I am pleased and grateful to announce my second novel, Finding Hope, with the same beloved characters as Safe House, is now available on Amazon, Kindle, and Kindle Unlimited. It is a clean Christian Suspense with action, adventure, and a little romance. It is a stand-alone novel with some treasure, in the form of answers to questions, for Safe House readers.
I thought it would be fun to share, Finding Hope’s playlist or the music I listened to while writing and running by the sea, with links to YouTube and Apple Music. A little something to listen to while you read. This is the music that inspired Hope Experience Flanagan, a musical soul, and one of the two main characters in the story.
But first!
About “Finding Hope,”
by Shannon Symonds
She’s hiding in her present.
With nothing but her guitar and a few belongings, Hope Flanagan escapes the abuse and negligence from her mother’s boyfriend. Hope’s lucky enough to find a warm exhaust vent in an alley of her coastal town and blessed with help from a coffee-shop employee who sees her desperate situation. But Hope is determined to stay under the radar from social services and the other homeless kids, who seem to go missing once they fall under the notice of the local homeless tough girl.
She’s hiding from her past.
Grace James works with the police to help survivors of abuse while desperately fighting to keep her own family safe from her vindictive ex-husband. News of her husband’s release from prison pushes her to accept help from the handsome and secretive Officer Joe Hart. But then her mother brings home a stray from her coffee shop, and Grace finds herself catapulting through her fears to do for Hope what she just might not be able to do for herself—find out who she really is to save her before it’s too late.
You can find “Finding Hope” on Amazon:
Paperback, OR Kindle, Kindle Unlimited
Hope’s Playlist
| Song | Artist | YouTube Link | Itunes Link |
| The Foggy Dew | Sinead O’Connor & The Chieftains | The Foggy Dew
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The Foggy Dew
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| She Moved Through the Fair | Sinead O’Connor/
The Chieftain and Sinead O’Connor |
She Moved Through the Fair
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She Moved Through the Fair
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| Look Up Child | Lauren Daigle | Look Up Child YouTube Link | Look Up Child
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| Fields of Gold | Sting | Fields of Gold
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Fields of Gold
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| Rescue | Lauren Daigle | YouTube Rescue by Lauren Daigle | Rescue by Lauren Daigle Itunes
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| You Say | Lauren Daigle | You Say YouTube Link | You Say
You Say by Lauren Daigle Itunes
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| Head Above Water | Avril Lavigne | Head Above Water
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Head Above Water
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| Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)Hilsong United Cover | ELENYI | Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)
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Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)
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| Amazing Grace | Celtic Women | Amazing Grace
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Amazing Grace
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| The Prayer, Dion and Bocelli (Lexi and Jenny Oaks Baker) | Dion, Bocelli, Lexi, and Jenny Oaks Baker | The Prayer, Dion and Bocelli (Lexi and Jenny Oaks Baker)
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The Prayer, Dion and Bocelli (Lexi and Jenny Oaks Baker)
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Grace’s Playlist
| Song | Artist | YouTube | Apple Music |
| Water Under the Bridge | Celtic Woman- Adele Cover | Water Under the Bridge
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Water Under the Bridge
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| Someone like You | Adele | Someone like You
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Someone like You
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| Broken and Beautiful | Calee Reed | Broken and Beautiful
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Broken and Beautiful
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| Turning Tables (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) | Adele | Turning Tables
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Turning Tables
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| Old Pine | Ben Howard | Old Pine
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Old Pine
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| Practical Magic | Alan Silvestri | Practical Magic
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Practical Magic
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| This Kiss | Faith Hill | This Kiss
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This Kiss
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| Cleanse You | Calee Reed | Cleanse You
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Cleanse You
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| Beautiful Heartbreak | Hilary Weeks | Beautiful Heartbreak
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Beautiful Heartbreak
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| When you Believe | BYU Noteworthy (ft. BYU Women’s Chorus) | When you Believe
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When you Believe
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| Amazing Grace | BYU Noteworthy | Amazing Grace
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Amazing Grace by Noteworthy Itunes
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Shannon’s Playlist
Find some of my kids, (okay a ton of my kids), and beloved family friends in this music video by a local band, Blind Pilot!
The Making of the Cover and the artist and creator behind it…
The beautiful cover photographic art and front cover was created by Haley Miller of Captures Photography. The cover and blurb was designed by my editor, the talented author, Lisa Rector.
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