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Phyllis Clark Nichols

When Caroline lost her love, she lost the music too.

Caroline Carlyle’s hopes and dreams were crushed when her fiancé died six weeks before their wedding. For years, she wrestled with aching loss and shattered faith, struggling to find the inspiration that once came so easily. Abandoning her half-finished piano compositions, Caroline traded her old ambitions for the comfort and familiarity of life as the town’s piano teacher.

But Caroline’s life turns upside-down when a mysterious stranger enters her life, bringing courage and fresh purpose. Inspired by her new acquaintance, Caroline embarks on a quest to track down the beloved rare piano she played as a child. Her search leads her to Rockwater, the Kentucky estate of a wealthy gentleman, where Caroline finds her heart may be composing a surprising new song.

Southern Stories Publishing

The Rockwater Suite

Return of the Song

Life's true beauty is found when the heart is set free.

Caroline Carlyle has finally shed the heavy shackles of grief and rediscovered her heart's song. Between her return to making music and a budding relationship with the charming Roderick Adair, Caroline's life is full of fresh inspiration and hope.

But just as she begins to experience this freedom, Caroline finds out one of her piano students is carrying a painful burden of her own. Bella, a prodigious musical savant living with autism, and her grandmother, Gretchen, share a dark, hidden past--more dangerous and complex that Caroline ever anticipated.

The more Caroline uncovers, the deeper her loyalty to Bella and Gretchen grows. Can Caroline help them find the same power of love to break free from the hold of secrets and oppression?

Freedom of the Song

A world away, a liberated heart is trapped in peril

 Caroline Carlyle has rediscovered her heart’s song and is realizing dreams she thought were beyond her grasp, including her musical debut at the university and a marriage proposal from Roderick Adair. After setting a wedding date, Caroline receives an unexpected gift that sends her to Guatemala to fulfill another life dream.

Upon her arrival, smoking volcanoes, two brutal men in a blue truck, and a catastrophic landslide threaten not only Caroline’s dreams but her very life. Roderick is struggling with the guilt of his own secrets, but when he hears of the danger, he summons Caroline’s brothers and spares nothing to find his beloved Caroline.

 From the magnolia trees of Georgia to the bluegrass of Kentucky to the cloud-drenched mountainous jungles of Guatemala, Caroline’s story continues… and her life is forever changed.