Published Books

1500 Bay

Everyone loved George but try as they might, no one really knew about much about his private life. That and his public life were entirely different. In our story, he is the head doorman and…

Air In G

Air In G is a story of a perfectly constructed violin that was owned by four generations of fine musicians, and the boy who inherited it.  Music was in their blood, woven into their lives,…

Anton and Bess

Who says that older people can’t fall in love? This is a story of two such people who had lost their spouses and thought they were consigned to continue on in life, alone. Then, across…

Ben’s Barn

Boot camp drill sergeants are not usually thought of as love objects. Sergeant Major Ben musters out and begins to follow a dream. Time after time, he would see his charges go into town on…

Birds Must Fly

The arrival of grief strikes at the very foundation of our lives. Every family has their unique way to react to it. This novel tells how death came to two generations of the Vogel family;…

Blue Lake Lodge

We live in a very mobile society. Gone are the days when families were raised, children were married, and few moved away from their community. This is the story of a young woman who rejected…

Bob’s Boys

He grew up in his father’s clothing store. He began with a broom and ended up building a chain of stores. This was quite a feat, and he accomplished this while raising his two boys…

Dr. Kiss

OK, don’t laugh! The hero of this story has only been called that by this author. This is a narrative of a boy who grew up, was educated, and became one of the most powerful…

The Enigma

No one is born an enigma, a one-of-a-kind puzzle. They emerge by a combination of forces: genetics, those who raised them, and a series of life’s circumstances. This is a story of such a man…

A Good Guy

Everyone who knew him would say that Jonathan Billings was A Good Guy, but the last guy you would expect to emerge as a mover and shaker in the affairs of his community.   Yet that is…

Goodbye Pauley

Paul was raised by older parents who filled his life with love. He was a quiet, almost shy boy, but when he reached high school he began to emerge as a-not-so-apparent leader. He and other…

The Grocer

From rural Oregon to Wall Street, a young man finds himself drawn into a new setting where all the touchstones of his life are changed. Yet there he finds his way and prospers, finding people…