Spend another year with the beloved Kostoff family as they continue to plant roots and rebuild their lives in small town Indiana following a loved one’s death. In the awaited sequel to I’ll Always Be With You, Mary struggles to open her heart to love again when a handsome fireman pops into the bookstore she now owns. Teddy and Mindy’s quirky friendship takes a sweet turn as she prepares for the Jeopardy Teen Tournament. Discover how Teddy finally learns of his true relationship with Coach Luther. More laughter and tears with this family as they prove once again that love, only love, can dispel grief and give new meaning to life.
In Curvy and Confident, Vy tells of her life-long struggle with weight loss and how she has lost the same ten pounds over and over…..and over. Finally, an AHA moment restores her confidence.
Read her story "Take Center Stage" on p. 251 or on her blog.
Eight-year old Kevin's Granddad has been encouraging him to love and play the game of golf since he was a baby. Now he is in his first golf tournament. He has a whiff that no one sees. Should he tell the officials what happened? His Granddad taught him that golf is a game of honor but he really wants to give his Granddad the trophy. What does Kevin decide to do? A warm and touching story for grandparents who love the game of gold to share with their grandchildren.
Since the horrific night a drunk driver slammed into their car during his driving lesson, young Teddy has had to live with the memory of seeing his beloved father, Stan, die. Now just sixteen, he carries both sorrow and survivor's guilt.
Concerned for her grieving son, Mary decides to put as much distance as she can between Teddy and the nightmarish Phoenix intersection that claimed Stan's life. She moves the family to Stan's small Indiana hometown, a place of peace in which she hopes they can build new memories. There, Teddy finds inspiration in an old book his great-grandfather carried with him to America, a book Bulgarian fathers have always read to their sons.
Is Stan reaching out to his son from the grave?
Mary also makes an equally life-changing discovery in the small town-Rosetta, Stan's high school sweetheart. The deeper Mary digs, the more she learns of the forbidden love Stan and Rosetta shared. During the Civil Rights Movement, they dared to reach out for love across racial lines.
Now as their three lives intertwine, Teddy, Mary, and Rosetta must make difficult choices. Will they choose happiness? Or will old pains cause them to live as victims of circumstances?
Beginning in 1912 on Ellis Island and told in three voices over four generations, I'll Always Be with Youis a profound celebration of the power of family.
I thought I knew everything about building a business. After all, I had spent an entire career teaching others how to be successful. So when I fulfilled a life-long dream of owning a bookstore, it was quite humbling to realize that what I really needed to know about customer service I learned from my cat....
When Myra, one of the Mah Jongg foursome, dies mysteriously, her fellow player and friend Angelina Popoff decides to conduct her own investigation. A widow, Angelina soon becomes enamored with widower detective Guy, who returns her affection but discourages her amateur sleuth tendencies. Stubbornly she persists, botching the investigation and endangering the lives of her fellow MJ players. A story of bribery, revenge and the universal desire for belonging takes the reader on a heartfelt journey of discover and reveals what lengths a person might go to for acceptance. The other two Mah Jongg ladies provide a comic touch as their eccentric personalities resemble the Golden Girls while Guy and Angelina’s relationship proves that even late in life there are second chances for love.
Book 3 in the Dangerous Pastime Series
Esther Connor wasn’t the most popular person on the Pickleball courts in her retirement community, but was she disliked enough for someone to poison her? Evidently. Widow Angelina Popoff, amateur sleuth, and widower Guy Lucchino, detective, pair up again to solve the mystery. And to enhance their relationship, perhaps this time leading to more than friendship. Meet the entire pickleball gang and possible suspects in a typical retired community where passions abound on and off the court. From gambling addictions to shoplifters to those seeking forgiveness and revenge, A Pickleball Poison explores not only America’s fastest-growing sport but the human heart.
Book 2 in the Dangerous Pastime Series
Kim Douglas’ life is in the pits when she loses her corporate job and unfaithful husband at the same time. On a lark, she accepts an instructor position at Good Acres summer camp, where she was both a camper and a counselor in her youth. Good Acres holds wonderful memories for her. The thought of being back in nature away from her current problems is appealing as is re-connecting with the handsome Camp Director and high-school friend, Paul. Little does she suspect that this summer will create different memories that center around a disturbed camper’s revenge and the murders of former counselors. As the weeks pass, she begins to wonder—could she be the next suspect?
