Diane Pitts Morrison

Hardwood Diane Pitts Morrison

Angie Ryan is a dedicated social worker who was summoned to a murder scene by detective, Cochise Farburrow. Her job is to safely remove three year old Carly Simmons from a drug infested house. Angie places the child into two foster homes, only to learn that the child is secure only with her. When the system fails the child, as a misinformed judge orders the child be returned into the custody of her maternal grandmother, Carly soon meets her demise. Angie faces disturbances of social disgrace, mountains of paperwork, the judicial system that never seems to produce according to how it was first devised. She is plagued with the continual concern over children. Native American detective, Cochise Farburrow, takes her into his heritage, teaches her the way of his people and educates her about the beauty and wonder of our country's first occupants. Through him, Angie learns to accept love again, something she has not been able to do since a bitter divorce from a military man. In the deep southwest, Angie learned about another abused child, that of the man she loves, detective Farburrow.