Rags-to-Riches Stories

This book covers the penultimate year of school for Andrew. Several of the people and events have an impact on his life going forward.

Absence of Living Book
17 years into a life sentence for a double murder he did not commit, 35-year-old Carter Davis finds himself released with a full pardon and paid handsomely for his wrongful conviction. He buys some land and a truck and tries to get as far away from society as he can. His only friend, a 230-pound long-haired Mastiff named Travis.

The adventures of Andrew McLeod continue. School is easy but the rest of his life is a complicated mess. / (Reviews)

Country Roads
Everything is going Charlie's way. He's survived his first year at public high school, has made lifelong friends, and has a brand new record deal that will, hopefully, launch his music career for real. As always seems the case, misfortune strikes whenever things are going too well. Charlie’s life is turned upside down and his future plans are put in to jeopardy when a problem from his past returns. Can Charlie keep his life together or will it all come falling down around him?

A Deja Vu Story
'Rock bottom' is how Peter felt as he learned the terrible news that his estranged father was reinserting himself into his life. It wasn't enough that his mom lay dying in the hospital from AIDS, or that he was just learning to adjust to life as a double-amputee. Now everything he worked for to ensure a stable future for himself and his loved ones, was at risk. But he was hardly ready to give up. Not when he had so much to fight for.

Country Roads
After spending his young life traveling with his musician father, Charlie Nelson has roots for the first time. Living with his mother in a small Appalachian town in western North Carolina, Charlie struggles to find his place in this new world, which isn't without challenges. Living in poverty, dealing with bullies, and having no friends, Charlie's new life is anything but a fairytale. If it were up to Charlie, he'd stay at home and play his guitar... but life doesn't always give us what we want / (Reviews)

Roy was a gamer. Now, he's prey. ​After a fatal accident transports his soul from modern Earth, Roy wakes up in the body of a 13-year-old peasant boy in a world that’s anything but a game. This is a grim, war-torn land where horrifying monsters stalk the countryside, magic is a bloody reality, and humanity is often more monstrous than the beasts. ​He is weak. He is alone. But he is not without help. A familiar, game-like interface only he can see becomes his lifeline. System Interface Booting.. / (Reviews)

A Rivers Region Story
Farmers lives are ruled by the land they work and nature's cycles. James is the son of a farmer who's orphaned by a bushfire. He continues to live with his father's old boss, but knows he has to make his own way in life after school. Life has it's ups and downs, and many challenges for James. He leaves the farm for the Australian Army, but ends up back as a farm worker due to combat wounds. Join James as he meets many challenges and changes in his life. / (Reviews)

Modern-day Marine Steven Harris is seriously wounded and on a flight to Germany for further treatment. Instead, he awakens in 200 BC Rome. Aside from wondering how the hell he ended up there--or if he was merely dreaming--he wonders how to go about supporting himself. Then he learns the "why" of his transfer and his life becomes a bit more complicated.

Country Roads
Music, Baseball and Bullies. Charlie's life is busier than ever as he continues to put down roots in his community, making friends and enemies, and explore who he wants to be. Charlie decides to follow the two things he always loved when he was a kid, music and baseball. Joining the school team and forming his first band both pull him in different directions, adding to the pressures he already faced with school, bullies, making friends, and trying to become his own man.