Single Sentence Summary: After a young mother drowns while sleepwalking, her very quirky family is left trying to build a life without the very core of their existence.

Primary Characters: Elvis – Elvis is the 12-year old narrator of Rabbit Cake. She’s looking back on the two years since her mother died and relating all that has happened to her family in that time. Lizzie – Troubled older sister, Lizzie was 15 at the time of her mother’s death, and like her mom, is also a sleepwalker. Dad – Suddenly thrust into the role of single parent, he has a stiff learning curve to overcome. Dad copes with his sadness in unusual ways….

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Single Sentence Summary: When Annalee Ahlberg vanishes in the middle of the night, her daughter, Lianna, is left trying to find answers.

Primary Characters: Annalee Ahlberg – from the very beginning Annalee is presumed dead. Never-the-less, this wife and mother is at the heart of the story. Lianna Ahlberg – Annalee’s 21-year old daughter on a quest to find how and why her mother has vanished. Gavin Rikert – the police detective investigating Annalee’s disappearance….

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