The Mountains Call My Name is the saga of one woman's desperate fight to escape the poverty and hardships of the Appalachia. Young Elizabeth Mason scrapes and claws toward the scholarship that is her ticket to the world outside, but she feels that she must overcome the mysterious pull of the one young man who may have the power to snatch away her dreams. When Elizabeth loses her heart to a handsome stranger, she leaves to find happiness and then heartbreak away from the mountain's shadow. However, when she is at her most vulnerable point, she is called home unexpectedly and from the lips of...

A Place in Time is a Reconstruction Era novella about the healing of America, and compares the post-Civil War period to the early twenty-first century. It is centered in Southwestern Virginia The main character, Will Patterson, has a traumatic past, being orphaned at eighteen after his father was killed in the war, and his mother dies from disease. He is befriended by an opulent neighbor with a charming daughter, is given a place of authority, and catches the eye of the organizers of the Reconstruction. He is then magnetically drawn into their cause and becomes the driving force behind the...

Representing the early work of this talented Canadian poet, this unique collection reaches deep within her being and expresses a vast range of emotion. Those who appreciate great talent and originality will surely drink in her lines and beg for more.

Inspirational Poems of Encouragement represents the cries of many who have sought divine guidance and peace and wondered if God even cares. If you are seeking strength for the ups and downs of life, this book can help you. Proceeds from sales of this book will go to donate these poems free of charge to veterans and American soldiers now on the battlefields in the Middle East. It is being published in memory of Philip's late wife, Helen.

This exciting sequel to Regional Best Seller, Conspiracy in the Town that Time Forgot, picks up at the climax of the riveting ordeal in which a highly-successful FBI, TBI and ATF sting operation nabbed the primary conspirators, saving the life of Sheriff Ron Cunningham. Also included are other compelling true stories surrounding these events. This book may even be better than the original.

Bella Fontaine has dreamed of witnessing the spectacle of a total eclipse of the sun for many years. In July of 2010, she has the opportunity to travel to Easter Island in the Polynesian triangle off the coast of Chile go there and fulfill her dream. While gazing into the heavens, she thinks how her life has been like the darkness of the sun during the eclipse, and her thoughts take her back. As a child she endured an abusive relationship with her mother. Her father, a prosperous doctor in McMinnville, Tennessee, leaves home and is never heard from. When her mother dies suddenly she feels all...

God Calls Our Name is the final book in the "Mountains Trilogy," the first two, The Mountains Call My Name, and Searching for My Mountain being included in one touching 712 page tome, published in 2009 under the title The Mountains Call My Name. The central character, Elizabeth Mason, had loathed her past, trying desperately to carve out an exciting future for herself in the city as a nurse. In the first volume, she was mysteriously drawn back to her mountain homeland in West Virginia. After a series of heartbreaking events, she has finally accepted her destiny. But her past is still cloudy,...

Sam O'Brian, a pudgy, aging world-renowned newsman, now Editor-in-chief for The Albany Daily Tribune, sat in his office reflecting. About 1943 he had been introduced to the tall, enchanting Deirdre MacDarroch, a young red-headed reporter from near Asheville, North Carolina, by her good friend, Marie Dotson, a famous private-eye. Deirdre was now was in his employ, and was a great asset to the paper. One rainy day, she came barging into his office door in a skin-tight leather jump-suit, soaked to the skin. Deirdre's large, gold-speckled, green eyes looked panic-stricken. When she nervously...

The King of Hearts is a truly heart-gripping story of Tim Cunningham, a shy, young singer who quickly rises to local fame in the town of Lubbock, Texas. True love conquers all as Tim's beautiful, Canadian born wife, Jamie, unlocks the secret to his unique ability to see the human heart in its true form. Travel with Tim and Jamie through their journey of side-splitting laughter and heart breaking sadness in this powerful true to life novel. In unison with Bridge to Terabithia and Where the Red Fern Grows, The King of Hearts is destined to become a timeless classic

This moving book follows the adventures of Captain Ron Cunningham during his extensive tenure with the Tullahoma, Tennessee Police Department, highlighting a number of intriguing true crime cases in which he and his capable officers were involved. Relive these exciting events with Ron as he describes the true life of an investigator on a day-to-day basis. This volume is the third and final installment in this series, co-authored by Stan St. Clair, which bagan with Conspiracy in the Town that Time Forgot, the harrowing tale of the contract out on Ron's life when he was a small-town sherrif in...