Laurie J. Beckman

The Haunting Omen Laurie J. Beckman

Nestled in a cozy Southern California bungalow, Jill Albright enjoys a mild and altogether manageable existence, complete with the relative comfort and moderate struggles that you would expect in the everyday life of a young and hard-working woman. Her job at the Trend-A salon comes with the usual irritations, such as her nosy boss Diane, as well as its redeeming delights, like the friendship of her devoted colleague Annie. A long-distance relationship with her boyfriend Troy appears to be dying a somewhat natural death, which Jill finds more disheartening than devastating. Her destiny has long ago been cast as exceptional by a rare and uncanny sixth sense that she has possessed since childhood. When her cousin Melody suddenly arrives in town, and just as suddenly vanishes, her native intuition emerges more fiercely than ever, guiding her on a terrifying voyage through the darkest terrain of the human psyche. Jill, targeted as a suspect by a corrupt police officer Stan Roberts, feels desperate and alone. As old loyalties are laid bare and new bonds are forever cemented, Jill must summon all her strength and intuition to find her cousin?and clear her name. Through feverish dreams and raw instinct, she uncovers the craven deeds of Troy?s colleague, Samantha Sparks, with whom he has betrayed Jill. Spellbinding, gripping, and consuming, The Haunting Omen charts one woman?s nightmarish freefall into the deepest recesses of evil.