The Garden Key Tales

Madeleine Winger's thoughts consume her. This college co-ed's mental object of affection is a gorgeous dark-haired, green-eyed musician. She can't stop her mind from filling with idealistic perceptions and fantastical scenarios starring him. Every time she sees him at church or when he comes into the music store where she works, Maddy is sure she will need a defibrillator to restart her heart. She doesn't even know his name, nor has she ever spoken to him, but she can't stop her heart and mind from their unending crush on this guy, for over a year now.

The mind of Madeleine is filled with fear. Fear of not being a good enough wife to Peter, her beloved gorgeous professional musician husband of less than one year. She is consumed with the fear of one of the super model-esque groupies who hang around the band, taking her place at Peter’s side. Maddy navigates life on tour with Peter’s successful band with humor, faith and prayer, but inside, she is shaking in her black and white creepers.

A handsome rock star and love-of-her life husband, a beautiful vintage home in Southern California, and a clear career path - what more could a quirky cool former Goth chick ask for? The way writer Maddy McManus saw it, after years of battling fear and insecurity, her life has finally fallen into place. Maddy has begun to write her first work of fiction to - hopefully - stir the spiritual hearts and minds of the literary world. Then life throws Maddy a major-league curveball. This new development does not fit into Maddy’s perfect life at all.