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The Book of Ruth is about two sisters, Ruth Matilda Clarkson and Cora Undine Lasciter, who survive the trials of a challenging childhood and a demanding father in 1940s America and then find themselves swept up in the powerful currents of the men who come into their lives. It’s an uplifting survival story of two very different women connected by the unbreakable bond of sisterly love, unending faith, and the innocent truth and unfiltered love of a child who brings them back together, and represents the possibility of love, forgiveness, and ultimate redemption.

This story points to human nature; its seeming repetitive side relative to the use of violence and bad behavior. Change appears through centuries out of reach despite the presence of good people. In this story, a solid navy father-daughter family crime war is the path taken often.

Roscoe started playing in a boy band at age 15. He met a fan, and after a one-night stand, Roscoe left with the band. She, however, had to start a nine-month journey of motherhood, but a run-in with cancer ended her life.

The characters and events in this novel are fictional. They are about reality, trials of life, lessons learned, aches and pains, love, faith, hope, unity, tragedy, addiction, and God–given free will, just to name a few.

“I live in a holler, and I’ve heard some folks talk that holler bunch won’t amount to a hill of beans, and I’ve heard others say that the sun never shines in those hollers.” “My mother let me know I was as good as anyone. ‘Ralph, don’t walk with your head down. There’s nothing shameful about running out of taters.’” “My daddy said, ‘Ralph, don’t quit. Quitting follows you to the grave.’” The philosophy in these words was with Ralph from the time of his childhood. He heard them from relatives and witnessed the people around him live them.

These colorful characters of the 1930s and '40s lived life’s circumstances as adventures. They lived at a time when they were called upon to build a city and a history-making dam, to grow a fledgling spit of a town in the desert into what would become the world-famous Las Vegas. They were rugged individuals on a desert frontier living ordinary lives during an exceptional time in our history and rose to the occasion. They survived Prohibition, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and made wartime sacrifices.

When his quaint small-town life became stifling and suffocating, Hunter Davis left his family and friends behind for the bright lights of New York City. With a new ability to spread his wings, Hunter found success in the business of fine arts and high-society schmoozing. After years of successfully avoiding the sea side residence, Hunter is called upon to pitch in at the family business when his father is injured.

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Charlie tells the story of a man and his family who live on a Kansas Ranch in the early 21st century. His story parallels the Biblical story of a man named "Job", who probably lived more than 4,000 years ago and endured a period of great adversity followed by a struggle that led him to greater intimacy with God.

In the heart of rural Maine, in the midst of the Great Depression and the final year of Prohibition, the McGinn family stands at a crossroads. The bond between Alder, Finn, and Lewin McGinn, the oldest sons of a widowed mother raising twelve children, is about to be tested in ways they could never have imagined.

Kelly Albright Davenport leads a seemingly charmed life in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. She is happily married to Dr. James Davenport, world-renowned cardiac surgeon. They have one daughter, Katie who has followed in her father's footsteps as a cardiac surgeon in her own right. Kelly is a founding partner in a thriving Family Law practice with her best friend of 40 years, Mika. Life is good. But Kelly has been suppressing an inexplicable rage that has been building under the surface for years.

Thirteen-year-old Grace Thibodaux knew that she was a lucky girl, probably the luckiest girl ever. Both of her parents, Joe-Joe and Em, loved her so much. Grace loved them too. Their home was filled with music and laughter. Every day they taught Grace something new. Having Down syndrome, some things came easy to Grace; others were more difficult for her to learn.

Carlos is driven to succeed in life after seeing his dad struggle to make ends meet. After trying to get a loan to attend college and needing his dad as a cosigner, who refuses, Carlos never talks to him again. Fifteen years pass, and his dad dies. Carlos had become a self-made success. After burying his father and told what his dad did since he left, Carlos begins to learn what true success really is.

In this second combined "In His Grace" two-book series, "Tenacity ... I Will Survive," the exciting story continues with the exact phrasing of the last two-and-a-half original five-book series. This final story continues to follow the flow of varying characters' points of view, tackling new and complex challenges of which life never seems to have a shortage.

Maria and Mario got married young after a situation that happened when she was young; she had to sneak to see him, but when she was nineteen and he was twenty-one, they were given a lovely wedding. They loved each other and had three sons and a daughter very close in age. This is the story of their lives as parents. A situation occurred, forcing Maria, Mario, and their young daughter to move to America. Two of her sons were at a university in Sicily. Mario had a very successful business growing grapes and making wines and olive oil.