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This story is the topic of a screenplay for a major television mini-series. How could a second-string, Jewish baseball player stop Hitler from perfecting the super weapon and bringing the world to its knees? Moe Berg spoke 12 languages and graduated magna cum laude from Princeton, but espionage was a new game and it could cost him his life and the woman he loved.

A cartel of powerful men, a Comanche medicine man bent on revenge, and a self-appointed high priest to an ancient goddess converge on Jack Harden and frame him for murder. Is he being visited by a spirit in the night, or has Jack finally gone crazy? Can he protect the woman he loves? Can he even protect himself?

The Bible picks up the story of Abraham when he is in his seventies, but there is so much more in Jewish historical documents like the Midrash, the writings of Flavius Josephus, and the Book of Jasher. This novella uses those resources to bring to life Abraham's birth, the signs in the sky that led King Nimrod to order his death as a baby, his youth with Noah and Shem, and how God spared Abraham from the Chaldean furnace. This is a novel view of how those and other events may have played out, while exploring the intimate relationship between Abraham and his family, as well as his faith and ...

Millie’s Child: When a dedicated nurse is faced with the choice of letting a newborn die or a life on the run, she chooses to save the child’s life. Destitute, she flees to Nashville, where she is befriended by Chin-Sun, a woman of faith, who helps her find a job and conceal her identity. Will the authorities catch her? How long can she go on lying to people she cares about? God only knows, and that’s a lesson she must learn. Growing Up Amelia: A brilliant, peculiar Boston twelve-year-old looks for answers. How did her father really die? Who is the spirit that roams her new house, and...

Two elderly women decide to fix the justice system in Dallas by killing murders set free by crooked judges. But they make the mistake of shooting the brother of a brutal drug dealer, and she wants revenge. How can Texas Ranger Jack Hardin stop them before an all-out feud erupts?

Willie Manfred, the most maniacal man in Texas, is out of prison, and he wants payback on the man who sent him there. So, he lures Jack into his trap through a series of senseless murders, and now a young girl is missing. But, is it Willie?

Tom Mix is the most popular movie star of his time, but his private life is a burning fuse of his own making. Millions of fans adore him, thousands of women want him, and in all that adoration he has two enduring loves – the simple life of a cowboy and speed, whether a fast horse, a fast car, or making the impossible leap over Beales Cut. But wealth and celebrity deny him the simple life, leaving him only his breakneck lifestyle to satisfy his other passions. He passes through five wives, with only one who continues to live in his heart and whom he cannot forget. Will he ever find ...

A brilliant, peculiar Boston twelve-year-old looks for answers. How did her father really die? Who is the spirit that roams her new house, and why does she get a cold, dark feeling at the boathouse? Maybe it’s only the imagination of a young girl, grieving for a father taken far too soon. And, maybe there’s something more. Enter her oversized uncle from Texas, the Ranger who reluctantly agrees to help her. Together they fight through trying to solve mysteries other people don’t want them to understand. Amelia won’t stop, but perhaps she should.

He was the greatest cowboy and stuntman who ever lived. He worked with John Wayne, Charlton Heston, Roy Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks, and many more, but Yakima Canutt was so much more than that. He served in World War I, starred in more than a dozen silent movies, won an Academy Award, and grew to design and direct actions scenes for legendary movies like Ben Hur, El Cid, Khartoum, Spartacus, and Rio Lobo. And, then there was the complicated man. The father of two boys who wanted to be stuntmen and tested his patience every day. A husband for over forty years to the love of his life, Audrea, ...

This story has been adapted to a screenplay for a major motion picture and it is the winner of numerous internatinal film festivals.. Twelve-year-old Parker Bradshaw becomes heir to billions, when his elderly father is murdered, but the old man doesn’t want to stay dead. Parker is blanketed by intrigue, as powerful men try to wrest control of the fortune and get rid of the boy who stands in their way. A young, black detective is Parker’s only hope, but he doesn’t make it easy for her to help, as Boston’s power brokers turn against both of them. Time is running short, and Parker ...

Recommended reading at Tufts University in Boston, MA. A corrupt Political Action Committee, an ambitious Governor with designs on the White House and a vile Labor Master converge on 23 year-old Elsie Rodriguez as she goes undercover to investigate the abusive world of illegal immigration. The story brings a unique experience for the reader, going behind the scenes at the labor camp and in the social and political process that holds migrant workers in its grip. Elsie claws her way to the truth in a second society permeated with death, deception and greed. Disposable People heralds the human...

He was a devoted husband and father, who killed over forty men. Historians have called him everything from a patriot to a sociopath, but his story is as fascinating and complex as the man himself. John Wesley Hardin came to manhood in the heart of Reconstruction and in a place where the rebel spirit was yet to die. Hunted since he was fifteen, he never stopped looking for a place where he could live in peace and raise his family, even while his brother and cousins were hanged in his stead. Drawn into a blood feud not of his making, he earned a reputation that swept across Texas and beyond. ...

Jackie Jung travels to the Middle East to help a friend with a business deal, but she encounters a charming, and ambitious man who aspires to overthrow the Syrian Regime. He walks with kings and presidents, and he may be winning her heart. Is he the answer to prayer, or could he be the Antichrist?

He is one of the first Texas Rangers and may be the most fascinating man in the history of Texas. Creed Taylor fights in the War for Texas Independence, the Mexican-American War, the Great Comanche Wars, the Civil War, and the bloody Sutton-Taylor feud. Yet, he was a complex man who wanted nothing more than peace. It seems every time he thinks he is going home to be with the love of his life, Nancy, Texas calls him back to his guns. This story follows him from childhood, through his teen years, and into adulthood with the challenge of raising children who bring him both pleasure and pain. ...

It is the trial of the century, and it is only 1914. Joe Hill is accused of murdering a Salt Lake City grocer and his seventeen-year-old son. Copper bosses and anti-union sentiments converge in an all-out effort to send him to the gallows. Join Captain of Police, John Hempel,, as he fights his way toward the truth in a time when Lady Justice gasped for breath.

Born fatherless and into poverty, Josephine Baker rises to international stardom and risks her life as an Allied spy during World War II. She fights for equality, insisting that her concerts be integrated, during a time when integration often means violence. And yet, she refuses to give in. She yearns to be a mother, but can’t, so she adopts a dozen children from around the world to form her Rainbow Tribe. Those children are a source of great pleasure and great pain. And beyond the fame and riches, the thing she wants most is to love and be loved. Four husbands and numerous affairs ...

Jack Harden is a modern-day Texas Ranger whose wife was killed by a drunk driver a year ago. Jack doesn't know whether to shoot the man who killed her or just kill himself. The only thing that keeps him going is his work; trying to find a serial killer who wants him dead. Then comes Elsie, the Hispanic reporter assigned to investigate Jack's case, but she gets more than she bargained for.