title: One for Agnes, One for Effie: An Uncommon Love Story
author: Nancy Merical
description: Nancy, An inspirational writer with publications in numerous markets, is also an artist, photographer and pianist. She and her husband, Jack, have four children, ten grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren. Nancy has published nine books and one audio CD and has many more novels and children's books waiting for completion. Her written works have appeared in numerous periodicals and books, including Decision, Ideals, Guideposts, and Tyndale anthologies. Lillenas has included her poems in drama resources and has marketed her drama book, Just for Kids, for twenty-seven years. Her children's drama has been produced on radio. Her photographic greeting cards and books sell at Tamarack, West Virginia's prestigious craft house. Nancy also markets painted rocks and photos at festivals and fairs throughout West Virginia.
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  # The Ellsworth Case
  
  
  ### A Markham Sisters Cozy Mystery Novella
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Diana Xarissa
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright **©** 2016 Diana Xarissa
  
  
  
  
  
  All Rights Reserved
  
  
  
  
  
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  For Mom, who loves everything I write.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Acknowledgments](part0004.html#3Q280-e0e6e283e3834311bb0a1957ef5090d7)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Author’s Note](part0005.html#4OIQ0-e0e6e283e3834311bb0a1957ef5090d7)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Letter to Bessie, part
  one](part0006.html#5N3C0-e0e6e283e3834311bb0a1957ef5090d7)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0007.html#6LJU0-e0e6e283e3834311bb0a1957ef5090d7)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0008.html#7K4G0-e0e6e283e3834311bb0a1957ef5090d7)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0009.html#8IL20-e0e6e283e3834311bb0a1957ef5090d7)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0010.html#9H5K0-e0e6e283e3834311bb0a1957ef5090d7)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0011.h