Bailey's End Book 1 The Encounter

"A sensual psychological thriller." -Janis Guggenheim

"A page turning psychological mystery with twists and turns, keeping readers on edge." -Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune

Author M. Denise Conner's debut novel has an unexpected fresh style that allows you to experience Felicia Bailey facing her fears and fantasies as if you are there.

Felicia is a successful, introverted architect, working for a prominent downtown Chicago company. This is a book that captures her loneliness in the midst of a life on the upswing. A casual passerby on the street can stir her sexual desires, yet she balks at any kind of real relationship. No one is aware of what lurks beneath the surface of Felicia's tortured façade when she briefly returns time and again to spend a few hours at an old rundown hotel in the poor neighborhood where she grew up. What draws her to it time and time again?

 A colleague begins to sense that Felicia is restless and discontented in spite of having the life she always wanted. Enter Dr. Benjamin Lamar Long, a psychiatrist, recommended by Felicia's friend as a possible solution. Felicia willingly embarks on the journey she hopes will give her back a normal life. The doctor begins the effort to peel back the layers of her distress, exposing times of darkness, moments of light, and, ultimately a path to even more uncertainty.