A Christmas Miracle on Death Row (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781518606809)

Shirley Spain lives in West Jordan, Utah with her husband, Curtis, and their four-legged children. The majority of Shirley's books are crime thrillers--like the six-book Jewels Trust Series and stand alone novels, "The Thriller Book Killer" and "Summer Sweat"--which she describes as "an intense mixture of mayhem and murder, spiced with a bit a romance, and topped with a favorable (yet not always pain-free) ending for the good guys." Yet her "softer side" is revealed as she expresses her deep passion for animals in two G-Rated short stories. Shirley admits, "When writing vivid scenes for my suspense novels which involve the 'bad guy' harming an animal--even though one-hundred percent make believe--those are often some of the hardest scenes for me to describe, simply because I love animals so much." In her memoir, "One Last Kiss," (a must read for anyone who has ever loved and lost a pet) with heart-stirring affection Shirley shares her inner most feelings and emotions as she recounts saying goodbye to Annie, her beloved pit bull mix. And although fiction, Shirley's fondness for animals shines as she once again demonstrates her knack to tug at one's heart strings in "A Christmas Miracle on Death Row."