Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy writes from the heart about everyday people caught up in often extraordinary circumstances. As a native of St. Joseph, MO, her first publication was a poem on the children’s page of the local newspaper. She moved to the Ozarks with her family during her teen years and has called Neosho, MO home since, living in what passes for the suburbs in a small town. Member of Missouri Writers Guild, the Ozark Writers League, and Romance Writers of America, she has more penned more than thirty full length novels, a number of novellas, work in more than two dozen anthologies, and many other publications. She writes a weekly column for The Neosho Daily News. Her novels and short fiction have won several awards including the Best Suspense title in the Evernight Reader’s Choice Awards for her novel Ryker’s Justice. Lee Ann’s most recent release, Cam’s Witness is the first to release in hardback, paperback, and eBook. Cam’s Witness is available from World Castle Publishing. She is married, has three children, and spends her days penning stories, reading, cooking, and gardening.
Saving The Sin Eater – Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy
Tessa Owens has dreams of making it big in country music and moving on from her first love, Lucas Rowlands, who broke her heart. She left the old ways of her native Ozarks for modern life when she hit Nashville but a death in the family brings her home. Tessa didn’t plan to stay but when she meets Lucas at the visitation, the old sparks ignite. When she learns he’s not the simple country farmer she left behind but has become the Sin Eater, an ... Read More >
Cam’s Witness – Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy
Federal Marshall Timothy Campbell – ‘Cam’ to his near and dear – makes the biggest mistake of his career when he falls for the witness he vowed to protect. When Kendra Driscoll’s cover is compromised in a hail of bullets at a discount store, she’s terrified and when a stern faced lawman drags her away to a safe house somewhere in Arkansas, she’s beyond upset. Although she can be Deborah, her real name again, her future is anything but secure. Things become complicated when she ... Read More >
Slattery’s Sin – Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy
Living in California, working undercover is still surreal for Louisiana native Pride Slattery. He stands out – because of his unusual name, his military service in Iraq, and even his disability. Although he’s never quite adjusted to Los Angeles, he remains in place because he’s lost any enthusiasm for the future. One day is just like another and he’s schooled himself not to care. Things change, however, when he rescues a stolen purse for a beautiful woman, Sabetha Hill, who turns out to be from ... Read More >
Coal Black Blues – Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy
CA death in the family and divorce brought Caroline Reaburn back to the mountains of West Virginia, to her hillbilly heritage and Coaltown. Prepared to start over in a familiar place, Caroline hadn’t expected her first love, Neil McCullough, to come back into her life and heart. Twenty years earlier, Caroline’s mother moved and took her daughter with her, breaking up the relationship and both their hearts. It’s obvious from the first time Caroline met Neil again that they still have a connection. But Neil’s ... Read More >
Lake Dreams – Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy
Cole Celinksi left St. Louis against his will, on a leave of absence after the death of his children and estranged wife. He heads for the one place where he once knew happiness, a resort deep in the Ozark Mountains. At Lake Dreams, he finds his childhood friend, Maggie, runs the place and their old friendship remains intact. As he struggles to reconnect and reinvent his life, their mutual attraction kindles into something more. Cole spends time seeking the rest and relaxation he needs. His ... Read More >
Scarred Santa – Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy
His Persian Gulf service as a Marine left Rafe Sullivan wounded and scarred. His return to civilian life has proved difficult at best. He’s quit more jobs than most people ever hold in a lifetime and he’s become a near recluse. Although he interacts with his widowed mother and his brother’s family, Rafe lives lonely. A chance glance at a beautiful woman at a church dinner leads to another encounter. Sheena Dunmore comforts him during a PTSD moment and because of her, he accepts a ... Read More >
Canaan’s Land – Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy
Canaan Moss is a farmer, a man struggling to make a living from the land his family has owned for generations. It’s difficult to accomplish in the 21st century Ozarks in a remote corner of Missouri but he’s scraping by, one day at a time, living lonely. He meets Kaitlin Koch, a local journalist who wants to do a feature about his farm but before it can happen, law enforcement agents descend on his farm. He’s arrested for a marijuana field he didn’t grow and ... Read More >
Ryker’s Justice – Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy
Home for Jude Ryker is the rugged Ozark Mountains. When he returns as a Department of Justice agent to investigate a major moonshine operation, he doesn’t share his assignment with anyone. As far as the locals know, he’s back, like a bad penny. While he digs into the case for ATF, he puts in time as a handyman at a local inn. When he meets guest Nicole McAdoo, he wants more and before long they are in a relationship. He shares his true purpose first ... Read More >
Gray’s Good Samaritan – Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy
On an ordinary Saturday morning, Robin Cavanaugh’s life takes a wild turn. A wounded man leaps into her car at a traffic light. He refuses to go to the hospital and after he reveals his real name, she realizes she knows him from church. When he swears he’s one of the good guys, Robin abandons common sense to help him. As his condition worsens, she soon learns he’s not really Spike McGee, a criminal but an undercover agent whose life is in danger. His brother, ... Read More >