Life couldn't get any more complicated for Charles (Charlie) Schultz, a young WWI veteran who is hiding out at his sister's house to escape a loveless marriage to a woman he barely knows. However, life takes an unexpected turn for Charlie in the Christian fiction novel The Telegram, when he receives a telegram declaring his wife's sudden death. Charlie feels guilty about his lack of charity concerning his wife's passing and journeys back to his hometown of Guyandotte, West Virginia to seek counsel from his best friend, Otis, a minister. The return home begins a series of flashbacks for...

Life couldn't get any more complicated for Charles Schultz, a young WWI veteran who is hiding out at his sister's house to escape a loveless marriage with a woman he barely knows. However, life takes an unexpected turn for Charles in the Christian fiction novel The Telegram, when he receives a telegram declaring his wife's sudden death. A single man again, Charles makes the journey back to his hometown of Guyandotte, West Virginia to relive the carefree lifestyle he had before getting married. The return home soon begins a series of flashbacks for Charles to memories of growing up in a...

Absence does not always make the heart grow fonder, as Charlie Schultz discovers upon returning home from the army in 1914. Charlie's family has moved from his hometown of Guyandotte, to a farm in Ona, West Virginia. The girl he was planning to court rejected him for his best friend. To escape the mundane farm life, and the girl, Charlie decides to re-enlist. Set in the Appalachian Hills of West Virginia and the seacoast of Fort Adams, Rhode Island, in the early 1900's, Love's Rivalry, book two of a Christian historical fiction series, continues the story of Charles Schultz. By January of...