Where The Mountains Kiss The Sky

A hit-and-run in Brickton, Wyoming sets off a chain of events that has people scared. When another man is murdered, the pressure mounts to discover who is responsible, and who is the next one with a bull's eye on their back. It's a cat and mouse game and no one knows who will be next in the killer's crosshairs.

From a national NPR radio host comes an intense and darkly funny debut novel about a woman who learns what she stands to gain--and lose--if she follows her dreams of fame.

Between the Mountain and the Sky shows us the goodness that is possible when a single person--regardless of age--takes action to help another and, in the process, changes the lives of hundreds. Maggie’s story begins in suburban New Jersey, in a comfortable middle-class family that supports her decision to travel the world during a gap year before starting college. During her travels, the trajectory of her life alters when she has a surprise encounter with a Nepali girl breaking rocks in a quarry. Maggie decides to invest her life savings of five thousand dollars to buy a piece of land and open a children’s home in Nepal. That home becomes Kopila Valley Children’s Home, and eventually, the nonprofit Maggie launches, the BlinkNow Foundation, also starts the Kopila Valley School, which provides tuition-free education for more than four hundred students. Maggie and BlinkNow’s work have been recognized around the world for their innovative, sustainable work. However, this book isn’t a how-to for fledging philanthropists or nonprofit founders--it’s a coming-of-age story about a young woman suspended between two worlds, as well as the love, loss, healing, and hope she experiences along the way. And Maggie’s inspiring, intimate tale shows readers an important truth: the power to change the world exists within all of us.

To one, the Smokey Mountains represent one of God's greatest creations. To another, its never crossed his mind. Chase is a photo journalist for a popular Atlanta Magazine. She can't live in the Mountains, but she finally has her chance to go there on assignment. A deadly twist of events lands her right in the middle of a murder investigation. In Boston lives a very lonely and selfish man. Nothing is more important to him than money. He cannot obtain enough. He goes to Knoxville to see his grandfather on his deathbed. His wants to insure his inheritance. God has a different plan, and William takes a journey that changes his life in ways he least expected. Danger and crushing injury accompany him on a train ride to disaster. Two people from two different worlds-A believer and a nonbeliever. God desires to work a life-changing miracle in both their lives. Kelly Morea is married, a mother of five and a grandmother of six. She feels closest to God when she is right in the middle of the Smokey Mountains. Especially in the wintertime when things slow down a little. But when at home she is close to her family and church. Grandma is what she likes to be called, even by the grown kids. She sings in the church choir and ladies ensemble in Florence, Mississippi, the place she calls home. Growing up, the family vacations to Lake Santeetlah, North Carolina, near Robbinsville was the heart of inspiration for this book. From the beginning her desire for this book has been that it would give God glory and honor. Her prayer is that you will receive a blessing when you read Smokey Mountain Mist.