Then Came the Thunder

But the impact of the war hasn’t escaped everyone. Jessalyn Joy, the town’s school teacher, watched her husband leave for the war, but return in a box - and ever since, she’s been struggling to find her place and purpose in a town that reminds her constantly of what she lost.

That changes when a stranger stumbles into town. Samuel Brooks, a deserter from the Union Army, is making a pilgrimage to Three Willows to fulfill a promise to a fallen comrade. Reluctantly taking him in, Jessalyn finds herself infuriatingly drawn to the sharp-witted stranger.

Their bond grows when a mysterious creature begins brutally slaughtering the town’s livestock. Determined to investigate, Jessalyn leads Sam and her friends in following a trail of clues that soon threatens to uncover the dark, unremembered history of Three Willows - and a terrible secret that some will kill to protect.

Then Came the Thunder is the gripping first installment of the Three Willows series - a tender historical romance interwoven with a thrilling supernatural mystery that fans of Diana Biller and Dana Schwartz will find impossible to put down.