Category: Literature & Fiction

The Road to Delano

It’s 1968, and a strike by field workers in the grape fields has ripped an otherwise quiet central California town down the middle. Jack Duncan is a Delano high school senior who is on his way to earning a baseball scholarship, hoping to escape the turmoil infesting his town. His mother has kept from him the real cause of his father’s death, who was a prominent grower. But when an old friend hands Jack evidence indicating his father was murdered, he is compelled to dig deeper. This throws hi... [Read More...]

The Weaver’s Legacy

From the bestselling author of The Tide Between Us and The Memory of Music comes an epic story of the American West – The Weaver’s Legacy. 1865: Goldie O’Neill was nine years of age when she trekked across the unclaimed American West with her family to form their own Irish catholic Colony. Their new community had dreams of self-governance and prosperity far removed from the anti-Irish sentiment and prejudice of the ruling classes. They soon learned about the extremes of the American W... [Read More...]

Odette’s Song

Talented guitarist Nico has fallen on hard times and slide into an alcoholic haze. He learns that his former wife and songwriting partner, Odette, who committed suicide six years ago, wants him to take custody of her six-year-old son by another man when her mother dies. Can Nico overcome his worst instincts, get sober, and find a place in his life for Hunter, a scared, lonely little boy? $0.99 on Kindle ... [Read More...]

Free: King Genghis I

King Genghis I is a satirical adventure novel that blends timely realism and political fantasy. Turan Mugayev, the protagonist of the book, is a New Yorker who travels from the heart of Western civilization to Genghistan, a small, hermetic Asian kingdom, ruled firmly but kindly by an affable, self-appointed benevolent dictator, who like other compassionate dictators is concerned principally with the well-being of his people. The bond between the two men upsets the kingdom’s conventional w... [Read More...]

The Hypnotist’s Assistant

In this literary story, a thirteen-year-old boy learns hypnosis from his wheelchair-bound neighbor. The neighbor stands and walks after hypnosis. Gary never does learn if it was him or if he was being played. Along the way, he deals with race issues, addiction, friendship, grief, gender, and love. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Sorrow

Dreams abandoned, out of work and uninspired, guitar prodigy Joe Harper is a sensitive, struggling character, rapidly approaching his mid-30s and haunted by a history of failure. With a promising future in music long forgotten, Joe is resigned to a life of virtual seclusion, listless among his beloved redwood trees. But when he receives word from his long lost love, October, informing him of her upcoming art exhibit, Joe is awash with memories of the past and must ultimately decide if cowardice... [Read More...]