Shadows of Doubt
Shadows of Doubt was my second novel, but the first that was long enough to be published as a paper back as well as an ebook. Released in 2021, it was a finalist in the 2022 Oklahoma Romance Writers Guild Heart Awards in the Young Adult Romance Category.
Former grade school bully and, later, amateur drug dealer Jeff Hudson turns his life around and is pursuing a degree in agriculture. His future, as well as a budding relationship with fellow student Sandy Harris, is threatened when a former dealer threatens to expose Jeff’s past to university authorities if he doesn’t rejoin the ring.
Realizing that Jeff is no longer an angry, misunderstood boy, Sandy must take a stand against her family and friends who swear he is no good and will only cause her unhappiness.
Together, can they escape the past in order to forge a future?
Realizing that Jeff is no longer an angry, misunderstood boy, Sandy must take a stand against her family and friends who swear he is no good and will only cause her unhappiness.
Together, can they escape the past in order to forge a future?
FROM GOODREADS REVIEWS
"[Sandy Harris] realizes that like Elizabeth Bennet, the protagonist of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, she is learning that appearances can be deceptive and that one’s perceptions of reality can be distorted by one’s assumptions. . . . Shadows of Doubt is more than just a suspenseful page-turner—although it is that too; it is also a beautifully written, psychologically complex novel, at once chilling and literary."
"Like any good mystery writer, McAlexander plays fair with the reader. She plants clues throughout the story that allow the reader to see the logic of the ending without guessing it. . . . I give the novel five stars."
"An exceptional creator of setting, McAlexander invites the reader to share the beauty of wildflowers along the Oconee River, the exciting atmosphere of a University football game, and the terror of living through a tornado."
"Both [of the young men involved with Sandy] carry secrets that entangle them, and their rivalry builds as the novel moves to its thrilling climax. . . . Easy to read and hard to put down, Shadows explores love, sexuality, family, divorce and reconciliation, nature, and the dark worlds of drugs and secrets."
BUY LINKS
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Doubt-Patricia-McAlexander/dp/1509235426/ref
Barnes and Noble
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shadows-of-doubt-patricia-mcalexander/1138919956
ibooks
http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/isbn9781509235438
"[Sandy Harris] realizes that like Elizabeth Bennet, the protagonist of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, she is learning that appearances can be deceptive and that one’s perceptions of reality can be distorted by one’s assumptions. . . . Shadows of Doubt is more than just a suspenseful page-turner—although it is that too; it is also a beautifully written, psychologically complex novel, at once chilling and literary."
"Like any good mystery writer, McAlexander plays fair with the reader. She plants clues throughout the story that allow the reader to see the logic of the ending without guessing it. . . . I give the novel five stars."
"An exceptional creator of setting, McAlexander invites the reader to share the beauty of wildflowers along the Oconee River, the exciting atmosphere of a University football game, and the terror of living through a tornado."
"Both [of the young men involved with Sandy] carry secrets that entangle them, and their rivalry builds as the novel moves to its thrilling climax. . . . Easy to read and hard to put down, Shadows explores love, sexuality, family, divorce and reconciliation, nature, and the dark worlds of drugs and secrets."
BUY LINKS
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Doubt-Patricia-McAlexander/dp/1509235426/ref
Barnes and Noble
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shadows-of-doubt-patricia-mcalexander/1138919956
ibooks
http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/isbn9781509235438
