the most colorful dreams

a novel by c.n. rochelle

When Louisa Baines attends a gathering of her late husband’s friends, a quiet dinner of six devolves into an evening of drinks and ridicule that leaves the group weaving a web of vicious lies and wicked deceit. By the evening’s end, Louisa has become the prey in a dangerous game of love that leads her to become the main suspect in the death of a man she never knew. A romantic mystery threaded with curiosity and self-examination where one woman searches her past for the self she left behind.

The Most Colorful Dreams

When Louisa Baines becomes involved with a tall, handsome stranger, she discovers that his story is a little too hard to believe. Louisa’s quest for honesty will take her from the gilded city of Los Angeles deep into old gold country where dreams might still be waiting to be found.

A Promise of Murder

Uriel and Mae have been hiding from their tumultuous past. Now confronted by their worst fears, they embark on a hunt for something they lost long ago. Can their friendship stand the strain of what they promised? Will they find what they’re looking for and who will pay the price?

Death in the Shadows

A long awaited trip back home causes Esther to revisit memories she worked hard to forget. A fishing trip with her twin bother reignites stories buried at sea. Can they finally agree on a single strategy to rebuild all that’s been lost? Will one more death haunt their future?

I grew up in the northeast of the United States where the winter is long and the nights are cold, where the snow drifts tower like the tall palms and the icicles dangle from the eaves. We lived by the bay, and I can remember the water freezing into giant bergs upon which I imagined I could set sail for somewhere warmer.


When I did leave, it wasn’t by iceberg but by aircraft, and it was during the days when there was still a smoking section in the back, snacks were complimentary, and you didn’t mind chit-chatting with the person sitting beside you. I arrived in Los Angeles, California, still believing in the truth, which would turn out to be my greatest obstacle in the land where everyone is writing a new story.


I started writing too, in an attempt to sift through the drama and the dreams, in an effort to distill the deception, and lift the dignity from the detritus like a nugget of gold. I can see clearly now, or I might say that things are more clear than they were before, and I can recognize the beauty of the ever sunny skies but I also look back now and then and I remember the frozen bay and I smile just a little.

C.N. Rochelle

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