It's all about keeping a family secret. When a newborn is adopted into a loving family, her 'new' cousins are sworn to secrecy about her real identity. Upon reaching adulthood  a critical health issue blows the lid off the carefully guarded family secret. She soon discovers who she is, and who her 'real' cousins are. She's forced to cross a line in the sand and soon discovers who her real cousins are.

No woman ever born possessed a stronger desire to be a mother, other than Winnie Harliss.     Only one problem existed. Regardless of all her many well-planned conjugal efforts, she was unable to conceive. The missing description in her pitiful existence was ‘mother’.  On a day when she least expected it to happen, World War Two and the Normandy Invasion intervened in her young life, and ironically made it possible for all her dreams of having her own baby come true. 

Many years passed, and a health condition arose in her daughter Patty’s life, making it imperative that she know more about the medical histories of her birth mother and father. If it were not for the critical ‘need-to-know’ situation, she would never have asked for such details. Once she discovered the family secret about her life and her adopted parents, decisions would most assuredly have to be made. Lines drawn in the sand would have to be crossed by both mother and child. 

Would Winnie feel differently about her daughter if she had to share her with another woman? Would her daughter still look at her adopted mother, Winnie, in the same way if her birth mother was unexpectedly thrust into her life by an unforeseen set of circumstances? Would their lives be changed forever? 

There was only one way to find out the answers to those kinds of heart-tormenting questions, and it was lying right before them as. . . 

Lines in the sand. 

RON PARVU is an accomplished, award-winning artist and more recently, a published author. His multi-talented creativity has taken him into a whole new world. . . writing. . . far beyond his expressive paintings. Born in northeastern Ohio, he grew up in a region that exposed him to a rich variance of people, natural environment, fertile history and abundant wildlife. Acute memories from his past, combined with colorful present day experiences, help him capture emotional moments in time in his art as well as his stories. He admits to being a snowbird and divides his time between his native Ohio and south Florida. Currently, he is working on a new collection of Amish paintings, as well as finishing three new captivating novels: “Up and Down The Boulevard”, “Death of a Harlot”, and “Rogue Priest”