Author's Name: Tara Lynn

Title of Story: A New Day's Dawn

Type of Story: Nancy Drew Hardy Boys Crossover

Rating of Story: PG 15

Characters in Story: F, J, V, ND, Fe, L, OC, and other established Hardy Boy characters that may drop in.

Warnings: Some slight violence surrounding two possible murder/suicides

Plot Blurb: Frank and Joe are looking forward to a summer of settling back into their lives in Bayport after several years of living on opposite coasts. For Frank, it will be the chance to get to know the daughter he'd only recently learned existed. For Joe, it's time to ignite the sparks that once flew between himself and Vanessa Bender. But when a well loved high school teacher is found dead, all thoughts of personal lives must take a back seat. Frank and Joe, with help from Nancy and Vanessa, must determine if Emma Lawson really took her own life, or if someone took it for her.

"Sara was my best friend," Maggie sobbed. "I would have done anything for her, Frank! Anything!"

Frank sat passively on the sofa, listening intently. He didn't respond to her cries, but merely waited to see what else she might say. Flipping casually through the journal Joe had passed to him, he glanced over at Nancy. She leaned against the door with her arms crossed over her chest. Slightly shaking her head, she seemed to be warning him not to push Maggie to quickly.

Maggie looked up at Frank, tears streaking her cheeks. "I don't understand how he could do this! How could he kill two women who loved him so much?"

Frank met Nancy's eyes again. "We don't think he killed them both, Maggie," Nancy said softly.

Maggie's eyes widened as she met Nancy's gaze. Realization flooded through her as she turned back to Frank and Joe. "You think I did it, don't you?"

This is a crossover with Nancy Drew; set approximately 8 years from the timeline of the Super Mysteries series. This story takes place about 4 months after the events of Burnt Bridges.