THE ILLUSIONS OF HOPE (Hope Series, Book 1)
North Carolina, Year 2012 - A young woman wakes up in the middle of a desert with no recollection of her past. Her ailment, retrograde amnesia. Her surrounding inspires fear and confusion; she gathers all the strength in her already tired legs and walks East, towards the rising sun, hoping to find some sort of relief to her plight. After a day’s walk, the young woman comes across a creepy bar on the outskirts of the desert. She enters the bar and makes the acquaintance of Delilah Walters, the bar owner. Delilah Walters appears sympathetic to the young woman’s situation. She takes the young woman in, offers her a job and names her Hope. Only days later, Hope finds herself regretting ever crossing the path of Delilah Walters. She is thrown into a whirlwind of unknowns as the community as a whole conspires to tear her down. As friends turn to foes and love betrays her innocence, Hope has no choice but to push through the challenges that pave the lonesome road to self-actualization. Every decision she makes will be paramount to her survival in this patriarchal web of shortcomings.
THE VALLEY OF ORCHIDS (Hope Series, Book 2)
Teetering on the edge of a mental breakdown and covered in the blood of the man who was once her beloved husband, Hope aimlessly roams the poorly lit streets. She comes across a police car just to be immediately arrested and charged with the murder of Harry Huntellard. As she faces her seemingly inexorable fate, she finds some solace in her regained memories. Yet, even these memories are torturous at times. They fill her mind with unanswered questions. How did she end up stranded in the desert? Why did Dee pretend not to recognize her? Why had her fiance not tried to find her in all these years? What fate had befallen her baby boy?Even with the imminent threat of incarceration, Hope vows to find answers to these nagging questions. Will she uncover the scandalous conspiracy that triggered her horrendous chain of misfortunes?
THE HOPE SERIES - BOOK TRAILER
UNDERSTANDING RETROGRADE AMNESIA
Retrograde amnesia is a memory disorder characterized by the inability to remember events or experiences that occurred prior to the onset of the amnesia. Retrograde amnesia can result from head injuries, infections (encephalitis), various diseases, epileptic seizure and/or a psychological trauma. In mild cases of retrograde amnesia, individuals usually remember old memories that have already been consolidated (i.e., name, address). However, retrograde amnesia can very often lead a total loss of memory. Some people forget everything about their life, including their name.