Come Journey with Me
Motivational Book
It’s human nature to seek purpose and fulfillment beyond the mundane. This book will lead you through the process of finding and using your God-given talents. I will encourage you to discover the personal benefits of employing creative outlets and the advantage of utilizing them to help you through tough times. She will also inspire you to use your abilities as tools to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
I show how God’s purpose for providing creative abilities goes beyond the individual. A powerful means of communication, the arts are not exempt when it comes to the battle between good and evil. The silence of Christians and our unwillingness to participate in a positive light has allowed darkness to dominate our culture and art. It’s time for God’s people to become proactive in the realm of creativity—constructively effecting society for good. This book will motivate you to take the creative action that will change your life and increase your sphere of influence.
Created to be Creative is also an excellent resource for Study Groups. ~ If you need bulk copies for your group, go to the contact page and reach out to me. Thanks!
My Newest Mystery Novel
FINDING HOPE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF PAIN
Tyler Brooks is a mid-level sales rep at a tech company. Or so his wife thinks. But when Tyler is murdered, Sylvia learns the truth: he was an FBI agent working for the Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force.
Now, instead of mourning Tyler’s death, Sylvia must fight to stay alive while searching for answers. Her home is broken into, her antique shop is raided, and someone keeps sending threats. She doesn’t know where Tyler hid the information they’re after or whom she can trust. One thing is certain. When she finds what Tyler was willing to die to protect, it will not be given to the traffickers.
Through flashbacks, we learn of Tyler’s passion for combating human trafficking and to what lengths he would go to rescue the children.
My Supernatural Mystery Series
While painting, Claire jumps at the sound of a loud crash, which causes her to drop a loaded brush of paint onto the watercolor paper. She manages to spill the jar of water too. The painting is ruined. Or is it?
To her astonishment, three perfectly painted teenage boys fill the paper. But how? Once she realizes others can see the boys too, she’s at a loss. Not knowing what else to do, she turns her attention from how it happened to why.
Weeks later, Claire is stunned when she meets a woman at Frontier Days who recognizes the boys in the painting. Though her account is heartbreaking, the details spur Claire to ask for permission to come see where the boys grew up. There she meets Chase, a strong yet broken rancher. As their friendship deepens, more of Claire’s paintings change and she is determined to find their purpose.
An unlikely cast of characters weave their way into her heart and turn this unbelievable tale into a real-life adventure of love, loss, and the need for forgiveness.
WILL CHASE’S PAST CAUSE HIM TO DESTROY ALL THE GOOD THAT CLAIRE UNCOVERS THROUGH HER PAINTINGS?‘
For young Parker Jackson photography was a diversion, an escape from the dysfunctional home of his teenage years. Now that it’s his profession, he enjoys setting his own schedule and choosing his own subject matter. That is until color shows up in some of his black and white photos taken in the Historic District of Philadelphia. Adding to his bewilderment, a caller asks about those specific pictures and somehow already knows about the color. Parker’s confusion quickly turns to curiosity when the man requests his help to solve a cold case.
Intrigue and a substantial payday are enough to set Parker on a search for answers that reaches other states, other lives, and even parts of himself that have been locked away for longer than he cares to admit. Through the mysteriously altered photos he receives snippets of information that are vague at best. The people he meets begin to fill in the blanks and he realizes his search is to find a missing girl who is presumed dead. Delving into uncharted territory, he is led across the path of some very dangerous people who are willing to go to great lengths to protect their interests.
P.I. Ross Davenport Mystery Series
Law student Ross Davenport saved a man’s life. In turn, the man rewarded him with a broken piece of white stone and a covenant promise: “If you ever find yourself in dire need, I will do everything in my power to help you.”
Years later, Ross leaves his father’s law firm to become a private investigator—a move his family cannot understand or accept. He struggles to make a good living, but he enjoys the work and refuses to quit. The offer from a wealthy client to find a suspect who missed his arraignment hearing could be the breakthrough Ross needs.
After making some solid connections, Ross learns the suspect’s no-show in court is about more than the involuntary manslaughter charges. A lucrative and illegal enterprise comes to the forefront of the investigation and several of his witnesses begin to receive death threats. Something must be done before more people die.
Ross is struggling to balance his responsibility for their safety and the need to continue his search for the truth when he comes across information about the piece of stone he was given in law school. Would the man who gave it to him even remember him? Would he honor his word to help him? And if so, at what cost?
IT’S A RARE THING TO PLACE ANY VALUE IN A VERBAL PROMISE, MUCH LESS IN A BROKEN PIECE OF STONE.
When a young man dies from injuries sustained in a hit-and-run car crash, his mother suspects it wasn’t an accident. Gwen has heard the workplace gossip and also believes there’s more to the story. To help the woman, she agrees to ask Ross Davenport, her private investigator friend from Buffalo, to come to Nashville to look into it.
Ross wonders if Gwen is using the case for personal reasons, but when details that don’t add up point to a person of interest, he’s convinced his services really are needed. It’s a passing reference to Pandora’s Box that leads Ross to uncover a family secret that has been buried for over thirty years. While his search continues, he learns a priceless blue diamond is missing and there’s a second investigation that needs his full attention.
Were events that unfolded coincidental or the result of premeditated actions borne of passion or greed? After questioning numerous people involved with the suspicious activities, the web of details is slowly untangled, and facts come to light that inevitably affect them all.
When Gwen comes to Buffalo, it’s supposed to be a time for her and Ross to get to know each other better, but she’s not there for more than an hour before Ross receives an anonymous threat.
Then a friend of Gwen’s shows them a packet of information she found in a desk bought at a yard sale. Ross says he’ll check into it next week, but Gwen, unaware of the personal threat, jumps in headlong. The items found belong to a teenager named Sarah, who claims her parents were murdered. Unsure of her whereabouts, Ross and Gwen uncover proof of unethical practices at a pharmaceutical company. The discovery lands them in more danger, as those involved will silence anyone who gets in their way.
In the meantime, the threats against Ross and Gwen spread to his family, putting them all at risk. The first few attempts on their lives fail, but their adversaries refuse to quit, and they will not be safe until their enemies are stopped.
Can Sarah be found without destroying more innocent people? Will they find enough proof to convict her parents’ murderer and stop further corruption?
SOMEONE WANTS ROSS AND GWEN DEAD. BUT WHO?