Based on the memory of a young woman living in the Ozarks in the late 1800s, who falls in love with a man riding the caboose on the train that passes near her home each day.
The train whistle sounded again, echoing over the hills like a lament. Trembling fingers touched the faded blue ribbon tied in her white hair. Carefully, she picked her way down the lane to stand in the new road that ran alongside the Frisco line. . . One day soon her lost prince of faded memories would be on that train. He'd lean over the rail of the caboose, throw her a kiss and shout with joy. . . That girl she'd been so long ago remained as fresh in her mind as if she existed at this very moment.
Marooned is the 1860's saga of Justin Radcliff, a young American, who is beaten and thrown overboard by his evil twin brother, Edward.
Kolya, a handsome Black man and new leader of the transplanted Zulu tribe there, finds Justin caught in hi
Fourth Book in the Southern Swallow Series finds the Academician Li K'ai-men in exile on Hai-nan Island. China has a new invasion threat. A showdown between ingenuity and technology explodes as the Sung Dynasty tries to preserve itself.
Dublin 1941. A brutal murder. Mistaken identity. And barman Eamon Foley is running for his life.
Nine months later Foley is in a crowded pub, and his brother-in-law is shot dead.
