Chasing Demons

by Christy Tillery French

After losing her unborn baby at the hands of her abusive husband, Kendra Salvatori flees from him to Black Mountain, North Carolina. She collapses in the barn of Garth Fisher, who rescues Kendra from near-death and nurses her back to health. When Kendra is fully recovered, she insists on leaving, aware that her husband, Tony Salvatori, head of a small but very powerful criminal organization, will eventually locate her. Kendra and Garth are by this time in love with one another and Kendra is very fearful of what Tony will do to Garth if he finds her with him. Garth persuades Kendra to stay with him, convincing her that they are in a safe place that is not easily accessible. Because Kendra is so frightened of what will happen when her husband finds her, Garth and Kendra begin to prepare themselves mentally and physically for the battle they know they will eventually face. "Compelling characters and a fine balance of romance and danger are this author's trademark. Chasing Demons is Christy Tillery French at her best."
—Laurel Johnson, author of The Grass Dance and The Alley of Wishes "Christy Tillery French with tempered elegance creates a stir of emotions while seamlessly switching from one genre to another. Her vivid and silken writing ability is honeycombed with the magic of suspense, romance, mystery and high-grade entertainment."
—Sherry Russell, author of Conquering the Mysteries and Lies of Grief

194 pages, Paperback

First published August 25, 2003

About the author

Christy Tillery French aka CC Tillery is co-author with her sister Cyndi Tillery Hodges of the award-winning, best-selling, internationally published Appalachian Journey series (Whistling Woman, Moonfixer, Beloved Woman, Wise Woman, Granny Woman) and the Brown Mountain Lights series (Through the Brown Mountain Lights, Seeking the Brown Mountain Lights, Into the Brown Lights, Chasing the Brown Lights, Chancing the Brown Mountain Lights, Leaving the Brown Mountain Lights, Traversing the Brown Mountain Lights).

Under her own name, Christy's books cross several genres, including psychological suspense, romantic suspense, and romantic comedy/chick lit. Her short story Investigator Incarnate was published in Cats in a Dreamspell and she contributed 5 recipes to Killer Recipes. Proceeds from that book are donated to the American Cancer Society.

Christy's books have been chosen by numerous book clubs across America and received numerous awards. In addition, all of her books have been placed with the McClung Historical Collection of the East Tennessee Historical Center as part of the local and genealogical history of East Tennessee.

The translation rights for Wayne's Dead were sold to Yacom Publishers of Seoul, South Korea and the translation rights for Chasing Demons were sold to Futami Shobo Publishers of Tokyo, Japan. Whistling Woman is internationally published in Germany and France.

French’s award-winning poetry has been published in America and England. She has been recognized in Who's Who in U.S. Writers, Editors & Poets (American Biographical Institute, 2002-present), Who's Who in America (Marquis Who's Who, 2003-present), Who's Who of American Women (Marquis Who's Who 2004-present, Who's Who in Finance and Business (Marquis Who's Who, 2004-present), and Manchester Who's Who, 2006-present.

French formerly served on the Board of Directors of Tennessee Mountain Writers. She formerly served on the Board of the Southeast Mystery Writers of America (SEMWA) Skill Build Committee, representing East Tennessee. In August, 2005, she organized and hosted a skill build in Knoxville, Tennessee, sponsored by SEMWA.

In August, 2006, French was interviewed for the Norwegian magazine, "Magasinet", published by "Dagbladet" in an article by Kjersti Flaa about beauty scams and women's constant search for the right products.. Her article on Genre Fiction vs. Literary Fiction was utilized by the University of Florida in Spring, 2006 as part of the coursework for Crime and Detective Fiction. Her essay on The History of Makeup has been published in the book Exploring Beauty by Joanne Strobert.

French worked as a paralegal until she decided she preferred to be her own boss. In the past, she owned and operated a medical transcription service for psychiatrists and psychologists, a transcription service for court reporters, and freelanced as a paralegal. With her husband, she has co-owned a cartage company, industrial tire service, and most recently, an industrial equipment service and industrial battery service.

Reviews

[Kathrynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! I really liked how this author wrote this book and I will look for other books by her now that I have read this. Her writing moves with the story without all the clutter and mundane details that so many authors use to make a book over 300 pages. Ugh! This is a larger paperback book that came to 183 action packed pages. The chapters were short and sweet and the suspense was WONDERFUL. I couldn't put this book down! And, I must say I really liked the tastefullness in which the intimacy was written. Well done!