NAMED TO KIRKUS REVIEWS' BEST BOOKS OF 2015The Life and Times of Bob Cratchit is a compelling, inspirational back story to the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, focusing primarily on the life of Robert Cratchit, Scrooge’s clerk.As he grows up facing poverty and hardship in both rural England and a squalid section of London, young Robert puts to practice the lessons learned from his insightful, coal mining father, Peter, to eventually become the man countless milli...

From the award winning author of The Life and Times of Bob Cratchit**, the saga continues.**As the world emerged from 300 years of bitterly cold winters, known as The Little Ice Age**, the land and seas began to thaw. So it was with Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge when the spirits of Christmas wove their will to melt his icy heart. Yet the battle to end the festive holiday raged on within some dark souls of London, England.*...

In 1876, a murder mystery consumed the southern Indiana newspapers. At the heart of the tragedy, Edward Leyer and his family stood accused of a crime so heinous that the local citizens felt compelled to take the law into their own hands. This true story was published in papers from coast to coast, but circumstantial evidence always carries a grain of doubt.An Indiana Tragedyrevisits the Leyer family and the events that led to a trial that would rip the family apart at the ...

Born the son of a shepherd in Bethlehem, Tabor’s future path is dramatically altered when Jesus is born under the star that draws attention both near and far. In the tumultuous days that follow, Tabor escapes the slaughter of the innocents with his parents the same night Mary and Joseph flee into Egypt with Jesus.Raised in the hills near his city of birth, Tabor struggles with the conflict between the peaceful life of a shepherd and the ruthless Roman occupiers who tax the Jews to ...