A Forbidden heart seeks justice.

A bitter cold January night, full moon and the towering snowcapped peak of Mt. St. Helens looked like a Norman Rockwell painting. Looks can be deceiving. Spiraling winds surged forth from the apex of the mountain penetrating a fortress of evergreens surrounding the base of the sleeping giant. A young girl’s cry splintered the silence. Amid the darkness a black sedan sped down a winding dirt road. Her cry would go unnoticed almost forty years. Shirley Allen was a woman living on death row, convicted of murder. With only 30 days before her execution, she wrote her story with the hope someone would see that she too was a victim. Her crime? Wanting what was hers.

Wilma Styles lives in western North Carolina with her husband Ray. They have two daughters, Sandra and Deborah, and three wonderful grandchildren Tina, Jacob and Kaylee. Wilma has been the keynote speaker at women’s conferences in Virginia, North and South Carolina. Her teaching, speaking, and singing ministry brings the voice and heart that has brought healing and inspiration to the congregations that she has ministered to. She anxiously awaits her release of the next novel Joy on the Mountain. To God is the glory!