An Inspirational Tale (a story of the First Saint Canonized by Christ Himself) based on Biblical references and historical legends associated with Dismas, the Third Thief (patron of prisoners) who was crucified alongside Christ. Paula Freda presents a fictional-historical spiritual tale of an ordinary man on a path to hell, but saved by Christ. Many cultures and legends place Dismas at several crucial moments in the life of Christ. A romanticized, spiritual tale of a man and his Savior. - (Large Text Edition) Excerpt: ....The child's gaze rested on the three wise men, for that was what they...

A collection of Inspirational short stories, essays and articles that touch the soul. Blonde Angel, The Giftless Xmas, The Camellia Lady, My Three Fathers, Is There More To Life Than What The Realists Claim? The Good People, A Cup of Humanity, A Mortal Man, The Intangible, The Lord's Canine, The Way It Used To Be, When We Were Young, Care-Givers Guardians of Human Dignity, She Wore Gardenias In Her Hair, Embarrassing Moments, What If, Clean and Wholesome, for hearts of all ages.

Mark Carlson, a well-to-do Rep at a government patent office, tall, reserved, easy to look at, somewhat introverted, in his middle thirties and settled in his ways, likes order and tranquility, and considers the shelter and conformity of his colonial mansion indispensable. When his best friend, Jacques, is killed in a house-fire, Mark can do no less than to keep his promise and honor his friend's final request that he take on the responsibility of the orphaned daughter, Cybelle. Nine years later, a grown-up Cybelle, a feisty, petite, popcorn type character, declares her love. Mark is already...

Henderson Sands (Large Print Edition) ... Since childhood, Harriet Henderson, a New York waitress, remembers fearing and disliking the opposite sex. Recurring nightmares haunt her anytime she comes close to becoming involved with a man. With Val (Thorvald) Sands, the nightmares have not come, not yet, possibly because she finds him the most intense, most handsome, vital man she has ever met. Undeniably he holds a strange fascination for her. But as for seriously considering the endearments he lavishes upon her each evening while they stroll the decks of the ocean liner cruising the...

Eight years ago Doreen Carlson married Esteban Pereira, the owner of a nightclub and head of the distinguished and honorable Pereira family whose Spanish ancestors date back centuries. From the moment she walked into his nightclub during a vacation in Panama and caught his attention, Esteban relentlessly courted her. Her formal upbringing had not prepared her for his irresistible Latin charm, or his magnetism and suave manner. Doreen, wealthy and refined, herself hailing from a distinguished family in the Hudson River Valley in New York State, succumbed to his charms. They married and for a...

Clean, Sweet, Romance Novella ... Large Print Edition ... Jenny had everything a beautiful, sharp-witted, wealthy young woman could want, except one thing - the young man she had loved since high school ... Not the smartest. nor most handsome, injured as a child in a car accident that had left him with a permanent limp requiring him to use a cane, Ron had loved Jenny for as long. But that was his secret. And he meant it to remain a secret.

Newly Revised and Updated for 2015, Complete with Table of Contents and Index and two bonus short stories by the author. ... In 2001 the author taught a series of Lessons at mysticvisions.com, a former online writers' group. This "How-To" book contains the Four Lessons with private optional assignments that can be applied to short stories, novellas, novels, articles, essays, etc., along with a wealth of knowledge in easy, simple language, that can boost your writing abilities and present your work at its best to a prospective editor. The author, Paula Freda, is a published writer, for the...

Newly Revised and Updated for 2015, Complete with Table of Contents and Index, and two bonus short stories by the author. ... In 2001 the author taught a series of Lessons at mysticvisions.com, a former online writers' group. This "How-To" book contains the Four Lessons with private optional assignments that can be applied to short stories, novellas, novels, articles, essays, etc., along with a wealth of knowledge in easy, simple language, that can boost your writing abilities and present your work at its best to a prospective editor. The author, Paula Freda, is a published writer, for the...

Clean, Western Sci/Fi/Fantasy Contemporary Romance Novella Excerpt: The room was dark, the blinds shut and curtains drawn to keep out the dawn's light so as not to interrupt Ben's much needed rest. The loud thump, closer to a crash, shook his bed and rattled the dozen spaceship models on the upper shelf of his bookcase opposite his bed. His body jerked awake. His gasp slurred through lips dry from a night's sleep. "What the-" Silence. Ben groaned. He must have been dreaming. He peered drowsily at his wrist watch. It was 5 a.m. He yawned drowsily, pulled the covers tighter about him and went...

(Large Print Edition) ...Where had he seen her? He must have, somewhere. You just don't dream up someone, at least not as clearly and vividly as he had. Could a human mind do that, create a face and a body so real, that made him tenaciously rummage through his memories to find her? Was she real, or a figment of an overactive imagination? He was, after all, a writer who created characters for his action-adventure and mystery stories. But those characters took time to develop. Not like this lady in red. She was alive somewhere. He was certain of it.... Adriana was the first female in her family...