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Silver and Iron

A 2009 NaNoWriMo Winner

To Save a Soul book 2.

Para is sent to the outer towns and hamlets in search of the escaped arcanist responsible for General Kensington's demise. There is still no proof that the sword Para took from the arcanist's experiment room created the lycanthrope that attacked them. Para is determined to find out one way or the other.

Forced to travel alone, Para discovers that trouble is brewing in Delmar to the north, near the Rommel border. Troubling involving plagues, werewolves, and another suspicious priest.

To Save a Soul

A 2008 NaNoWriMo winner - Available for Purchase

The Pomeroys and the Kensingtons: Two families at war. To cease the feud they have made an arrangement of marriage. However, prior to the wedding night the bride disappears, her sentries slain. Though her body is never found, the locals insist she now haunts the wedding mansion on the Kensington family estate.

Lazarus Pomeroy is determined to solve the mystery of his fifteen-year-old daughter's disappearance and sends a plea for help to all adventurers for hire.

Para Sedi and Munwar Meek accept the challenge. Now they must not only answer the question of Alicia Pomeroy's disappearance; they must do so without jeopardizing the already tenuous peace.

Searching for Sara

Driven by unspoken dreams, two people embark on a journey that will change their lives forever.

Sara’s one stability has been her faith. Now the Lord has led her to America and the opportunity for a new life as an artist for a prestigious gallery.

After the death of his wife, Christopher Lake poured his last remnant of passion into his gallery and the care of his daughter. When he meets Sara Bennet, her harsh history speaks to a portion of his heart he thought lost forever.

Will Sara’s faith help the man who no longer believes? Will Christopher step beyond his grief to help Sara find the hope of a promising future?

Working Title:

Broken Angel

Rachel Samson studied abroad at a business school for women since the age of fourteen. Eight years have since passed. When she arrives home, she discovers that the control she craves is but a myth.

Determined to protect all aspects of his family, Henry Samson has chosen each path for Rachel's life with meticulous regard; including that of her future husband.

Will her refusal jeopardize her legacy? Or will her choice of a preferred stranger save her heart and her future?

Resurrected Honor - Act I

This novel now has its own site! See more information about the characters, the island, and the culture that is Resurrected Honor.

Sixteen-year-old Jarvais escaped his island home of Igla, exchanging an easy life for one on the sea filled with adventure and infamy. After nearly 15 years, life has drawn him back to Iglan shores in search of an answer to an unknown question. One that beats upon his mind and disturbs his deepest dreams with memories from his past as well as those to a possible future.

At the age of 14 Vail Straka watched the largest part of her life drown in the depths of the Gulf of Sorrows. Though her determination wouldn't allow her to look back, her faith floundered with questions as her heart cocooned itself within the folds of the great purpose she herself had Seen. Fifteen years later, Vail comes face-to-face with a changing destiny connected closely to the one she had watched disappear below the gulf's black depths. A destiny that sparks her Visions once more to life.

The Myth of Reality

This novel was begun as a proof to myself that I could write suspense. A personal challenge, you might say. Growing up I loved reading Agatha Christie, Sherlock Holmes, and Perry Mason. The classic suspense movies such as Laura and Rebecca are on that 'love list' as well. And don't we, as writers, excel when we challenge ourselves? That fact caused me to accept the challenge.

I'm hoping this will be a project I work on when more of my completed novels are through the finishing/perfecting stage. Similar to September Breezes, I like this book. It's my 'novel'. Unfortunately, because of 9/11 and the increased security that came to our nation as a result, it's going to be harder to write. However, I'm not letting that interfere. Not for long, anyway.

Spitfire Professor Beth Buchanaan is left wondering who is really her enemy when she meets two men who make her question her very identity.

Changing Scenes | Book 1
The New Road

The life of a teen is seldom boring. In fact, the life of a teen contains choices that will affect their future. Following the life and challenges of Vicki Modine, her family, and those friends that come to make her who she is: A Christian teen struggling to walk the walk as well as talk the talk.

Vicki Modine has never been away from her home in Colorado. Now her father's new career has moved her family to a 'home' in Oregon and have asked her to find a place to fit.

Between new enemies at school and unexpected challenges to her faith, Vicki isn't so sure the blessings are worth the potholes, and she doesn't want to ask God to make things better.

Because He might do just that.

His & Hers

I began writing His & Hers while on a 10-day long road trip with my family about 10 years ago. It began as a type of 'What If' of my own life; a fictional possibility for myself in relation to my lovelife, my writing profession, and my future home. His & Hers was a way for me to build myself up; to view myself in a more positive light as the MC, even through the challenges that she faces. Similar to why/how I wrote my YA series back when I was a teenager, I had the same intention in mind with the characters of His & Hers. It was a fun experience, and it opened my eyes to things about my character and my opinions that I both liked and disliked. Again, God used my writing as a tool to grow up and be closer to the woman He wanted me to be.

I'd say 'mission accomplished' to that, even if this novel is never published.

Allison Campbell: New York Times bestselling author alone in the wilderness of Central Oregon.
Darin McGovern: Photographer. Fellow adventurer with a surprising secret...
Keith Tyler: Tortured hermit attempting to deal with a black past.
A decision must be made before Allison can once again be at peace with who God wants her to become.

September Breezes

Have you ever heard a person tell you they're working on a novel? I've only ever heard it on television; this writer working on a single novel for years and years, splitting their attention between work and art. This novel and The Myth of Reality seem to be my 'novel'.

Why do I classify them that way, with single quotes? Because I have several completed projects currently in the revision stage. It hasn't ever been a challenge for me to finish a novel... except this one. I add a scene or chapter here and there before scampering off to another project, completing that project while this one sits barely even 1/3 done.

So, I finally understand the frustration that comes with the statement, "I'm writing a novel."

This is that 'novel'.