The Studio

Commander Matt Emerson son of a navy admiral enrolls his five daughters in ballet classes at Kaci Connellys dance studio in Florida. His wife has mysteriously disappeared at his last post in Viriginia and he transferred to Florida to remove his children from the gossip and speculation about their mother. Matt is a suspect in his wifes disappearance and has no alibi.Kaci a former ballerina is still in recovery for the trauma of a horrendous tragedy that ended her performing career years before meeting the Emersons. She is a devoted teacher who becomes attached to the motherless girls while subconsciously becoming attracted to their handsome father.When Matt exchanges his labor for extra classes for his daughters creating close contact with Kaci he finds himself becoming more and more attracted to the pretty dance instructor. While all the girls are grieving for their mother the oldest a talented young teen is the most disturbed and harbors a belief that her father was responsible for her mothers disappearance.The stakes increase when the remains of Matts wife are found on Federal parkland in North Carolina and the FBI targets Matt. Readers will be intrigued by Matts plight to prove his innocence and win the love respect and trust of his children and by Kacis struggle when falling in love with a murder suspect.