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	The Foggy Dew
She Moved Through the Fair	Sinead O’Connor/ The Chieftain and Sinead O’Connor	She Moved Through the Fair	She Moved Through the Fair
Look Up Child	Lauren Daigle	Look Up Child YouTube Link	Look Up Child
Fields of Gold	Sting	Fields of Gold	Fields of Gold
Rescue	Lauren Daigle	YouTube Rescue by Lauren Daigle	Rescue by Lauren Daigle Itunes
You Say	Lauren Daigle	You Say YouTube Link	You Say You Say by Lauren Daigle Itunes
Head Above Water	Avril Lavigne	Head Above Water	Head Above Water
Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)Hilsong United Cover	ELENYI	Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)	Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)
Amazing Grace	Celtic Women	Amazing Grace	Amazing Grace
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)	The Prayer, Dion and Bocelli (Lexi and Jenny Oaks Baker)

Grace’s Playlist

Song	Artist	YouTube	Apple Music
Water Under the Bridge	Celtic Woman- Adele Cover	Water Under the Bridge	Water Under the Bridge
Someone like You	Adele	Someone like You	Someone like You
Broken and Beautiful	Calee Reed	Broken and Beautiful	Broken and Beautiful
Turning Tables (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)	Adele	Turning Tables	Turning Tables
Old Pine	Ben Howard	Old Pine	Old Pine
Practical Magic	Alan Silvestri	Practical Magic	Practical Magic
This Kiss	Faith Hill	This Kiss	This Kiss
Cleanse You	Calee Reed	Cleanse You	Cleanse You

Beautiful Heartbreak	Hilary Weeks	Beautiful Heartbreak	Beautiful Heartbreak
When you Believe	BYU Noteworthy (ft. BYU Women’s Chorus)	When you Believe	When you Believe
Amazing Grace	BYU Noteworthy	Amazing Grace	Amazing Grace by Noteworthy Itunes

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!

Packed Powder by 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.