Hannah Alexander
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Cheryl and Mel Hodde (pronounced Hoddee), is a Christian marriage writing team, under the pseudonym of Hannah Alexander, to incorporate their two names into one. Their pastor, the Brother Ron organized a romantic date for they. Mel is a doctor, and Cheryl was excited, because she needed to paralyze someone, in fiction of course like she explained to him after his initial shock. They have loved working together ever since that first meeting. Their specialty is medical romantic suspense. They dreamed of their chosen professions since they were children. Mel remembers the decision he made when he was ten years old to become a physician. At the time his dream was to be an old-time country doctor who knew all his patients as well as he knew his own family, prayed for them, and sometimes even accepted chickens for payment. Although his career didn't develop in the way he expected, he can't imagine anything more rewarding, especially now that he is able to incorporate his knowledge into novels with his wife. Cheryl remembers composing songs and stories before she knew her ABC's. When she wrote her first romance novel in 1985 she realized that no romance, and no life, can be right without Christ at the center, and so that was how she wrote—with Christ at the center. After she and Mel got married in 1995, they worked together on rewrites of her previous manuscripts. Together they generated ideas for a own story. With Mel's medical input, encouragement and help with plotting, and Cheryl's writing skills, they developed their first novel together, and called it Sacred Trust. Bethany House published it in 1999. Cheryl and Mel live in the Missouri Ozarks, where they like to set the majority of their books.
Books
Eye Of The Storm
With a new invasion from a previously unknown race threatening the Federation capital, Darhel Tir Dal Ron faces his ultimate nightmare: He is going to have to reinstate the one man human soldiers trust, a man with the power and knowledge to destroy the Darhel oligarchy forever--General Michael O'Neal--and convince him, against all logic, to save the Darhel.
The wedding kiss
A kiss can be life-changing. When Keara and Elam Jensen share their first kiss on their wedding day, a marriage of convenience becomes much less convenient! It also becomes more than they expected when God shows them what He really has in store for their lives. Will their mysteriously injured visitor ruin their future, or will her influence and her personal battle draw them into deadly danger? Visit Eureka Springs, Arkansas, in 1901, and discover for yourself what excitement and romance await along the White River Hollow.
Solemn oath
Dr. Lukas Bower is assigned to head his hospital's emergency room and must cope with medical, political, and economic crises, while his interest in Mercy Richmond alters as her ex-husband becomes converted.
Note of peril
Grace Brennan is a popular Branson entertainer and songwriter. But she begins to receive music boxes and gifts onstage that include messages with increasingly dire threats. The gift giver remains carefully anonymous, but leaves hints about Grace cheating eight years ago to win a music contest. And as her health also begins to fail, Grace doesn’t know who to trust. Every one around her seems to have a reason to bring her down. Even her closest friend, Michael, seems to have betrayed her. But Grace’s time is running out, and she needs to find the identity of her attacker before he gets the ultimate revenge…
Collateral damage
This time, The Sisterhood might be their own worst enemies…Through all their adventures, the bond of the Sisterhood has remained steadfast and unshakeable. But for the first time, the Sisterhood verges on falling apart when the ladies have to choose between two difficult assignments. The first job guarantees a huge paycheck; the second offers a presidential pardon—and a chance to finally emerge from hiding. For the sake of their union, the gals put aside their differences and focus on a new mission. A mysterious Washington, D.C. political operative needs them to track down a computer hacker who has stolen a highly classified list of fundraisers’ names. With a presidential election looming, the girls soon realize the job is a lot more dangerous than they had anticipated. Will their client come through with his promise? And can the ladies stop fighting—and stay alive—long enough to see it happen?
Missouri
The healing promise
Newly widowed Amity fleas to her aunt's B & B after some frightening phone calls from her late husband's "friends." Her husband was abusive and dishonest, and she knew there was some kind of trouble haunting her from his grave. Upon arrival, she meets up with Titus,who automatically becomes her protector.
The crystal cavern
Sable Chamberlin and Paul Murphy are trapped in Sable's childhood home in the Ozarks by an ice storm, and hope that the connecting caves beneath the house will provide them with a safe haven from the mysterious killer pursuing them.
Countdown to danger
Alive after New Year. An anonymous note demands millions of dollars--and in return Lynley Marshall can keep her life. Lynley turns to new police chief John Russell for protection. The handsome widower promises to keep her safe. But time is running out as the clock ticks closer to midnight--and to the deadline for the culprit's demands. New Year's target. When a sniper shoots at Cassidy Ferris on a ski slope, the wounded police detective is shocked by her rescuer's identity--her childhood nemesis, Tim Halstead. And as the threats esclate, they must join forces to uncover why a killer has targeted them both.
Urgent care
After years in pastoral ministry, Archer Pierce has begun to question his calling. Then, in the midst of a violent storm, Archer disappears, and the citizens of Dogwood Springs begin a frantic race against time and the elements to find him. Lauren McCaffery is falling deeply in love with the widowed Dr. Grant Sheldon. But when he pops the question, she panics. Is she prepared to take on a ready-made family? And she wonders if she can ever live up to the image of "perfect wife and mother" that Grant’s late wife seemed to portray. Dr. Mitchell Caine’s personal struggles are affecting his practice and his work in the ER, and now he is experiencing glimmers of a memory that is too horrifying to believe—if it’s true. To make matters worse, his troubled daughter returns home after years of estrangement. Can Mitchell hope to help her when he has his own dark secrets?
Last Resort
IT WAS A STORY TO PUT HIDEAWAY, MISSOURI, IN THE NATIONAL HEADLINES...A MISSING CHILD: Carissa Cooper, twelve, vanishes near her home--abducted, possibly by someone close to her.A WOMAN IN CRISIS : Noelle Cooper races back to her hometown to help in the search for her cousin and steps into a web of secrets that has haunted her family for generations.A MAN OF FAITH : Nathan Trask will do anything to protect Noelle from danger. Noelle's childhood friend, he might be much more...if she dares turn to him.
Hideaway
Double Blind
A virus is sweeping the Navajo reservation, and two of her childhood friends are dead. For Sheila Metcalf that's a call to leave Hideaway, Missouri, and return to Arizona. Neither her father's objections nor the arguments of Preston Black, the man who loves her, can stop Sheila from returning to the land of her youth. Her nursing skills are needed, and it's past time she found out the truth about her mother's long-ago death.There's a medical mystery to unravel, secrets about the past to uncover and questions about the future to explore. Along the way, Sheila will need courage and strength--and faith that God will protect her and lead her to where she belongs.