Justina Prima is a registered nurse living in Maine with her
husband. She has written and edited articles for church
publications. Her first novel is of a life’s lesson, The Pawnbroker’s Ring, to share
the need for a strong faith to overcome our human weaknesses. Look for her next book, Tunnels: The White House, just out!
It’s a time of turmoil for Europe. Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, and his intentions became clear; it will not stop there. Two days later, Britain and France declared war with Germany. The United States is assisting Britain in lending and leasing weapons, food, ammunition, and medical supplies. British merchant ships are being protected by the U.S. Navy escorts. Despite the attempt to remain neutral, the United States is attacked by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. Germany and Italy are Japan’s allies. It has now become a world war.
Josie McGregor has dreams, big dreams, as only a young girl nearing graduation could have. Her world widens when she takes employment at the big hotel in the city where she meets two young men who will change her life. Follow their journeys as they face the challenges in a world at war and learn that paths don’t always lead to home. AMAZON
John Craig settled in New York after migrating from Scotland. It’s after the Civil War and the Nation is beginning to recover. He gained employment making deliveries from the docks to addresses he could only dream of. It was while making a delivery that he met Mary. He had very little hope of winning her heart. After all, she was an only child of a wealthy fabric magnate and would not give him a second glance.
Only, she did, and against her father’s wishes married him and moved to Wyoming. They settled into life on a sheep ranch, becoming successful and well respected, but after two years it changed. Someone was taking down fences and diverting the creek. Suspicion fell on the neighboring cattle rancher, Brody, who had made it known he resented the Craigs. They had outbid him when the land first came up for auction. Was he the perpetrator, or had the Craigs unknowingly offended someone? Was their safety at risk? AMAZON
Loretta is in a quandary. In her sixth year of Veterinarian school and an Intern at the Veterinarian Hospital, she has broken her first rule. She was not to get involved until after graduation. She had fallen for Grange, and her mind wasn’t on her studies.
Luke was an excellent friend and someone she could always talk to, but was it ending up more than friendship?
Life became even more complicated when drugs begin to disappear from the medication room. Cyrus, a Resident in the Emergency Room, is looking suspicious. Was he responsible?
Three men have upended her life. Was Luke only a good friend? What about Grange? How did she really feel about him? Let’s not forget Cyrus.
He was making her life miserable. AMAZON
April 29, 1863, brought the Civil War to Grand Gulf, Mississippi. Sarah Bassler lost her mother six months before. For two and a half years she struggled with this difficult and demanding woman, resenting every day of her care.
Now able to regain her life, she finds a wounded Union officer and is saddled with not only nursing him but keeping him from being discovered. While cleaning the officer’s uniform, Sarah finds a round, brass object…a Confederate decoder. She is asked to not only get the cypher to the Union, but to aid a family of slaves needing escape from Mississippi.
Will she be able to get the cypher to General Sherman, completing the wounded soldier’s mission? Will the slaves finally find freedom? With the demands now present in Sarah’s life, will she find forgiveness for her mother and embrace the fruits of charity? AMAZON
A Stolen Artifact…
A Man on a Mission…
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Georgia’s Cherokee Nation from its ancestral homeland to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. The government broke every treaty that had promised the Cherokee the right to remain in Georgia. Mohe grew up hearing his grandfather’s stories about the Trail of Tears, where thousands perished, yet the Cherokee people’s courage and determination endured.
Determined to reclaim the Peace Pipe—a sacred symbol that once secured the Tribe’s future in Georgia—Mohe devises a daring plan. He secures a position as a waiter for the President of the United States, giving him access to the White House. From there, he intends to locate a hidden tunnel leading to the Smithsonian and recover the treasured artifact.
But the mission quickly grows more complicated than he expected. He forms unexpected friendships, finds himself drawn to the beautiful White House housekeeper, and begins experiencing troubling dreams sent by his Spirit Guide.
With distractions pulling him in every direction and danger lurking at every turn, can Mohe recover the Peace Pipe and return it to his people?
The year is 1918. After a near-fatal assassination attempt on Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Bolshevik Party, protecting the leader of the Russian Revolution becomes the government’s highest priority.
The attack earns Ganya a promotion to the Secret Service. A devoted Bolshevik, he eagerly accepts the opportunity to defend Lenin while hunting down members of the White Army, the anti-Communist force determined to overthrow the new regime. At the same time, alarming reports reach Lenin that the White Army is planning a daring rescue of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, who remain imprisoned in Yekaterinburg. Ganya must uncover the conspirators before they can strike.
But the assignment soon tests far more than his investigative skills. As he uncovers hidden truths and confronts impossible choices, Ganya begins to question the convictions that have guided his life.
In a nation torn apart by revolution and civil war, will he remain loyal to the Bolsheviks, or will his conscience lead him to stand with those he once considered enemies?
It’s 1870, and smallpox is making its way across the city of London. A father has been imprisoned for refusal to inoculate his nine-year-old daughter, Josephine. With no guardian to care for her, she has been thrown into the streets to fend for herself.
Along with other children living in the street, Josephine is plunged into the world of theft, where there is no safe place.
Josie revisits Buckingham Palace by tunnel where she has been profitable in the past. There was no way she could have known the jewels she nicked were already stolen.
From the world of the rich to the rough streets of the city; from Buckingham Palace to the Tower of London, Josephine fends for herself, until she encounters someone in the staff’s quarters of Her Majesty Queen Victoria who offers help. Can Josephine leave the past behind or has the life of thievery stole her heart? AMAZON