Inspirational Suspense

Autumn Breeze is the winner of the prestigious San Diego Book Awards for best romance novel of the year. SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 On the morning of 9/11, a fourteen-year-old genius’s mother disappears. Her beloved father had been murdered years before. She’s now without parents. She resolves to get a new mom and dad and have them adopt her before she is deported to Trinidad. For her new mom, she selects her BFF (best friend forever), a New York City detective. For her new dad, she selects the handsome spy investigating her BFF. The investigation was the girl’s fault. She had predicted the ...

David Cobb is not a typical lawyer--he's more interested in dispensing God's wisdom than pertinent legal advice. High-stakes litigation is way outside his comfort zone. For many years, Zeke Caldwell has been concocting home remedies made from natural ingredients found in the coastal marshes near Wilmington, North Carolina. One of his remedies proved so effective that he patented it with the help of David's father. Now he suspects a big drug company has stolen his formula. What he doesn't know is that the theft has deeper, more evil roots.

When the man who killed her father is finally arrested, Catherine Hart thinks it’s safe to come out of hiding…until he escapes and abducts her. But private investigator Garrett Wolfe and his tracking dog rescue her just in time. Now they must work together to escape the criminal on their heels, find Catherine’s kidnapped uncle and stop her sister from walking straight into the fugitive’s path. But when their search yields more questions, can Catherine and Garrett survive the terrifying truth?

A plot to terrorize a race is overheard. A famous detective is murdered. A centuries old society – dedicated to restoring the Hawaiian monarchy in the name of King Kamehameha – comes to light. This tale of intrigue and murder is solved by the detective left in charge of the world-renowned Williams Agency, Nadine Debenheim. As she travels from Houston to Waimea she soon realizes all is not as it seems and not everyone is who they say they are.

A sudden disappearance, the boy from her past, dark secrets and twisted truths, hidden clues and unexpected danger, a lost island of dreams and mystery, another woman’s betrayal & the quiet suffering of a broken heart. She’d known the boy he was and it had never been a secret that she loved him with all her heart. Then everything changed. Years later her life depends on the man he’s become. There was only time to grab her purse and the small keepsake box she couldn’t leave behind. She had no choice but to trust a family friend with his own share of secrets to keep them safe from a ...

Minspi is a shortened form for Ministering Spirit. Angels do visit the earth. This book was inspired in part by an encounter with a human that I thought could not be human given the circumstances of the encounter. He posed a test to me sometime in 1979. In this book, this Ministering Spirit came to do something different. The way he recruited his human agents and the way he assisted them to accomplish their mission says a lot about how heaven assists us to fulfill the purposes of God in our lives. It is a work of Christian Fiction that makes for very interesting reading. It is based on ...

Inseparable. That's what Jessie and I are... or used to be. The years have a way of distorting the truth and digging up family skeletons that are best left alone. The very thing that brought us together is tearing us apart, and I've had enough. If Jessie wants to pick up that war that our families started all those years ago with that treasure, then I'm going to finish it... even find that buried loot myself and do what I do best, run! And if Jessie tries to catch me? The storm that blew out the sky the first night we kissed is going to be nothing to what's going to happen between us!

Clara must face a dangerous situation with her new husband, but she is not entirely sure if she can trust him. Is her new husband a kind, genteel man, or is he one of the outlaws terrorizing their town? Clara always thought that life as a mail-order bride would be better than what she left behind. Unfortunately, her new husband Robert is a quiet, reclusive man who doesn’t want to spend much time in her company. Lonely and upset, Clara turns to the other women of the town, only to hear that there are outlaws nearby. Outlaws that are steadily growing closer to the town. When Clara finds ...

What she doesn’t remember puts them in danger. What she does remember might, too… Free-spirited Pat Gray treads water more carefully now, instead of jumping in headfirst like before. A near-death experience and the resulting amnesia can do that to a person. But she knows she can’t stay with the same guy for long, even with a trustworthy and charming cowboy like Harris. Especially when her secrets can pull them apart. And when someone is stalking and threatening her… Harris Lawrence has been smitten with Pat for a while, but holding onto his chances with the elusive newcomer would be...

Nothing in life is free. In fact, sometimes you pay with your life… The death of her estranged ex-husband was tragic, but Tessa thought she’d uncovered the silver lining. She was going to be financially stable, a homeowner and it brought her together with the handsome builder down the road. A strange encounter and more discoveries are making Tessa’s stay in her beloved beach cottage nearly unbearable. David’s life and career were more complicated and dangerous than she ever would have guessed. All she wants is a quiet, normal life. With Chris by her side, she struggles to find ...

Is it ever too late to start over? Life in Silver Beach is slow and easy. Tessa is trying to get her ex-husband’s affairs in order and back to Minneapolis. She thought wrapping up everything at their old vacation home would be straightforward, but strange discoveries just bring up more questions. As she uncovers more unconnected clues, the second life of her estranged ex comes closer in view, and strangely parallels her own. The handsome handyman, Chris, has complicated life in Silver Beach. Even though Tessa is there to get the old cottage in order, her attraction to her almost-next-door...

Welcome to Stellar’s Ford. In the shadows of these forests, a malevolent presence lurks. Will the innocent survive, or will the guilty hide their dark crimes forever in the wild mountain ravines? Ex-bad-boy, Rand Adams, is serious about his new faith, and about opening a wilderness camp for troubled teens. But he’s burned too many bridges. One of them is Molly Stuart, his former-best-friend’s wife. Molly blames Rand for her husband’s death, and for skipping out on the funeral. When her son lies about hanging out with a stranger, Molly has no choice but to keep the potential runaway ...

Lieutenant Ethan Hendricks’ greatest nightmare just also happened to be his grandfather’s newest business venture. Logan Hendricks is thrilled about his brand new detective agency’s first case, but things weren’t turning out the way they were supposed to, including the attempted murder of one of his brand new employees. But he figures their next case, which involves finding a missing sister, should go a lot smoother. How dangerous could it be? Ethan Hendricks wasn’t quite as confident about his grandfather’s new hobby, or that the supposedly straight-forward case of a missing ...

Kellyn had always loved Elias Stratton with all her heart and probably always would. She'd trusted him...but never again. Elizabeth had always believed there was nothing more magical than the precious gift of love...even now in the heart of danger, she still believed it...she always would. After telling the story of Simon's magical cowboy ranch for more years than she cared to count, Elizabeth Fountaine wondered if there might be more to the fanciful fairy-tale than being an elaborate bedtime story to tell children. More than ever before, she very much needed for even just a small piece of ...

Their marriage didn’t last. The last thing he wants is to relive it. A divorced single dad with full custody of his son made a promise he now has to keep: invite his ex-wife to enjoy their son’s birthday gift: a seven-day cruise in Alaska. Can two people who have given up on each other put aside their emotions to make their five-year-old son happy for a week? Wait for Me is the the third novel in USA Today Bestselling author Jan Thompson’s Vacation Sweethearts Christian travel romance series celebrating the immeasurable grace and undeserved mercy of God. These novels are a spin-off of...

Sandy King, a twenty-four-year-old Christian and daughter to an up-and-coming senator, interns at Green Growers International. She discovers that one of their partners, Blue Mill Farms, is an elaborate cover for a Mexican cartel to run drugs and smuggle people across the border to the farm in the San Juan Valley of Colorado. Fearing for her life, Sandy escapes with crucial evidence to the one place she feels safe: Camp Genesis, a small Bible camp in the mountains west of Denver. Through a series of connected events, she teams up with DEA agent Luke Shepherd to break up the ring and bring ...

Royalty...it was more than just a word to her. It was her life. But not for long. Marlie loved her family dearly, even when she didn’t like them very much. But their life wasn’t the life she wanted for herself. Maggie had always fulfilled her responsibilities, she’d always done exactly as she was expected to...she knew no other way. Until now...until after reading a letter from her father suggesting she visit her niece and learn how to do as she pleased every once in a while, including the joy of eating pizza at her slightest whim. The last thing Maggie expected when she showed up at ...

Maddy dreads the day her neighbor, Silas, will return home from war to claim his two little children. Two motherless children that have worked their way into her heart after four long years. Yet she knows they need their pa. How can she maneuver through the days ahead as she tries to release them into the care of their father? How can she avoid the unwanted and threatening attention from her other neighbor, Sam Potter, who is determined to marry her and add her acreage to his? As Silas rebuilds his neglected farm, he becomes more and more aware of Maddy’s dire and dangerous predicament. ...

A chance meeting with a free-spirited woman sends Penny Hope on an emotional journey that includes a homesick Lab, a pregnant girl, and an upstart bakery. But will her new-found courage in Winterheart bring her great joy or destroy her?

Sometimes, the only way home is a journey in the opposite direction Attie Johnson didn’t plan on becoming widowed or losing her only child before turning fifty. She also didn’t plan on falling in love again, especially with a much older man. When this attractive woman meets John Warren during an unexpected encounter, her plans fly out the window. What ensues is an unforgettable exploration of life. Take a magical journey with John and Attie, fall in love again, take the plunge, and go skinny-dipping before you die. What Amazon readers say about Of Love and Magic: "Truly wonderful ...