Tammy Vreeland Livres

Tyler, the small boy with the imaginary friends called the Folks, is now grown up. Moving on with his life, he has entered the Coast Guard. While at Boot Camp, Tyler endures a high fever which brings back flooding memories of the Folks. Memories he's not sure are his own. Terry, Tyler's mom, ever watchful of the Folk's return, decides to help Tyler get settled in with his new orders. Travis, Tyler's brother, plans on sharing an apartment with Tyler making Tyler's transition even easier. The two brothers are excited to start their new life in Galveston, Texas. Unfortunately, the island has a dark past of its own. Terry, Tyler and Travis find themselves re-living the past to ensure their future.

After surviving her "incident" in the city, Lauren finds herself on a road trip with her best friend Roxy. As they make their way from the East Coast to the West Coast, Lauren becomes intrigued by the stories she is hearing on the radio. Thirteen new stories that coincide with the areas that Roxy and her are driving through. In fact, Lauren realizes these stories may even be signs for her to be aware of during their drive. As Roxy and her near their destination, Lauren feels herself driving closer to the brink of madness. If she cannot get a handle on it, this time Lauren may actually go over the edge.

Lauren has finally arrived at her destination called madness. She finds herself in a run-down, decrepit old Sanatorium. How she got there, Lauren does not know. In fact, she barely remembers her name! All of her memories are gone. The therapy they are using on Lauren is called exposure therapy. Where they expose Lauren to her greatest fear, white noise! All in hopes Lauren's fear will trigger her memories. Lauren is forced to listen to 13 stories introduced to her through white noise. Each story, Lauren, becomes part of the story. Feeling the pain the stories reveal. Why is she so connected to the ones telling the stories? All while having to deal with a sadistic nurse and a doctor who seems to not have her best interests in mind! While at times therapy feels like it is working, Lauren can't help but wonder if something more sinister is going on? However, with no one on the outside knowing who she is, it is up to Lauren, and the other patients, to try to stay sane in an insane world!

Lauren finally fulfills her dreams of having her own apartment in the city. However, dreams are a funny thing. They can be your answer but more often than not, a question. In this case, the apartment is Lauren's answer and yet it brings up the question of how is she going to deal with all of the noise? Whether it be a dog barking, a baby screaming or simply the noise coming up off the street, it is all too much! Finally, Lauren finds relief when she purchases a sound machine that plays white noise which drowns out all of the noise around her. Perfect! Or, so she thought. Lauren begins to have strange dreams. Unlike most of her dreams that she cannot remember, these dreams stay with her. Haunt her. Become part of her. Is the white noise giving her access to other people's dreams? People who have died. Can souls dream in death? Lauren dreams thirteen individual dreams. With each one she finds herself drifting ever closer to the mouth of madness.

Katherine looks down at the book as she lightly runs her fingers over the cover. She can feel the raised insignia of the oak tree with mistletoe in the branches. The title is elegantly written with beautiful penmanship which spells out The Family Tree . She timidly opens the book and looks down at the familiar pages in front of her. Tears begin to form in her eyes as she subconsciously rubs her stomach. Katherine thumbs through the pages. She had always been taught that through her past her future is determined. But, she did not like what her future was to bring. Why were her ancestors allowed to decide the fate of her unborn twins? Why couldn t she have a choice? Didn t they know what the consequences were? Or were they so blind to the religion, they didn t see it for what it really is? Again Katherine thinks about the title of the book. Her Family Tree had deep dark roots. Many branches filled the tree but all were tied to one dark secret. Katherine realizes that she is the one that must cut this tree down. But, how and at what cost? She feels a kick from one of the twins and this gives her hope. The key had to be the religion. What its origins were, why it was created and how to destroy it. The religion was so old and forgotten that only through tradition had it survived. Katherine thinks to herself, maybe this generation needed to start a tradition of their own!