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A Healing Place

The Miller Family struggles through The Great American Depression, experiencing Black Sunday and the deprivations that follow. Amos and Molly are evicted from their Oklahoma farm and travel with their three daughters, trying to find a place where they can live and work with dignity.  They find the place in Texon, Texas.  WWII encroaches on their solitude when their son-in-law, Jed, is sent to the Philippines, enduring the horrors of The Death March, only to face three years in Camp Cabanatuan. Jed must find his healing place through the power of prayer.  His wife, Addie, prays to God to give him the strength to survive so that he may come home to his young family.

ISBN Hardcover:  978-1-4535-2446-6

ISBN Softcover:    978-1-4535-2445-9

ISBN EBook:          978-1-45352-447-3

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Blessed Are the Merciful, Our Forgotten Soldiers

Nine hours after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese attack the Philippines, starting a war against the United States that was to last nearly four years.  Elton, a young soldier, and Susan, an Army nurse, have fallen in love, but there is no escape from the Japanese Occupation.  After suffering together through the Battle of Bataan, each is forced to deal with the terror and deprivation to survive under the Japanese. Elton walks the horrifying Death March, only to find himself leading the gruesome life of a prisoner of war.  Susan is interred in a civilian camp and secretly aids the Filipino Underground.  Follow their struggle to survive the horrors of the Occupation with the hope that they might once again find each other.

ISBN Hardcover:  978-1-4568-9819-9

ISBN Softcover:    978-1-4568-9818-2

ISBN eBook:          978-1-4568-9820-5

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The Unsurrendered                      

Jacob, an American secret agent, and Carla, a Filipina, fall in love in Manila before the Japanese attack the Philippines. After Corregidor, they travel to Mindanao to join other Filipino-American guerrilla partisans fighting behind Japanese lines.  When Jacob is captured by the Japanese and taken to Manila, it is Carla who must fight for his freedom and face the devastation of the Manila Massacre alone.

Release Date: February 1, 2013

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Mr. Grumpy Lizard Meets the Giggling Girls

Her Majesty, Queen Craggy Crocodile of Reptile Land, sends Mr. Grumpy Lizard to meet four happy cousins, Hattie, Emi, Erin, and Katie Human. Come along for the fun as the four giggling cousins become the Official Ambassadors of Happiness in Reptile Land.

Release Date: October 15, 2013

ISBN Paperback: 1492283258
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Lava Storm In the Neighborhood

In the near future, a great earthquake triggered a world wide lava storm, destroying over half of the trees on Earth. Action, drama, and apocalyptic adventure flow from twenty-three short stories where the theme is My Brother's Keeper, written by twenty-three talented authors. Characters find out if life will ever be the same.


Release Date: April 10, 2013

ISBN Paperback: 0988578468

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Griffon Master: Curse of the Lich King 

In a place far away, there is a strange world of trolls and liches and other mysterious creatures. Two adventurers, Ragnar and Ahmad, have found themselves mysteriously transported into this dangerous jungle world. Ragnar Olafson is a Viking who must find a way to conquer the Lich King. Ahmad Ibn Fazzat is an Arab who has literally been snatched from the jungle, but he must return because it is his destiny to help a new acquaintance, the Gryffon Master. Ragnar, aided by two dwarves, Karlo and his young apprentice, Kerr, seeks to reclaim a magical crystal sword in order to destroy the evil beings that threaten peace-loving creatures who live in the jungle. Karlo has been ordered by the Dwarf King to destroy a piece of jewelry, a necklace unusually obsessed by Queen Valona. This piece of jewelry has a haunting effect on the original owner, Traven the Fallen. Finally the companions come face to face with the greatest danger of all, the evil black dragon, Barrel. Can Ahmad and the Gryffon Riders return in time to save them? A remarkable work from five authors, Gryffon Master brings you a creative story packed with action and thrills. No doubt it will leave an incredible understanding that there is a warrior in all of us.

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Dangerous Days, Giant Tales Book 4

Fifty exciting three minute fictional tales from 35 authors about climate change and crowns. Debuts 6/25/14, edited by Joyce Shaughnessy.

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Dangerous Days, The Blessing Way

In Joyce Shaughnessy's short story from DANGEROUS DAYS, The Blessing Way, Kate Eagle Feather watches her tribal reservation being destroyed by forest fires. She is a yenene or healer in the Navajo tradition, saves their tribal chief and brings her people through the blessing way.