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2012 - Florida Book Award Bronze Medal Winner for General Fiction 2012 - Florida Book Award Bronze Medal Winner for Popular Fiction "Details of archaeology, pirate lore, and voodoo complement the strong, sympathetic characters, especially Amande, and the appealing portrait of Faye's family life." —Booklist Faye Longchamp and her Native American husband Joe Wolf Mantooth are working near the mouth of the Mississippi, researching archaeological sites soon to be flooded by oil. The Deepwater Horizon disaster has morphed her run-of-the-mill contract job into a task that might swamp her fledgling consulting business. Then her injured babysitter leaves Faye to work with a toddler underfoot. Thankfully, Amande, a bright and curious teen lives nearby with her eccentric grandmother. But when the girl's grandmother and her no-account uncle are murdered, Amande's prospects worsen. The girl has but two known relatives, both battling over her small inheritance: a raggedy houseboat, a few shares of stock, and a hurricane-battered island that's not even inhabitable. Pirate-era silver coins are found and disappear. A murderer is on the loose, and as the oil slick looms, Faye can see that Louisiana is still being plundered....

Rose ha un terribile matrimonio mancato alle spalle, perché il ruolo della sposa le è stato rubato proprio da sua sorella. Atterrata all’aeroporto di Londra, ancora carica di rancore e frustrazione, arriva nel suo appartamentino a Islington, dove vorrebbe solo sprofondare per due giorni nel divano, guardare programmi stupidi e ingurgitare ogni genere di dolce. Ma, quando apre la sua valigia per disfarla, invece di reggiseni e abiti da sera, trova solo boxer e camicie da uomo. E non è tutto, perché le finisce tra le mani anche un esclusivo biglietto d’invito VIP per l'apertura del nuovo club Dark Purple. Invece di frasi prendere dall’ansia, come suo solito, decide di non preoccuparsi troppo né dello scambio di bagagli né dell’umiliazione della cerimonia appena trascorsa e di andare a quella misteriosa inaugurazione. Ciò che nasce come piccola e furba distrazione da quel periodo di caos emotivo, diventa presto un enorme tumulto di cuori, perché Neal Burton, l’affascinante uomo dagli occhi color dell’oceano, proprietario del locale nonché della valigia, non rivorrà indietro da lei solo ciò che è suo, ma le proporrà un piccolo, intrigante patto...

Centuries of tragedy shadow New Orleans—wars, slavery, and a monumental flood that killed a thousand people and still threatens to wash all that history away. Faye Longchamp and her team of archaeologists, fighting to save New Orleans’ past, are horrified when they discover a corpse that’s far too new to be an archaeological find. The police presume it’s just another dead body in the long, sad sequence of dead bodies left by Hurricane Katrina, until Faye shows them a truth that only an archaeologist could see: the debris piled on top of the dead woman is all wrong. Someone brought Shelly Broussard to this flooded-out house and left her dead body behind. Presumably, that someone was her killer. Faye and her assistant Joe Wolf Mantooth are drawn into the investigation by a detective who believes their professional expertise is critical to the case. They quickly learn that trouble swirled around the victim like winds around the still, quiet eye of a hurricane. Is Shelly’s heroic rescue work in the aftermath of Katrina the key to her death? Or does the sheaf of photos in her work files hold the answer? Will Faye and Joe be the next innocents engulfed in this deadly deception?

Time is not on Faye Longchamp’s side. She and her husband Joe are working near the mouth of the Mississippi, researching archaeological sites soon to be swamped by oil. The Deepwater Horizon disaster has morphed her run-of-the-mill contract job into a task that might swamp her fledgling company. It isn’t helping that an injured babysitter has left Faye to work with a toddler underfoot. An adolescent girl is drawn to Faye, perhaps because she idolizes the confident archaeologist. Young Amande is bright and curious, and a poverty-stricken life on a houseboat with an eccentric grandmother doesn’t look like a good to get the education Amande deserves. When the girl’s grandmother and her no-account uncle are murdered, her prospects worsen. With only two known relatives–neither of them much more respectable than the dead uncle–Amande seems destined for neglect or worse. Soon, Faye and Joe find themselves among people fighting hard for Amande’s pathetic inheritance: a raggedy houseboat, a few shares of stock, and a hurricane-battered island that’s not even inhabitable. Pirate-era silver coins are found and disappear. Shadowing it all is the fact that there’s a murderer on the loose. But why should Faye be surprised by such shady events, here in these watery lands settled by the greatest pirates of them all? And the oil slick looms, because this country is still being plundered, after all these years...

A woman waits under five feet of dirt-a woman who is by now nothing but bones stained the deep red of Oklahoma clay. A delicate silver necklace, a handful of ancient pearls, and a priceless figurine rest with her. Twenty-nine years is a long time to wait for a proper burial. Faye Longchamp-Mantooth, who runs a small and shakily financed archaeological consulting firm with her husband, Joe, has come to Sylacauga so she and Joe can join his father, Sly Mantooth, in dispersing his mother's ashes. Fifteen years is a long time to wait for a proper ceremony. Faye has partially financed the trip by hiring on to consult on the reopening of a site closed down 29 years ago when archaeologist Dr. Sophia Townsend disappeared-for good. The Muscogee (Creek) Nation intends to create a park if nothing sacred lies in the soil. What no one expects is the lonely red bones that emerge as the backhoe completes its work. Inevitably they prove to be those of Sophia Townsend. And examination shows Sophia was first killed by a blow to the head. Chief Roy Cloud of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation's Lighthorse Tribal Police hires Faye, who clearly can't be a suspect, to consult. Which is fine with Faye, who won't rest easy until Sophia's murder is solved. But the investigation comes uncomfortably close to home when she learns that her father-in-law knows more about the dead woman than he is willing to admit. So, it appears, does everyone in tiny Sylacauga. Dr. Sophia Townsend had possessed a sexual magnetism as forceful as an Oklahoma tornado, and she had never hesitated to use it to manipulate everyone around her, people whose hearts she broke and whose marriages she destroyed. Was she killed by one of her lovers, or by one of their wives? Or by the woman who became enthralled with her? Or maybe Sly Mantooth? Or was something else elemental-greed, buried treasure, fame-at work? Faye's obsession with this case tests her professional ethics and it tests her marriage. Such was the power of Sophia Townsend that, twenty-nine years after her murder, she wreaks havoc (along with the weather) once again.

These weren't ghosts of the dead with unfinished business. They were something far more sinister. Daniel Barrow is a ghost hunter bound to a life of misery; protecting the world from ghosts by killing their human hosts. He knows the rules: mark the targets, plot the crime scenes, and then murder those beyond saving. Daniel's safe in his rituals-until he meets Faye Michaels. Faye isn't his average target and her ghosts threaten to destroy everything he has worked for. When his ritual goes wrong, Daniel must create an uneasy alliance with the woman he intended to kill. But the deeper they dig, the closer they get to a dangerous secret that will change their lives forever. Daniel must make a choice: fulfil his duty, or turn his back on those he has come to trust. Can the truth lead him to salvation?

Ditto is a story about friendship, love, romance...and 4 million pounds!Annie Day is seemingly content with her lot in life. With a busy life, career and two small children, she doesn't realise she is lonely...until she meets Faye. Faye Fairchild is a Mum who Annie stumbles across during the school run. The two women begin chatting and a bond is established.Slowly but surely, the two women forge a friendship which grows stronger by the day. They chat morning and afternoon during the school run and at night on Facebook. Annie finds a new warmth inside her soul-and discovers in Faye, a kindred spirit. Supporting each other through hardship and grief, they become inseparable and the best of friends.One fateful day changes the course of their lives forever. Whilst stopping at the shop before the school run, they combine their remaining pennies to pay for a lottery ticket, laughing at the prospects of splitting the winnings should they win. Later that night, as the winning numbers are announced, Annie and Faye are stunned to realise they are millionaires. With new-found fortune, they must consider their future. Temporarily torn apart by money, Annie is miserable without her close friend by her side. In their time apart, Annie's personal life is changed for the better when she meets a man on holiday. Dean Christopher captivates Annie, and from the moment she meets him, she knows he is going to be someone special in her life. Despite her happiness though, she misses her best friend.Eventually, because of Annie's impending wedding, the two families decide to sit down and talk. Annie and Faye resolve to remain true and close friends, despite the complications having money brings. With their friendship back on course, Annie and Faye wander down the beach only to walk into the fate of their future. Where will a friendship like no other and a massive lottery win lead Annie and Faye in the end? Find out in...Ditto.

Stellie and Faye are two sibling aliens, who live on the barren Moon and dream about it being like Earth. They travel to Earth in search of recycled materials they can build with. In this first book, Stellie and Faye work hard to build their house on Earth and take it back to the Moon. This rhyming book is aimed at pre-schoolers, ages 4-7. It's a creative interactive book with educational games, positive poems, art techniques and find a hidden character on pages.Enjoy the adventures of Stellie and Faye!