Final Drive - Paperback

by Jean Boles (Author), D. K. Morss (Author)

"I could slit your throat right now, you whore, and throw your body into Puget Sound. No one would ever know what happened to you! And you know I could do it, too, baby. I'm a cop, and I know how to do these things and not get caught." -Thirty-eight-year-old Rachel Goodrich, a survivor of domestic violence, has spent the last twelve years changing her life, keeping secrets, and trying to put her failed marriage behind her. One dark night she finds herself face-to-face with her abusive ex-husband and suffers a severe beating. Near death, her deceased grandparents reach out to help her transition to the other side. -Kenneth Hamilton, a cop and an ex-con, is determined to have Rachel back. If she doesn't submit, he will finish the job and she will be planted six feet under, "pushing up posies." He also recently took a shot at his other ex-wife, Debbie. He is on the lam and has nothing to lose. -Aaron Townsend, a Seattle coffee tycoon with his own secrets and wounds of the heart loves Rachel and would do anything to save her life and help her find natural healing through integration of mind, body, and spirit. FINAL DRIVE is a novel of real love, divergent personalities, paranormal, drama, and the process of the healing of heart and body.

Author Biography

D.K. Morss was born and raised in the state of Wyoming. She has been legally blind since infancy due to a pituitary brain tumor. Her mother refused to send her out of state to a residential school for the blind because of her pan-hypopituitary condition. Therefore, she was one of the first legally blind children mainstreamed in the public school system in Wyoming. D.K. Morss earned a BA degree in psychology and an MA in Agency Counseling with an emphasis in women's issues at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. She was employed as a rape crisis and domestic violence counselor. She also volunteered for suicide prevention and domestic violence hotlines. When D.K. Morss moved to California to get married, she changed careers and was employed by the U.S. Govern-ment. At the time of her retirement she worked on the national level as part of a team of six management analysts in California. Upon her retirement she received the Albert Gallatin Award, the Department of the Treasury's highest honorary career service award. She resides in California with her husband and their two Maltese dogs, Destiny and Freddie.