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The Wildness of SpringMeeting Mr. Wright. Quil meets Mr. Wright and discovers he is all wrong. An older neighborhood transformed into a subdivision. Mandi Larkin, head of the Camp Acre’s HOA, insists the oldest resident move because she's not following the rules. When Mrs. Long refuses to comply, how far will Mandi go… |
Stephen Michaels and His Upside-Down UmbrellaIt’s 2017. Five years have passed since Stephen Michaels left the military. Nikki helps him set up a foundation to assist military families through art centers and a trial app to rescue Veterans with PTSD. God guides them each step of the way. They fall in love, marry, and move to Monterey for Nikki’s… |
Sunbeams at TwilightLieutenant Edward Rigby couldn’t deny the echo of his best friend’s life as he traveled to Washington D.C. Others might consider his arrival a long delayed homecoming, but home is an illusion to him. The haze of events from the telegram bringing him to his friend’s deathbed in 1869 seemed surreal.… |
Three Whistles Around the BendIn the autumn of 1878, the South prays for a frost to end the yellow fever epidemic. The railroads continue to expand, extinguishing the former glory of the steamboat era. Clem Henry and Amelia McCrary meet on a train. Amelia and her cousin are refugees, running from the yellow fever. Clem is a special… |
Picnics, Plays, and Autograph-Book DaysVera and Cap grew up together in East Texas during the optimistic days before WWI, the dark days amidst the war and influenza, and the unprecedented post-war days. No one had time to ponder much beyond their own door. Each member of their farming families worked from sunup to sundown to survive. A strict… |
The Adventures of Bo JackFrom Chapter 2: Nothing terrified Mama more than a storm. The familiar pattern of left step . . . hop . . . right step . . . hop . . . stumble took over Bo Jack’s feet as he struggled to keep up with her rapid pace across the field to his aunt’s storm cellar. The first time he could recollect her… |
Home Always BeckonsMarcus Johnson and John Wilkins marched from Rockport, Arkansas to aid in resolving the war that divided the nation. Many friends and family members fought beside them. Some returned home, spent and broken. Others remained where they had fallen, leaving only memories for their families. John and Marc… |
Trails of ChangeBoyd Richards has traveled endless paths since the end of the Civil War. His former boss, Shanghai Pierce, sends him to the Kennedy ranch to assist in a cattle drive to Kansas on Chisholm's trail. In the days before leaving on the dusty journey, two very different women intrigue him. Lucy Kennedy, the… |
A Compass of Stars in Your EyesMina Kolek is an independent-minded young woman in favor of early Women’s Suffrage views. Orphaned as a child, she grew up with her uncle in Colorado. Her travels with him to the mining camps and growing towns educated her on the harshness of life. The only girlish dream she retained throughout her… |
Whimsy Michaels and Her Amazing RoomSomewhere between whimsical and real, between colored puzzle-pieced walls—which transformed beyond clockwork design and unmeasured time—sat a little girl. Martha “Whimsy” Michaels baffles many who meet her, but she perplexes her brother Stephen most of all. Why can’t she be like his friends’… |