North Texas author Kimberly Packard will sign copies of her debut novel, Phoenix, on Friday, March 8, at the Kroger in McKinney, located at 2901 Lake Forest Drive, from 3-7 p.m. Packard will also be at the same location on Saturday, March 9, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Phoenix is the story of Amanda, Alex and Shiloh -- three individuals tied together by two crimes committed thousands of miles and ten years apart, each looking for redemption and forgiveness. 

Amanda Martin boards a bus in the middle of a cold Chicago night with no luggage and only two thoughts: to get away from the crazed gunman who obliterated her office and locate the man responsible for her indictment – and make him pay. 

A small Texas town of Phoenix becomes her refuge as she assumes a new identity to rediscover who she was before all the power and money changed her. She intends it to be a temporary stop before searching for her ex-boyfriend who ensnared her in his securities fraud scandal, but the flirtatious advances of a handsome cop fuels her struggles between building a life there with him and her desire for vengeance. Uncovering a forgotten murder ignites Amanda’s need for redemption, but also drives a wedge in her new relationship, and puts her in the line of fire of two people who will stop at nothing to keep the case cold.

Story courtesy of Kimberly Packard