Leo Desalvo, a loving husband and father is dead. It appears he committed suicide, but nothing could be further from the truth. And Leo’s wife knows it. Although he’d rather grieve in private, Joe Desalvo agrees to help his mother prove a murder occurred, not a suicide. Sally Clay desperately needs her auto restoration business to succeed. Not only is it her livelihood, but she’s caring for her father. She hopes the garage will lure him out of his self-imposed exile and back to the world of cars he once loved. But new competition, and the death of her best customer, auto dealer Leo Desalvo, leave her struggling. When Joe approaches Sally to appraise his father’s rare, classic sports car, she welcomes the business. There’s something fishy about the car, however, and Sally is beginning to suspect shady dealings in Leo’s business. Is Joe involved too? When her long-time friend and employee is murdered, Sally realizes it’s too late to back out of the investigation she’s inadvertently stumbled into. And it seems it’s too late for her heart as well.
Cheryl lives with her family in rural north Florida, in a community similar to her fictional Drake Springs, when she's not traveling with her husband in their RV. She wrote her first mystery at age thirteen, but she set aside her writing ambitions for college and a career in telecommunications.
Her mass market debut romantic suspense about the classic car industry, RESTORE MY HEART, earned her a mention in Publishers Weekly as one of ten new romance authors to watch. RUNNING SCARED scored a Perfect 10 with Romance Reviews Today. RECLAIM MY LIFE features characters from RESTORE MY HEART but is a stand-alone book, as is REBUILD MY WORLD (available now).
In addition to romance fiction, Cheryl writes cookbooks and hosts an award-winning blog called THE HASTY TASTY MEALS KITCHEN. Her latest book is RECIPES FOR RECOVERY, which features simple recipes for patients going through cardio-rehab, chemotherapy, radiation, or other health challenges.
