Cheryl Obrien

Taking Chances: Melanie's Story Cheryl Obrien

Publisher Marketing: Melanie Keys worked as a nurse and met Allen Denver, a handsome and capable police officer. It took Allen a year to impress her enough to get her to agree to marry him. They loved each other very much, but Melanie worried often about the dangers he faced being a police officer. A year later she was pregnant with their first child. Allen was the exuberant father when he found out during a sonogram appointment that they would have a daughter. Everything in their lives seemed to be falling into place. On a very nice spring morning Allen woke his wife and kissed her goodbye before he left for his early morning jog down the city streets. She pulled the covers over her head and went back to sleep. That morning changed her life. Allen was gunned down and not in the line of duty. The police opened the investigation and days later they closed it with no suspects and no reasonable answers as to why the investigation just stopped. Hurt and feeling betrayed, Melanie made the decision to leave the city and protect her baby by living an isolated and peaceful life far away from the people and the place that had stolen her husband from her. This is her story of how a stray dog and his owner altered those plans and pulled her out of hiding. Contributor Bio:  Obrien, Cheryl Cheryl OBrien was born in 1954, the daughter of Evelyn and Walter Grindley. Her dream as a writer began in the late 1980's, but at that time getting a manuscript published was difficult and expensive. Createspace gave her the opportunity she needed to make her dream a reality. As of January 2015 - she has published thirty one romance and adventure books. Five in the Katie's Journey Series alone. She grew up in New England and moved to Rocky Mount, VA. in 2004 for nine years. Currently she is back in Massachusetts and soon to be on her way to Arizona to live. She has five adult children and currently eight grandchildren. Her goal with these books is to inspire you to hope in yourself. The men are written as honorable and the women are strong. The recommended age for her books is 13 to adult.