Promise in the Desert: A Sonoran Desert Novel

by Sheila Grinell

Overview

In the desert of Arizona, Bee and Sydelle become unlikely friends.

Far away from her father's fraudulent schemes in Pennsylvania, 22-year-old Bee Wells now works for an Arizona real estate company developing the world's first pandemic-proof community. When Bee's boss sends her to befriend Sydelle Hammer, 92, whose family has ranched on the land adjacent to the planned community for 150 years, the two strike up a friendship. But Bee soon discovers that both her boss and an environmental activist are cooking up shady deals to acquire the ranch. When Sydelle has a mini-stroke, the scavengers start to circle. Disgusted, Bee is compelled to defend her friend. At a crossroads, she must take a stand about the best was forward for the land, for Sydelle-and for herself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798897409822
Publisher:	Sibylline Digital First
Publication date:	09/05/2025
Series:	The Sonoran Desert , #1
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Sheila Grinell earned a B.A. in English literature at Harvard University and a Certificate in creative writing at Phoenix College. Her debut novel, Appetite, was published in 2016 and a second novel, The Contract, in 2019. After a 40-year career in science museums, Grinell now gives talks at libraries and bookstores and engages with readers on social media about "writing as a second act." A resident of metro Phoenix since 1993, she has served as Writer-in-Residence for the Mesa Public Library system and was inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame.