Julie Brown writes from her back porch in Missouri where the hummingbirds fly, the coffee is sweet, and friends are welcomed. She has a degree in Criminal Justice and has worked with juvenile offenders, teens in crisis, and in a prison facility. She currently serves in the student ministry at her church where she is considered a “Mom” to many teenagers. Julie has published an inspirational book titled “EVEN WHEN: God’s promises are still true” about her journey through grief and loss.
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Say “Hi” to Graham, the groundhog.
He moved to a new home and missed his friends.
When they came to visit, Graham discovered he had new friends
in the neighborhood, too.
Moving had been hard, but Graham learned that home isn’t just where you live- it’s where your heart is…with old and new friends!
Based on true events AMAZON
She’ll risk everything to protect her family. He’ll risk everything to uncover the truth.
Selena Maldanado loves her job as an investigator at a state prison. She believes in justice and works hard to make a difference. Then she uncovers a dangerous drug-smuggling operation inside the prison walls.
The nightmare gets worse.
Selena discovers her own boss runs the operation. Before she can report him, he threatens her with an impossible choice. Plant false evidence or watch her father face deportation.
Trapped by fear and consumed with guilt, Selena feels completely alone. The only peace she finds comes from the quiet faith of one inmate who reminds her there is still hope.
Brandon Rollos isn’t an inmate at all.
He’s an undercover agent investigating the prison’s criminal network. Every piece of evidence points to Selena as a willing accomplice. But the more Brandon watches her, the more convinced he becomes that someone is setting her up.
He can’t reveal his true identity. He can’t tell her he’s falling in love with her. And he can’t make a move until the operation ends.
Time is running out.
Can Brandon expose the real criminals before Selena loses everything? Or will she sacrifice her career, her freedom, and the future she’s worked so hard to build?
“None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free.” Goethe AMAZON
Brynleigh Tavish loves running her small-town bookstore and serving her community. She never expected to step into the corporate world. But when her mother, the powerful owner of a major land development company, falls seriously ill, Brynleigh has no choice. She leaves her quiet life behind and takes a seat in the boardroom.
The job isn’t what she imagined.
Instead of selling books, she negotiates land deals for luxury resorts, high-end hotels, and a massive casino planned outside Dallas. Every decision pulls her further from the values she holds dear.
After an injury ends his military career, Colton Bruens returns to his hometown to recover. His brother runs a ranch that offers troubled teenage boys a second chance. When Brynleigh’s company targets the ranch for its newest casino project, Colton prepares for one more battle.
Then fate brings Brynleigh and Colton together.
The man who repeatedly comes to Brynleigh’s rescue is also the man standing in the way of her company’s biggest deal. As threats escalate and hidden agendas come to light, Brynleigh must choose between her family’s business and the man she’s growing to love.
Colton will do whatever it takes to save the ranch. But can he protect the boys without losing Brynleigh?
As powerful interests close in, Brynleigh and Colton must decide where their loyalties belong. Will they save the ranch and build a future together? Or will ambition, duty, and betrayal force them to live forever in separate worlds?
It begins with a missing boy. It ends with redemption.
Mark Bruens has dedicated his life to giving troubled teenage boys a second chance. His Dallas ranch offers hope instead of juvenile detention. Everything runs smoothly—until one of the boys disappears without a trace.
Suddenly, everything Mark has built hangs in the balance.
With the court watching his every move, Mark has no choice but to call the missing boy’s case manager, Ellie Jenkins, and admit that Billy vanished under his care.
Ellie refuses to give up on the troubled teen.
Together, she and Mark search the streets and nightclubs of Dallas, following every lead before time runs out. As danger closes in, Ellie must face the painful memories she’s tried to leave behind since losing her husband. At the same time, Mark struggles with feelings he never expected to have.
Every clue brings them closer to Billy—and closer to each other.
Can Mark and Ellie find Billy before it’s too late? Or will the secrets of Ellie’s past destroy their chance at love just when they need each other most?
A powerful story of faith, hope, redemption, and second chances.
Billy “the Kid” Bruens has spent his entire life pursuing one dream- pitching in the big leagues. With raw talent and a relentless determination, he’s on the edge of his dreams coming true. Until he meets Grace Morgan.
Grace is desperate. Her sixteen-year-old sister, Skye, disappeared from a well-known baseball player’s party. As her sole guardian, Grace is overwhelmed by guilt, certain she has failed the person who needed her the most. To find Skye, Grace must enter the underbelly of professional baseball, and Billy is the key.
Smitten, Billy offers to pose as Grace’s fake boyfriend, providing her access to the baseball world. What started out as a lie, quickly becomes dangerous as they uncover a web of gambling, corruption, and trafficking of women.
As the search for Skye intensifies, Billy realizes he doesn’t want a fake relationship with Grace- he wants the real thing. Billy must choose between protecting the woman he’s falling for and the career that has defined him. Grace must decide whether she can trust her heart to a man whose world may have stolen her sister.
When everything they’ve ever wanted is on the line, Billy and Grace learn that home isn’t found—it’s chosen, in each other. AMAZON
Grief and loss…topics no one wants to talk about and yet, there they are in front of you.
Checking the widow box was never in your plans. You may be angry…you may just be… nothing. Or the pain may be too great for words. Maybe its not the loss of a loved one; maybe it’s the loss of a dream or a job or your expectations of what should have been.
God’s promises are still true EVEN WHEN you are broken-hearted, heavy-burdened, bone-weary. He’s there through every circumstance and every situation. God is your Provider, your Protector, and your Planner as His Word says in Psalm 23. AMAZON