The reader is invited to travel with retired dentist Kyle Kinnard and his blue and gold Macaw, Ace, on a trip to St. Augustine, Florida. Motivated by an unexpected second divorce, Kyle arrives at the Tropicana Haven Motor Home Retreat Campgrounds intent on reconnecting with his youngest son, Christian. Kyle is happy to be drawn into Christian’s life at Flagler College and his part-time job at a coffee café. Bereft of cooking skills, even Kyle’s RV coffee is in need of improvement. Christian and the folks at the Blue Dog Café are just the crew to expand Kyle’s culinary knowledge. Kyle is riddled with self-doubts and inner questions, but when a young boy goes missing Kyle must ultimately rely on his own convictions to save the day. Share Kyle’s journey of discovery into America’s oldest city, life in an RV, retirement, cooking and suspense in A Sense for Deception.

Years before Kyle Kinnard relocates to Florida in A Sense for Deception, he travelled the mountains and valleys of Appalachia in a converted school bus. Kyle is a dentist. He likes his profession and how he is able to help people. He doesn’t like being cold, hungry, or stranded and pursued by a band of thieves. He remembers those days as important and meaningful, punctuated with more than one misadventure. When a freak storm makes the road home impassable, Kyle finds himself trapped on a mountaintop with few resources. He takes sanctuary at the cabin of a woman some would call a witch with strange powers, but Kyle grows to call her friend. As danger draws closer, he finds more than simple shelter. He finds no one is an island, and all life is interconnected. Tara has written a novella anyone can enjoy, but this short book is sure to be appreciated by busy people who think they don’t have time to invest reading a book. Tara says, “You can read this one!” With a word count of 37,000, anyone wishing to read a good story can find time for this one.