Reviews of The Commands of Jesus:"[We] read together the last days of the month. To us they are just the right length, in a language we understand. We felt "in tune" with you as you shared personally. The days were well-rounded - challenging, uplifting + encouraging. We really liked day 27 - the seriousness of rejection of God but His forgiveness when we repent. Rejection needs deep thinking about. Day 20 is a good day too. Warning - especially in these days. T...

What is a parent to do when a child adopts a trans identity and seeks to change their body to match their new identity? Decades ago parents worried over whether their daughter might get pregnant or their son father a child without being prepared for the responsibility that would bring. Parents worried about clothing, and makeup, and music that was being listened to. Worried about the risks of alcohol and smoking and drugs. Now, far too many parents are blindsided by gender diversity, by cl...

At times subtle and profound, at times breathtaking and exciting.For one day the world held its breath as Scotland voted on whether or not to leave the UK. Politicians from the heart of Washington DC to the Kremlin were in terror that the decision would go the wrong way.Full of optimism and hope, this novel explores what could have happened and for some readers, imagines what still could be - an independent country, where the politicians are silenced and the people have a v...

The First Minister is missing... Scotland is divided… The referendum is in crisis... Only Robert Castle has a vision for Scotland that could unite both sides in the independence debate. Helen Castle fears that politics could destroy Robert. As the campaign intensifies she must face one of the hardest decisions of her life. News that the First Minister of Scotland is missing, with only four months until the referendum on Scottish independence, challenges Robert Castl...

A recipe for democracy… “We’ve said all along that the fight for Scotland does not end with the referendum, well it doesn’t end with this election either. Scotland has voted for a Land Grab and Scotland is going to get one!” With these words, Robert Castle declares war on all who would oppose him as he seeks to overturn the injustice of the Highland Clearances. A victory has been won but many will fight to retain their power and their property. Can Castle and his Ca...

In the city of York, a young woman dies in a tragic accident but is mysteriously brought back to life. As she attempts to find out and understand what happened, a terrorist group plans the largest attack the West has ever seen.A group of ordinary people find themselves drawn together, fallen warriors called to stand and fight, but will they stand or will they fall?Advanced readers have given the following feedback on Good Reads:"a great adventure sto...

Return to Hougoumont is a graphic account of a defining moment in the Battle of Waterloo. Early on in this momentous battle French troops drove contingents of the Coldstream Guards from a pine wood and into the adjacent Hougoumont Farm where the main Guards contingent was dug in within the walls. For a brief moment there was a chance for the French to breach the North Gate, it was bloody and glorious. Death was indescriminate in this struggle and heroes decided the fate of many.Had...

From the - 2 Promises series - book 2 of 2.The ancient Egyptians worshipped the oldest of Gods leaving a legacy of their relationship with the underworld. In modern times, dangerously rich businessmen plot to unravel this knowledge to rule the world. Beth Martindale is reluctantly drawn into a sinister plot to secure powerful ancient artifacts. This gripping story weaves a plot that moves through ancient Egypt, medieval England, the canals of Amsterdam, and alleys of Cologne effort...

In this tale everything is like everything, just as everybody likens everyone else, in a mythical sense. Everything makes up everyone and everyone is made of everything, in one blur oddity of an ironic distinctively same clarity of nature. It tells of the huge promise a blessed land points to, it tells of the many bodies buried and alive, that had and are, waited and waiting, for the satisfaction they ever sought, but never got and most likely will never get, as one entity.The stor...

Father/daughter stories have resonated with readers throughout history, and this current narrative depicts three such relationships encountered in (1) ancient myth, (2) the Elizabethan stage, and (3) modern cinema. Volume one, Introduction to Frankenstein, of this the Tales of the Mythic World series dealt peripherally with the relationship between Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, and her father, the philosopher William Godwin. In this second volume, titled The Eternal Return, we ...

Chas and Joe, half Aboriginal, half Irish, grow up together, go to school together. The teachers do not like the mixed race boy, but Joe is determined to finish school, and gets a job at a small law firm. Chas, although trained as a master builder, becomes a jackaroo on a large station. One day Joe is brutally murdered. Chas is heart-broken, and leaves the station to become a buffalo hunter. After a couple of years he travels to the East Indies with a Dutch friend. He starts buildi...

A 19th-century English family - discovers a young mongoose half drowned from a flood. They revive it and decide to keep it as a pet. The young mongoose, named Rikki Tikki Tavi, finds himself confronted by two dangerous king cobras, Nag and his even more dangerous wife Nagaina, who had the run of the garden while the house was unoccupied.