Dying For A Second Chance
A Psychological Thriller
Marie Harper is a young mother of six-month-old Heather who was created during a brutal rape. Living in the Pacific Northwest near the ocean, working for a local tribal doctor's office, Marie has created a safe life for the two of them. One rainy night a car crash changes that. Marie is killed in the crash. Finding herself standing outside the wreck she observes the spirit of Jessica, the woman from the other vehicle, vanish in a beam of light. When Marie hears the paramedics trying to resuscitate Jessica's body, she begs the universe for a chance to live as Jessica so she can continue to parent Heather. She wakes in the hospital as Jessica, but with none of her memories. Standing at the foot of her bed is Jessica's husband... a man Marie recognizes as the rapist. She realizes she is trapped in a marriage to a man she knows nothing about, other than this one horrendous detail – and begins to wonder if the crash was indeed an accident. As Detective Rod Kills On Top begins his investigation he uncovers details from a serial killer case he has been working on that make him fear for Jessica's safety.
Jenn Chapman grew up with a mother who was abusive physically and emotionally, and later in life was diagnosed as a psychopath. Jenn drew on experiences with a husband who had a serious personality/character disorder to create the serial killer character in this thriller. Jenn is a retired educator who spent several years during her teaching career working with indigenous populations in Washington State and North Dakota. Reservation life gave her a look into a different way of viewing the world through a spiritual lens. That led to creating the characters in this book; a way to share her love for the people who adopted her and taught her their ways. Jenn loved the inclusion of the tribal elders in the preschool educational program and decided to create intergenerational programs in the wider society using that model. They were showcased on newscasts and Good Morning America. She wrote Quality Care: An Intergenerational Approach. With an architect, she started a design company, Bridgings, Inc, where they designed and oversaw the building of several intergenerational programs, ultimately receiving an award from Generations United. She currently lives in Georgetown, Kentucky, where she is writing a second novel, Reservation Stories, and working on a modern historical novel about her years living in Guatemala during their civil war, and the genocide she witnessed. For over fifty years she has been a member of the Baha'i Faith, which teaches equality, and promotes human rights, social justice, and oneness of humanity.
