A Greek odyssey in 1920s Utah. When Helen immigrates from Greece to Salt Lake City only to discover that her arranged marriage has fallen through, she struggles to find purpose in a country that doesn’t seem to want her. Can fellow immigrant Demetrios convince her that the American Dream is worth fighting for? An earlier version of this novella appeared as The Picture Bride in […]
Inspired by a true story Hawaiian Islands, 1779 As the second daughter of a royal chief, Maile will be permitted to marry for love. Her fiancé is the best navigator in Hawaii, and he taught her everything he knows—how to feel the ocean, observe the winds, read the stars, and how to love. But when sailors from a strange place called England arrive on her […]
Evie Lewis finds little to look forward to in the Christmas of 1944. Her older brother, Albert, is missing in action in the Pacific Theater, and every day she sees the horrible effects of World War II while working at Bushnell General Military Hospital in Utah. Then, strange things begin to happen at work. Someone is going through Evie’s files, and a hospital employee may […]
Louise has been passed from one relative to another for years. Now, World War II has ended, she’s ready to graduate high school and wants to escape to Salt Lake City, Utah on her own. That is, until she meets Danny who has just returned from World War II. Danny longed for two years to return to his small home town. Now that he’s home, […]
How does life go on in the aftermath of tragedy? If it were possible for two lovers to deserve peace, Owen and Della Davis should have been the happiest couple in Utah. But after the shocking deaths of two hundred friends and miners and the dispersal of their widows and children, happiness is hard to come by. Owen has promised Della he is through with […]
Zacharias Harker is a brilliant botanist and an aging recluse. Haunted by his mistakes and living without his wife and daughter for the past twenty years, he hatches the idea to write his magnum opus, a book on the implications of climate change for humanity focused on the wildflowers of Utah’s Wasatch Mountains. Just prior to the tragedy of 9/11, he hires a young artist, […]
To shaped their destiny, they must give up control. Welcome to knight boot camp! Sir Roland Beaumont’s investigation into his birth parents’ deaths leads him to Guildon Castle, domain of Lord Craven. Roland’s plans are complicated when the earl enlists him to tame his stepdaughter, Audrina Gibbons, by training her as a squire. Roland soon finds that Audrina is much more than he imagined. Unable […]
Escaping World War II After barely missing the devastation of Pearl Harbor, the McKinsey family makes a bridge-like transition, crossing from the experiences of war to what they hope is safety. However, when they arrive in Provo, Utah, what they find is a series of questions. Who is America Laughingheart? Who murdered Mrs. Potter? And who left the grave open? Other difficulties plague them: chickenpox, […]
Dorothy Osborne’s family has sacrificed everything for King Charles of England, living in exile in France after the king’s defeat by Parliament. Dorothy knows it is her duty to marry well and help her family, which means finding a wealthy suitor: Royalist, or maybe French, but never a Parliamentarian, and not someone of her own choosing. William Temple struggles to commit to his father’s Parliamentarian […]
Thundersley, Suffolk, 1942: A besieged English village is shaken by spies, secrets, unexpected romance, and the bombing of the manor. A young man named Jim Walker shows up at Westleigh Farm, home of the Field family, demanding to be taught how to be a farmer but reluctant to reveal anything about himself. When Thundersley Hall is bombed by a German spy, and Violet Field is […]