disturbing implication that Henri’s pregnancy and the subsequent adoption are not what they seem. Elizabeth and Kiernan must join together to solve the mystery of Henri’s child. They are confronted by ruthless opposing forces including Henri’s current lover and their old college friend, Governor Bryne McConsas. They must delve into the lies created by the father of Henri’s child, the only person besides Henri who knows what really happened three years ago. As the Helmsley siblings battle each other to keep dark secrets buried, the Graves-Porter couple is drawn into an old myth from the past. Kiernan and Elizabeth must find the courage to keep searching until they find the inconvenient truth, a truth that contains the answer to why their marriage was destroyed so many years ago. All the books in the White Rock series highlight an ancient Slavic legend wrapped in a modern suspense story. Each book builds toward a final conflict between ancient enemies while exploring themes such as free will vs. fate, family secrets, and the status of myth in contemporary American society.
- White Rock Extant
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Welcome to Book 2 of Rae Crossmon's White Rock Series. Familiar faces. New players. Ancient conflicts. Fresh battles. One overriding sentiment: Free will is a terrible thing. But it’s better than the alternative. Jessica McConsas is in love with three men. Perhaps one is evil. Perhaps one is good. Perhaps one is just a catalyst. But it's never that easy when it comes to White Rock. While campaigning for her father, Jessica becomes involved with Piers, a reclusive and mysterious young man. She also finds an unlikely ally in an old friend, Vance Munroe Easton, who helps her discover the truth behind a dark family mystery. Last but not least, Jess struggles to forget Evan Helmsley and their night in the snowstorm, something much easier said than done. On the other side of the country, Evan learns how to be a friend, with the help of an extraordinary woman. Sondra has her own secrets, but she doesn't share them until it's too late. Her decisions offer Evan a chance to redeem himself by taking responsibility for another child—maybe doing it right this time. Evan’s sister Henri has to decide how much she believes in old legends, while her lover Byrne finds he is still capable of being surprised. When Henri finally meets the daughter she gave away, an old dream collides harshly with reality. A new family joins the fray. When Anderson Annolla conceives a young child from a vacation tryst, she becomes caught in an old war between Jackson, the father of her son, and Jarenth, his half-brother. Andy must ally with Jarenth to save Heath, while protecting a dark secret from her own past. Jack’s resentment and jealousy fuel a decision to hurt Andy with an action that has tragic consequences for all involved. Rae Crossmon's "twisted fairy tales" highlight an ancient Slavic legend wrapped in modern suspense stories. Each book builds toward a final conflict between ancient enemies while exploring themes such as free will vs. fate, family secrets, and the status of myth in contemporary American society.
Rae Crossmon
Rae Crossmon is a retired professor of Slavic Studies who currently resides in upstate new York. In 2010, he took early retirement from teaching to pursue the question of what his favorite legend (Vlasta and the Founding of Prague) would look like if it was set in modern day America. He began the White Rock series, of which two novels are completed (❶Foundations and ❷Extant).Rae has a German Shepherd named Putin and three ex-wives who still speak to him. Rae does not do The Facebook or The Twitter, though he can be found on old-fashioned email (Rae.Crossmon@gmail.com).
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