title: Marissa
author: August Edwards
description: August Edwards is a fifth grader who wrote her first award-winning essay in Mrs. McDermott's kindergarten class, which she read before a crowd gathered at a local New England Mall. Her brother Rodman makes masks, and her brother Jon collects pressed pennies. She is an alto saxophone player who loves John Coltrane and The Ramones, and her favorite writer is Rick Riordan, author of "The Lightning Thief." The paintings of Vincent Van Gogh and the comedy of Tina Fey inspire August, whose recent trip to Amsterdam and Paris provided stimulus for her forthcoming collection of short stories of comedy and horror.
zlib_text: Guarding Her Heart
  Belle Calhoune
  
  Guarding Her Heart:
  When realtor, Marissa Santana, witnesses a murder in the wee hours of the morning, she finds herself
  suffering post-traumatic stress in the form of amnesia. After two attempts on her life, Marissa realizes
  she isn’t safe from a killer’s vengeance. Protection arrives in the form of Matt Cruz, Sheriff of
  Briarwood, who vows to keep her safe. Problem is, Cruz is the last person Marissa wants to give her
  around the clock protection.
  Town sheriff, Matt Cruz, is duty bound to protect Marissa Santana from a killer’s revenge, even
  though he doesn’t think much of the gossipy realtor. Cruz is still stewing over a rumor he believes
  Marissa spread about him and an elderly resident of Briarwood. But now, with danger looming, he
  vows to keep her from a killer’s grasp at all costs.
  As Cruz provides around the clock protection for Marissa, they find themselves growing closer and
  bridging the wide gap between them.  As their feelings turn romantic,