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Randi Ledbetter is confused and terrified. It’s 1943, and she’s been hired as teacher at Upper Bluebird Valley School in the Southeast Missouri Ozark foothills. Eager to share her love of music and books with as many children as possible, she anticipates the first day of school—but what begins as the fulfillment of her lifelong dream turns into her worst nightmare. Single dad Bob Kelly resides in the valley with his two young adopted sons. When Randi shows up on his property, he’s thrown for a loop and forced to make a quick and difficult decision. His peace is shattered when a ...

It’s 1939 and Lawrence Alan Jackson, rejected by his community because of a past over which he has no control, is fleeing St. Louis in search of—something. Convinced that trouble follows him, the last thing he wants to encounter is another dead body. Ruth Gallagher, a city girl turned country, has no thought of her most painful memory resurfacing and threatening to rip her heart out all over again. But when Jackson shows up at her house in rural Missouri—with a crime to report—old hurts and unanswered questions transport her to a time and place she never wants to revisit. Or does ...

A sailor with a purpose he hadn’t planned, a lady with a plan forced by another’s decision, and a little girl with a decision no seven-year-old should feel the need to make. WALTER BAILOR, U. S. Navy veteran at twenty-eight and eyewitness to Pearl Harbor, returns to rural southeast Missouri and discovers everything has changed. Especially Walter. Twenty-five-year-old LORA DOUGLAS and young Bonnie Sue, newcomers to the area, hide secrets that could result in danger to the pair—or worse. When a man is found dead in the drugstore where Lora works, and Bonnie Sue claims she can recognize ...

MIKE SHEPARD returns to his Missouri hometown with an old green pickup for wheels and a ton of regret for baggage. After a decade of dreams fulfilled, followed by eleven months in limbo, his mental turmoil intensifies when he learns of suspicions surrounding his father’s death. Elementary teacher CARLENE HAYES senses Mike’s struggle and vows to help him through it. But when several local people are victimized, things become more complicated than either Mike or Carlene could have anticipated. With the help of City Chief of Police Dustin Robbins, the two search for answers and reach a ...

Army veteran, MASON HOOD, has a promise to keep and a demon to defeat. Fresh off the front lines of World War Two, he moves to Bluebird Valley in rural Southeast Missouri and brings the war with him. Local schoolmarm, STELLA REYNOLDS, is still reeling from the death of her husband at Pearl Harbor. To honor his memory, she vows to assist and protect any veteran who comes her way. But Mason isn’t just any veteran. When a brutal murder sets the entire valley on edge, Stella is told that Mason needs her. She rushes to his side and ends up in a place she never wanted to revisit. Torn between ...

KELLY STEVENS teaches fourth-grade in Kerrytown, Missouri, where she hopes to establish a new beginning and bury the memories of a day that changed her life forever. She was thrilled to have her students chosen to kick off the local tree lighting ceremony with a song directed by her, but her joy is short lived when strange texts and Facebook messages threaten the safety of her and her beloved charges. BLAKE WARNER, master mechanic and experienced private investigator, meets Kelly under less than desirable circumstances and becomes intrigued with the situation—and the pretty teacher. ...

Katie Gallagher isn’t looking for love—at least not for herself. Her dad is dead, and she feels responsible. Her mother and sister are alone in St. Louis, and Katie wants to find a man who’ll love and care for them and make them a family again. Zeb Harlow has no time for a wife. His home life is in shambles, his mother and brother are in danger, and he sees no way out. When tragedy strikes their small rural community, concern escalates to terror. Zeb and Katie band together to locate the guilty parties before another crime can occur. Will their joint effort be in vain? Will the ...

SOPHIE O’DAY IS TERRIFIED. A budding young nurse in Post Depression Southeast Missouri, Sophie fears repeating a tragic mistake—at the expense of another life. Sy Hawkins has given up all hope of a career in radio and moved to rural Missouri to care for his aging uncle and tend to the old fellow’s goat farm. Sy’s only focus is on this man to whom he feels he owes everything. When an accident occurs, and Uncle Joe’s life is in jeopardy, the elderly man makes a decision that will affect both Sophie and Sy. Can they pull together in a common quest to make his wish come true before ...

Coast to Coast with a Cat and a Ghost is an autobiographical account by Judy Howard, that follows the author's road trip across country after the death of her loving yet at times abusive husband. When her husband of twenty-five years, Jack, passes away, Howard is faced with an overwhelming sense of loss. She takes to the road in her Winnebago on a journey of self-discovery accompanied by her cat, Sportster, and Jack Incarnate, a life-size stuffed doll she creates with an eerie resemblance to her late husband.

Going Home with a Cat and a Ghost is a fictional novel about life's complexities for Judy Howard: liberated enough to drive forward in her RV, yet still imprisoned by her 40-year old-past when she was drugged, raped, and had an illegal abortion. Judy Howard, a typical sixteen-year-old growing up in the Midwest in 1965, is naive and shy, with a crush on the high school's "James Dean, Bad Boy" named Brad. As Judy and Brad flirt with their desires for one another, life is easy, until Judy is drugged and date raped on a Saturday night in the roller rink parking lot.

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You Can Overcome Anything! Volume 6 – When You Believe is a collaboration project between 12 authors who are from all walks of life sharing some of their life stories and lessons. In this book, the authors talk about overcoming some of their own life obstacles and how “believing” played an important role in their success. You will get empowerment, inspiration, and motivation to continue to move forward in your own journey and reach your full potential. These amazing stories will resonate with you regardless of where you are in your life journey. By sharing their own life experiences, ...