Dr. Keysha Williams has just delivered a beautiful baby girl when she receiving the horrifying news that her Chicago Bulls superstar husband has been killed by a drunk driver. Consumed with grief and regret, Keysha returns with her son to Hoover, Kentucky, where her friends the Coopers live, and accepts a position in an OB-GYN clinic. Although she longs for a home and family, Keysha is not ready to risk the agony of losing another love. Tyler Maxwell, her husband’s long-time friend and tea...

Fifteen-year-old Joey Burkett wonders if he will ever be successful at anything. He always thought he would grow up to be a rodeo performer as his father, a world champion cowboy, had been, but Daddy died in a rodeo accident. When he grew to six feet tall in the eighth grade, he thought he might be a basketball player, but that would mean college, and he is failing math. Joey hopes that whatever his future, his new peer tutor, Julie Hernandez, who he really admires, will be a part of it, a...

Dr. Julia Crane has worked hard all her life. She has put herself through college by taking out student loans, playing all kinds of gigs, and teaching. She is beginning her second year as Instructor of Music at Chapman State University, a small Liberal Arts college in Northern Kentucky. David Jennings Cooper, however, secured his undergraduate degree with an athletic scholarship which paid for everything. After graduation, he signed a multi-million dollar contract with a professional baske...

Divided sweethearts seek love and forgiveness in this collection of seasonal novellas.Forged for lovers, the Viking star ring is said to bring lovers together, no matter how far, no matter how hard.In eight stories covering more than a thousand years, our heroes and heroines put this legend to the test. Watch the star work its magic as prodigals return home in the season of goodwill, uncertain of their welcome.

Young Richard Whiting comes from a poor family but he's given a golden opportunity - to move to London to further his education. On the way there, he is befriended by Lord Ambrose and his young daughter, Catherine 'Cat' Swanston, and Richard and Catherine become sweethearts.In order to make his fortune, Richard is pulled into a different life but the young couple vow beneath the tolllng bells of the churches of London to always be there for one another.Years later, now an u...

Fifteen-year-old Joey Burkett wonders if he will ever be successful at anything. He always thought he would grow up to be a rodeo performer as his father, a world champion cowboy, had been, but Daddy died in a rodeo accident. When he grew to six feet tall in the eighth grade, he thought he might be a basketball player, but that would mean college, and he is failing math. Joey hopes that whatever his future, his new peer tutor, Julie Hernandez, who he really admires, will be a part of it, a...

In the spring of 1892, eleven- year-old Maggie May’s father announced that he was moving their family to Indian Territory in Western Oklahoma where he could stake a claim for 160 acres of free land.Pa said that there were no towns, no schools, or even churches in Indian Territory, nothing but prairie and Indians. Almost every one Maggie knew said that Indians were mean, treacherous and cruel, and it would be foolish to go near them. But the lure of free land was too great, so they s...

In 1887, a Texas teenager, Will Merritt, longs to own his own place,but his elder brother will inherit the family ranch, and good landis expensive to buy. Then, an old cowboy who is dying, tells hima tale of gold hidden during the Civil War and shows him a map whereit is located.Will is eager to search for the gold and enlists the aid of his friend,Whitmore Garrett. The gold, however, is located in the Antelope Hillsarea of Indian Territory,...

On Any Given Day: Short Slices of Life is a collection of short stories that invite readers of all backgrounds to explore the complexities of daily life experiences. Centered around the fictional Going to Jesus Bible Church, these stories delve into themes of faith, fun, love, loss, laughter, intrigue, friendship, resilience, disappointment, and strength, and the humor of extraordinary life encounters hidden within the ordinary.

"The Martian" is all four books in one: Independence Day, Where it All Began, Hawk Among Vultures, and Martian Steele. Book 1: Martia Steele, a captain without a ship, is starting over. To her a spacecraft isn’t just a vessel, it's independence, it's a means to take charge of her own destiny. She’s broke, and because she’s beautiful, few investors take her seriously. However, she has a cool head, a sharp mind, and a steady gun. Want of money drives her to take work as a freelance security ...

David Cooper is a happy man. The former professional basketball star and eligible bachelor has won the love of his life, the lovely violin teacher, Dr. Julia Crane. Now married, the newlyweds are living in a beautiful new home as they await the birth of their first child. Meanwhile, David is hoping his team, now ripe with freshmen talent, will secure another deep run in the NCAA tournament. Unfortunately, life has a way of disrupting even the best of plans. After the athletic department hi...

As the village of Reabridge in Cheshire prepares for the first Harvest Festival following Waterloo, families are overjoyed to welcome back their loved ones from the war.But excitement quickly turns to mystery when mere weeks before the festival, an orphaned child turns up in the town—a toddler born near Toulouse to an English mother who left clues that tie her to Reabridge.With two prominent families feuding for generations and the central event of the Harvest Moon festival...