Keeper of the Singing Bones

by Marilyn Gardiner

Talk about irreconcilable differences! Juliet believes her brother has been kidnapped. Mac believes he’s running guns in Jamaica. Mac is tough-and-tumble. Juliet is every inch a lady. If they don’t kill each other first, they may make a surprising discovery.Juliet and Mac are forced to work together to avoid the curse of a native medicine man, hack their way through steamy jungles, cope with the mysteries of a groaning stone statue found deeply underground in a cave grotto, and come to grips with a mutual growing attraction. The problem is that they aren’t right for each other. Mac has Rastafari friends, for heaven’s sake, and Juliet wouldn’t trust him with the weather forecast. When they find Juliet’s brother, the plot only thickens. In a life or death struggle, the stone statue points to the answer.

214 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

I can't remember not wanting to write books. As an eight-year-old I wrote in bed, under the covers by flashlight in secret. As a teen, I discovered typewriters, and as an adult bought one of the first home computers available. From the beginning my passion was writing about relationships -- the way our lives rub against each other and, in the process, change us in ways both great and small. Relationships change our lives. And so, I am a romance novelist, with a bent toward romantic suspense. I also write family sagas.

Travels throughout the eastern half of the United states, Great Britain,Germany, and Jamaica have given me a wonderful background of "place," which is reflected in all my published novels. The co-mingling of cultures fascinates me.

Three of my garnered a Golden Wings Award for excellence in writing. I've also won or placed in several writing contests. Flight of Angels, Like a River My Love and My Pretty Lady all received four star reviews from the prestigious Romantic Times.

Recently I've published two books that combine family stories with multigeneration romances -- For Thine is the Kingdom and Night Travelers. I enjoy using understated humor, which you'll occassionally find in these books.

Among other things, I've taught creative writing, tutored English at a community college and taught reading at an Adult Learning Center.