Stories That Stay With You
Welcome to a world of resilience, faith, and unforgettable characters.
Stories woven with suspense with heartfelt moments, drawing you into lives shaped by hope and perseverance. You’ll find yourself gripped by the drama, yet comforted by the deeper truths at their core. These are novels meant not just to entertain, but to stay with you long after the last page.
Pura Vida
The Lopez family is already grappling with undocumented immigration, teenage pregnancy, drugs, deportation, and the lingering grief over a lost loved one when international terrorism shakes their world. Terrorists infiltrate the U.S., stirring racial tensions and plotting to bomb a university and a high school.
Sister Bridget Ann Rincón-Keller, the resilient crime-fighting nun of East Austin, teams up with fifteen-year-old Miguel Lopez in a high-stakes race to thwart the plot. At the same time, Miguel’s mother embarks on a desperate journey into Mexico to find her husband and tell him their eldest son has been killed in Afghanistan. Pura Vida is a gripping thriller where faith, family, and suspense collide under the pressure of a looming threat.
Bring the Light
When Sister Bridget Ann Rincón-Keller, the compassionate “crime-fighting nun” of East Austin’s Latino community, discovers a struggling mother and her newborn abandoned at the church, she is thrust into a dangerous fight for justice. The teen mother, Isabel, is undocumented and separated from her baby by ICE, not realizing there are other young girls suffering at the hands of a notorious Mexican kidnapper known as El Gigante.
Driven by faith and fierce determination, Sister Bridget works to reunite mother and child and then embarks on a perilous mission to rescue the missing girls across the border in Mexico. She teams up with Detective Estevez of the Human Trafficking Unit, and together they follow a trail of heartache, corruption, and violence.
As the stakes rise and emotion intensifies, Sister Bridget’s unwavering faith and clever resourcefulness are put to the test, even as her growing bond with Detective Estevez challenges her vows. With suspense at every turn and characters who embody courage and conviction, Bring the Light is a multicultural thriller that shines with resilience and hope.
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Annette Montez Kolda 