Move Forward

Move Forward is a guide for those feeling uncertain about their future. The constant demands of the world can leave us feeling drained and disconnected from our true selves. This book offers a new approach to finding hope and purpose, helping readers rediscover their strengths, passions, and dreams. Through practical strategies and a unique STAR pathway, Move Forward empowers readers to take control of their lives and create a fulfilling future.

Murder and the Fairchild Legacy

When billionaire Houston socialite Richard Fairchild is found dead under suspicious circumstances, his wife Mariah refuses to accept the police verdict of suicide. Desperate for answers, she recruits small-town radio owners Delilah Morgan and Norma Davis to investigate. She offers the struggling entrepreneurs compensation they can’t refuse – $20,000 each, a bailout for their failing station, and an all-expenses paid trip to Mariah’s Hill Country resort.

At first reluctant, Delilah and Norma soon find themselves embroiled in the glitzy Houston elite circles the Fairchilds inhabited. With a list of suspects who had motive to kill Richard, the duo follow a trail of lies, affairs, and shady business deals. The stakes grow ever higher as it becomes clear the Fairchild legacy – and their own lives – are in danger. From Texas hill country horse ranches to slick Houston high-rises, Delilah and Norma uncover adultery, blackmail, rivalry… and murder. But will the radio sleuths solve the mystery before the killer silences them too?

Murder in Sweet Water Springs

It is the summer of 1960. Sweet Water Springs is a small upstate town that had known better times. Herb Wyman has come home to be the town’s sheriff after having been dismissed from the city detective squad. Early each morning, Sheriff Wyman mounts his vintage Indian motorcycle to patrol the law-abiding village of his childhood. His job is to keep his town safe and secure from the outside world.

A flashy Buick LeSabre owned by the town’s banker had been recovered from the bottom of Moosehead Lake. The bodies of two local teenagers are dead in the car. There has been a murder in Sweet Water Springs that threatens the peace of the village. Has a personal tragedy fallen on star-crossed lovers, or is there something evil and more sinister creeping into the small town? It’s up to Sheriff Wyman to find the clues and solve the crime.

Murder in Sweet Water Springs is a wholesome, classic mystery set in a place and time when life was believed to be simple. The story is filled with engaging characters and humor. The reader is drawn to follow the sheriff’s investigation and peel away the layers of evidence to solve the mystery.

Murders in the Cascades

During a lucid moment, an Alzheimer’s patient tells amateur sleuth Biodina d’Angelo that 40 years ago he killed his lumberyard partner in the Cascades of Washington state. Biodina begins searching historical records, and a clever fraud scheme is uncovered, along with news articles about a missing lumberyard owner. Along the way, her intuitive nature and nosiness helps her uncover another murder of a well-respected record producer. Will the murderess be a starstruck performer, a jealous wife, or a vindictive assistant?

My Best Friend

Discover the essence of true friendship in the heartwarming tale, My Best Friend. In a world where connections are invaluable, this poignant story reminds us that everyone longs for a companion.

Amidst the myriad forms friendship can take – a neighbor, a schoolmate, even a beloved pet – have you found that one special bond? Within these pages, immerse yourself in the journey of finding a friend, a confidant, someone who remains by your side through thick and thin.

Sometimes, a best friend is invisible to others, a cherished presence only you can perceive. In this tender exploration of companionship, unlock the magical realm where unseen friendships are forged and cherished, demonstrating the profound impact a single, steadfast friend can have on our lives.

My Mameleh: A Memoir

It was late, dark and cold. The little band of travelers were huddled together on the bench of an old train hoping to escape the tightening Nazi noose. Suddenly, they heard the conductor’s loud voice, “Vos papiers, s'il vous plaît!” (Papers, please!). My mother’s identity card had been stamped not once, but twice with the word, “Juif.” She knew that her life and that of her friends now rested in the palms of a stranger, a government official whose job it was to hand them over to the Germans. 

This is one of the many miraculous escapes found throughout this book. It is a story of survival, not just from the Holocaust, but from old world poverty, broken love and a tenuous peace in order to finally achieve the “American Dream.” 

New Horizons

With the coming of the new school year and twice as many, Braidenhurst Academy finds they need to increase their staff. Among them you will meet Miranda and Otter who come from different backgrounds and challenges. Some of the students have their own problems and must adapt to their new environment. A friend returns with a quest to find and rescue children who have been taken by slavers. This will stretch Tam Slickery’s network of informants to the max. The adventure never stops, and you won’t want to miss any of it. Open this book and start reading.

No Borders for Truth

Two disparate souls, a young Iranian woman with a promising nursing career, and an American collegiate athlete seeking a career in the intelligence field, meet by happenstance. Realizing their mutual passion to serve others, the two connect intellectually and romantically, not knowing they are both connected to secrets that will force their worlds to collide and reveal truths unknown to not only both of them, but also the world. 

No Borders for Truth explores love and loss within family and country, and the richness of the great people of the enduring nations of Iran and America. Through the characters of Richard Holmes and Shideh Ghasemi, the reader peers through a window of real people sharing human commonalities despite culture differences, transcending current stereotypes and biased cultural assumptions. 

On a Pilgrimage with Augustine’s Confessions

In his ground-breaking work The Confessions, Augustine of Hippo (AD 343-430), a prominent theologian and philosopher of early Christianity, paved the way for self-disclosure and the art of writing one’s life story. In On a Pilgrimage with Augustine’s Confessions, Dr. Blom delves into Augustine’s role as both protagonist and reflective narrator, portraying him as Christianity’s original existential hero.

Blom draws parallels between Augustine’s journey and that of the wanton prodigal son, viewing Augustine’s address to God as the voice of an ‘everyday man’ struggling to find his way home – a spiritual homecoming. By masterfully weaving together Jungian archetypal psychology, mythology, biblical interpretations, and autobiography, Blom invites the reader to embark on a captivating journey that bridges the gap between Augustine’s musings and meditations from the fifth century and the present day.

On a Pilgrimage with Augustine’s Confessions offers a fresh perspective on a timeless classic, making it an essential read for anyone seeking to explore the depths of the human soul and the enduring relevance of Augustine’s wisdom.

Opelika Opiate

“Opiate” – to induce sleep; to stupefy; to hijack the brain and change its normal function.

Opelika, Alabama – where cars, men, and race collide to unhinge the life of a young woman. Piecing it back together will require figuring out the role she played, and who she really is – or wants to be.  

Out of My Elements

What if everything we know about the fallen is only a rumor!

Angels changed their mind

Maybe they were wrong

They should have done the same thing as Lucifer

They shouldn’t have to pray

To Adam and Eve

What if he was wrong?

Creating mankind wasn’t enough

To be the best in the all universe

Would angels accept to be another creature beside mankind?

Would angels accept this after all this time?

P is for Pickelhaube

Broken trust. Broken promises. Shame, confusion, and guilt. Unimaginable violence. Then the War came, and the cycle started anew. This is the story of Kurt, a Bavarian infantryman serving somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. He is like many of his comrades and not a few of his enemies: he fights a war within a war, a singular combat against what he knows of love, hate, sex, addiction, and abuse. A combat against monsters both real and otherwise. Combat in the First World War was a dehumanizing experience.

Gone was glory and individual heroics. Gone too were the fluttering flags and colorful uniforms. Gone was color altogether.

In this alien world death came from afar, the enemy hidden from view. New and terrifying technologies elevated killing to previously unheard-of industrial levels and rendered battlefields into lifeless moonscapes.

Yet while surrounded by this maelstrom Kurt faces an enemy that is still very much human - himself. Which combat will prove more deadly? In war, when men are wounded, they are called casualties. But what are men called when they are wounded before their fight begins?