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ABRACADABRA -- a novel about choices and consequences
(ACFW "NOBLE THEME" Contest FINALIST,
Fantasy division)
--A family-friendly "urban fantasy" about consequences and the dark side of magic.
Mathew Bricker is a master magician who uses his talents to entertain the public, but when family and friends disappear as the result of his magic, and he can't find a way to bring them back, he learns such powers are not to be taken lightly.
This three-generation contemporary fantasy whisks Matthew and his two grandchildren on a quest around the world and into forbidden dark realms, culminating in a classic duel of good against evil and a race against time.
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CORA BELDON --Dark Suspense
Those who know Cora casually would never believe she is basically evil, but she will have her way at the expense of anyone who tries to interfere, and when Cora gets riled, people die.
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HIDDEN THUNDER --woman-in-jeopardy suspense
What Sharon Jeffreys wanted was a few days' relaxation in San Antonio. What she got was a run for her life.
A man dies beneath the wheels of a speeding car. "An unfortunate accident," the media claim. But Sharon knows it was murder. And the killer knows she knows.
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LOVE'S OLD SWEET SONG
A romantic comedy in the tradition of "Murphy's Romance"
When Larry Wakefield, a lawyer approaching retirement age, leaves his big-city practice and comes "home" to rural Texas to help his ailing brother, he never dreams he'll find himself running a locksmith shop with a smart-alec teenager and a fiftyish crop-dusting lady rancher who had a crush on him "back when."
Then he discovers it sometimes takes getting tangled up with old friends and family to discover the true meaning of "coming home."
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RIDE A MAD HORSE - Suspense
Although highly successful in the gourmet catering business, Alexandra Wright finds she wants more than that for herself. But when she falls in love with the wrong man, life takes an unexpected turn. She finds herself dragged into a world of corruption and greed that lies just beneath the surface of her complacent, comfortable existence, giving her an education unlike anything she learned in school.
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WINDOWS IN THE DARK (inspired by true events)
(ACFW "Noble Theme" Contest first place winner
of Historic Fiction)
--A novel about faith, healing, and the resilience of the human heart.
Growing up a Christian in WWII Berlin, Ziza Lobel and her young German friends become innocent victims of war in their own country.
All Ziza wants is to pursue a life of teaching, but her dreams turn into nightmares when she must struggle to keep herself, her family, and a trio of orphaned children alive.
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