Inspirational Fiction

Sam returns home one night after an absence of eight years, carousing with bad company. Sam’s father informs his prodigal son that his punishment for leaving is to make the one commitment that ensures he will never leave again: to get married. Clarise believes she is going west as a mail order bride to start a new life. But she is devastated when she learns that: 1) it is not Sam but his father who has arranged the marriage; 2) Sam is not interested to get married. Still, Sam’s father insists on the match. Caught between the warring father and son, Clarise learns about life on their ...

Nature Poem follows Teebs - a young, queer, American Indian (or NDN) poet - who can't bring himself to write a nature poem. For the reservation-born, urban-dwelling hipster, the exercise feels stereotypical, reductive, and boring. He hates nature. He prefers city lights to the night sky. He'd slap a tree across the face. He'd rather write a mountain of hashtag punchlines about death and give head in a pizza-parlor bathroom; he'd rather write odes to Aretha Franklin and Hole.

This is a pleasant and inspirational story. Aida is an avid reader about to enter Sixth Grade. Her family moves to Nebraska where they buy a stately century-old home and some furniture including an antique desk from Ethel Tanner Ward, the elderly former owner who now resides in a nursing home. Aida begins to read to the old woman each day and learns that the old desk never revealed the surprise that was supposed to emerge on Miss Ward's 21st birthday back in 1943. Will Aida and her clever brother, Dawson finally solve the mystery of the old desk in the summer of 2015? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: ...

A second chance at love. Betrayal disguised as friendship. Isaac Mast wants a wife to help manage two growing boys and a prosperous carpentry business. When a letter to a neighboring bishop introduces him to a woman almost to perfect to wed, he seizes the chance to end his bachelor life. She’s exactly what he needs—grace, beauty, and a quiet, feisty spirit. But, recently widowed, the scars on her heart leave the young mother hesitant to trust again. Mary Troyer loved once, and suffered betrayal. Slightly unconventional, she now lives for the happiness of her little girls. Pressed by her...

Wonder of Light is officially a Trilogy. The title Wonder of Light is book 1 in the series. It is recommended to read them in order, but each novel can be read as a standalone. I was inspired by true events to write this book; however, the story line and characters are fictional. It is a young adult romance, set in high school. It is a high school bully/adversaries-to-lovers style romance. There are depictions of violence, nothing too graphic, and profanity has been censored due to the spiritual nature of the book. Please, please, please, leave a review of what you think of my story. Honest...

Mischka escaped a life of enslavement. Her dearest friend Elsa, had found a way to save her, but her wounds and scars weigh heavily on her. She got away from those who held her captive, but she knows they want her back. Clive, sent on a special mission, tries to ease tension in Southern Oregon. A war is brewing, and Clive will do what he can to save lives, and change hearts. Sheriff Nigel faces down a band of criminals in Timber Town. With his new deputies he has to find a way to make life better for families stuck in peril. Meanwhile... Sophia prepares for change. With her mother's ...

No one has ever been on Anna’s side. Will that change in Texas? In 1846, young widow Anna survives the grueling voyage from Germany to start a new life in the promised land of Texas. Forced by circumstances into servitude, Anna is now determined to leave her harsh master. But how can a single woman face the frontier on her own? Texas Ranger Carson Quinn is responsible for leading her party of German immigrants through Comanche territory to their Hill Country. Drawn to Anna’s sweet nature, he watches her persevere through the physical and emotional hardships of traveling through this new...

Prepare to be captivated by the thrilling and heart-wrenching story of Natalie Merchant and her best friend, Leah as they navigate the difficult aftermath of a catastrophic fire that razed the orphanage they called home. Just when they thought things couldn't get any worse, their dear friend Jo becomes a mail order bride, leaving Natalie questioning her own future and purpose in life.With God as her guide, Natalie takes a leap of faith and follows in Jo's footsteps, becoming engaged to a man in a new town. But the path to true love is never smooth, and Natalie finds herself embroiled in a ...

Curl up with Nine books on a cold winter day— with these heartwarming stories perfect for your holiday reading.Feel-good, satisfying, small-town Christmas cheer and uplifting romances in this clean and sweet holiday Collection from bestselling Kindle All-Star Authors Katie Wyatt and Kat Carson! Meet Holly, Daphne, Heather, Camelia, and Jasmine. These brave mail order brides have set their hearts on heading west to find true love—but along the way, they’ll face the hardships of new relationships as well as the challenges of the rugged, dangerous land they now call home. In the shadows ...

Erica Conner is a carefree yoga instructor who’s fine going solo to her friend Kaitlin’s wedding, but when her ex’s mother tells her he’ll be attending with his new fiancée, Erica reaches for the nearest date—an uptight corporate guy who soon has her wishing for her own happily ever after. Erica Conner is a carefree yoga instructor who is fine going solo to her friend’s wedding until her uptight ex’s mother tells her he’ll be attending with his new fiancée. When she pities Erica for not having a plus-one, the criticism triggers Erica to pretend her wedding date is the new ...

Love’s gentle promise becomes nothing more than a withered dream. With dreams of love and a hope for belonging, shy Belle Parish leaves her position as a maid in Charleston to travel to New Mexico with her best friend to become mail-order brides. Colt Lawson’s letters hold great promise and while his devilishly handsome face matches his picture, something does not add up. Discovering his lie only moments before they wed, Belle flees the church and straight into the Castañeda Hotel Harvey House. Giving up the prospect on ever marrying, she dons her nun-like uniform and focuses on her ...

What if… after his disastrous proposal, Mr. Darcy immediately explained himself? What if… Elizabeth realized her mistake in judging Mr. Darcy’s character already in Kent? What if… after all this, they were still torn apart? Regrets and Remedies is a sweet, clean romance novella suitable for all lovers of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. From Rosings and Hunsford in Kent to Longbourn, Netherfield and Meryton in Hertfordshire, will Elizabeth and Darcy find their happily ever after?

Guided By His Light: A Story of Faith, Hope, and Love When storms rage, both outside and within, where do you turn for light? On the rugged coast of Maine, Nicole Thomas has spent her life tending the Grayson Point Lighthouse alongside her father, a man whose unshakable faith has guided her through life's tempests. But as his health falters and the weight of responsibility grows, Nicole finds herself questioning whether she has the strength to weather the storms ahead. One fateful night, a violent storm brings a broken man to her doorstep. Tyler Hampton, a travel photographer with a past as...

All new and original to this volume, the 21 stories in Dangerous Women include work by 12 New York Times best sellers, and seven stories set in the authors’ best-selling continuities - including a new "Outlander" story by Diana Gabaldon, a tale of Harry Dresden’s world by Jim Butcher, a story from Lev Grossman set in the world of The Magicians, and a 35,000-word novella by George R. R. Martin about the Dance of the Dragons, the vast civil war that tore Westeros apart nearly two centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones.

Doctor Thomas Grant is a man accustomed to loss. The widower spends most of his days tending to the town’s sick, trying to get over the grieve of losing his wife and child in childbirth. When Mabel Walker arrives in the secluded Colorado town, however, she shakes things up for Thomas. Asked by a dying father to seek out her half-brother, Mabel comes out west to find that her half-brother is a drunkard, violent and aggressive, and disrespects women. But Mabel is not one to abandon someone in need. She sets to the task of sobering up her abusive brother – a task which proves just as ...

The Whip is inspired by the true story of Charlotte "Charley" Parkhurst (1812-1879) who lived most of her extraordinary life as a man. As a young woman in Rhode Island, she fell in love with a runaway slave and had his child. The destruction of her family drove her west to California, dressed as a man, to track the killer. Charley became a renowned stagecoach driver for Wells Fargo, during the renowned California 'gold rush' days. She killed a famous outlaw, had a secret love affair, and lived with a housekeeper who, unaware of her true sex, fell in love with her.

Rescuing his black-sheep younger brother from yet another mess is nothing new for former SEAL and current Redemption Creek operative Mason Ortiz. Being forced to team up with a brilliant––and seriously controlling––FBI agent absolutely is, though. Mason will do anything to get his brother out of danger, but Special Agent Avery Ellis is only going to compromise this mission, in every way possible. Between his wayward younger brother and the headstrong agent, he’ll have his hands full just keeping them all alive, don’t even add taking down the smugglers pouring black market ...

It's a brutally cold day in Buffalo, New York, one of those days when folks are hunkered down inside their homes, but for 71-year-old John Ross, a warm house, safe from the screeching winds which assault the city from the north, there is no warmth. For those who even notice him, a homeless man, wearing tattered clothes, thin and gaunt, with a thick gray beard covering most of his face, he is referred to as the Buffalo Kid, just another vagrant, who lives under a bridge in a cardboard box. People assume the worst of course, but no one, except a local police officer knows the truth about who ...

"five stars...a riveting fusion of dystopia and religious fantasy." Olga Markova for Readers Favorite A false god rules the world. A fallen archangel has lost his wings. And a faithless girl is caught between them. In a futuristic dystopia where technology and divinity blur, Lucifer has risen—not as a demon, but as a biotech mogul manipulating humanity from the shadows. He controls everything. But a prophecy speaks of a challenger. Michael, a once-powerful archangel, has escaped decades of imprisonment, but without his wings, he is lost. Sixteen-year-old Cydney, stolen at birth and raised...

Oregon Trail - 1848 A careless mistake nearly killed her. Angela lay bleeding and dying in a ravine, far from the wagon train. No one can hear her screams for help. Sent on a foolish mission, lost in the dark wilds, alone and stumbling before she plummets end-over-end to her doom. Her only hope was to survive, then someday she might find her runaway brother in San Francisco. As she cries out into the dark night, she prays for a miracle. Her closest friend Corinne, desperate to find her, will stop at nothing to save her. They have a friendship that no man can separate. Book 2 of the ...