AUTHOR
GINGER PINHOLSTER
NOVELS
SNAKES OF ST. AUGUSTINE
Published on September 12, 2023
The theft of three beloved snakes, including a rare Eastern indigo, coincides with the disappearance of Serena Jacobs' troubled brother Gethin.
As she searches for Gethin, Serena falls for an equally maddening , magical man named Jazz. An exhausted cop's quest to save the stolen snakes puts all of them on a dangerous collision course.
SNAKES OF ST. AUGUSTINE, a love story about mental illness and discrimination, serves up a large side of Florida weirdness as it explores our ties to the natural world and each other.
CITY IN A FOREST
Hidden in the heart of Atlanta, a pristine forest shimmers with magic, but an unscrupulous developer plans to flatten Silver Park—unless two brave women can stop him. Arden Collier risks losing her home.
Parker Gozer owns most of Arden’s secret forest, which is rooted in Atlanta’s rich African-American history. As Arden struggles to reclaim her artistic voice, Parker confronts the man who once preyed upon her—and now wants to spoil a rare urban oasis.
Both women fight to protect the place that has tangled itself around their hearts like flowering kudzu vines, achingly sweet as a beloved child.
Developed as part of the Queens University of Charlotte MFA program, an earlier version of CITY IN A FOREST (then titled "Murmuration") was named a finalist for a Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Award.
CITY IN A FOREST received a gold award in the Florida Writers Association 2020 Royal Palm Literary Awards competition -- in the mainstream or literary published book-length fiction category.
The novel was also named a Distinguished Favorite in the contemporary novel category of the 2019 NYC Big Book Awards. (Review titles.)
The book is available from the publisher, Black Rose Writing, as well as Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and other suppliers. Thanks for reading, and for any reviews on Amazon.
THE TRAIN TO SANTA FE
(working title)
An elderly woman’s struggle to prove her Native heritage coincides with a man’s fight for joint custody of his son and a wounded warrior’s quest to conquer a mountain, revealing a dark shared history.
SUMMARY
In the late 1880s, Chenoa, a 16-year-old creator of exquisite Pueblo pottery, meets a smooth-talking art dealer named Dominic and boards a train to Santa Fe, hoping to save her family from starvation and disease. Little does Chenoa know that Dominic plans to steal her artwork as well as something even more precious.
Decades later, Chenoa’s granddaughter Rose, desperate to prove her Native heritage before she dies, begs a kind nursing home orderly named Jonah for help. His efforts to solve the mystery of Rose’s ancestry soon grow complicated as he fights for joint custody of his young son and falls in love with a wounded warrior who calls herself White Dove. Conflicts unfold, bringing to light a dark shared history.
THEME
When the railroads first reached New Mexico in the 1880s, they brought both opportunity and danger to Native American communities, resulting in wounds that have persisted for generations. THE TRAIN TO SANTA FE explores that sad legacy as well as the resilient power of the human spirit.
This novel is complete and has gone through a third revision and proofreading. It's currently with beta readers. A sensitivity reader will be identified soon.
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