Divided

When widowed high school teacher Carli Winslow returns from Europe, she finds her home ransacked. Gangs smuggling illegals and drugs wreak havoc on her small town of Parma. After the school principal is murdered, the new woman principal, an antagonistic student, and town leaders put Carli in danger. She's wary of Sam, her new mysterious neighbor, but when a flood destroys the bridge that divides Parma between the wealthy whites and the poorer Latinos, Carli and Sam's relationship changes. Secrets, greed, and hate surface. After a pontoon bridge reconnects the town, Carli's enemy strikes. She has one chance to survive.

Carol Hazelwood graduated from the University of Berkeley in Criminology and lives in Palm Desert, California. In 1986 she revitalized the Newport Beach Literacy Program. She was women's golf champion at Bel Aire Country Club and remains involved with sports. She interacts with authors of all genres through her community's Writers Circle . She is a widow with three married sons, four grandchildren, and two great grandsons. Writing is her passion and her joy.