FAMILIAR STRANGER

About the Book

Things like this do not happen to people like me. It couldn’t possibly be Michael--he died four years ago. The world of Karen Benét, a Silicon Valley executive, is turned upside down when she runs into the stranger-who-has-to-be-Michael. Although Karen values transparency, she is suddenly caught up in clandestine meetings and secrets kept from friends and associates. As Karen and Michael struggle to protect the people they care about, their duplicity is putting those very relationships at risk. When the lie is so big, will the truth set them free?

About the Author

Anne Wickett Cross is a writer and educator. A creative writing major, she has authored two books, The Phoenix Riddle and What It’s Like to Be Pregnant and has received an award for her short story This is My Body, Unbroken. She lives in Saratoga, California with her husband Jon; enjoys volunteering, especially as a mentor to moms of preschoolers, the United Methodist Church, and on the board of Orkeeswa Secondary School in Tanzania. A world traveller, she teaches English to professionals in Silicon Valley. Anne loves her numerous grandchildren; dancing, hiking in wildflowers; and being by, in or on the water. A favorite place is outside in the California sunshine -- writing, latte in hand, or, even better, laughing with a friend.