When John Swift moves his family to Centerville, South Carolina to begin his ministery at the church there, the action, mystery, and intrigue begins. Smith had been an outstanding baseball player in his younger days, but when injured by an unscrupulous player his hopes for a professional career were ended with a serious knee injury. After undergoing several surguries, he was able to attend college, married, and coached high school baseball for several years before deciding to enter the ministry full time. Soon after his move to Centerville Smith learns that the very person that had inflicted the knee injury and ended his professional baseball hopes, is now the baseball coach at the local high school. When his son Billy, who has become an outstanding baseball player, is told by Chip Kincade that he isn't welcome to play in the Centerville summer baseball program because of who his dad is, the action begins. If you like baseball, romance, and mystery in a church and faith changing setting, you will love, "A Bridge To Cross."

The dark night was strangely quiet. The moon had disappeared behind the clouds, and there were absolutely no sounds. Not just quiet, but total silence. Then the lonesome cry of a whippoorwill broke the silence. Or was it really a whippoorwill!

A strange ghost-like figure appears during the night as the twins and their cousin are camping in the Ozark Mountains above Moore's Lake near Heber Springs, Arkansas. Akiela, the last of a mysterious tribe of Native Americans, has come to warn the young adventurers about evil men in the area of the lake. He seems to be able to appear and disappear at will. He is very tall, and pale, almost deathlike...his long white hair flowing to his narrow shoulders. His eyes burn with agitation and displeasure at what is happening to his beloved mountains.

When Sydney is stuck with a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill at Red Bud Cove, and is not able to pay for the metal detector and the microscope she had ordered, she gets mad. Mad enough to bring the crooks to justice. She, aided by her twin sister Taryn, and cousins Dylan and Bailey, makes life miserable for the crooks as they constantly investigate how and where the counterfeiters are operating. However, before the criminals are brought to justice the twins are captured, left on a snake and alligator infested island in the middle of the swamp to die, and are conked on the head and left adrift in a boat, without gasoline or paddles, headed for a waterfall into the Forshe River hundreds of feet below. A clue that Sydney uncovers with her metal detector helps lead the twins to "Mr. Big" and with the help of Heber Springs Chief of Police Gary Cupp, the crooks end up behind bars where they belong.

When Dr. Foster purchases a huge log mansion on a mountain west of Little Rock, AR, the adventure begins. The old house is reputed to be haunted with strange lights being seen up there at night and mysterous sounds not unlike that of moans and of digging. The Foster Twins invite their cousin, Dylan, to help them investigate and run into a hooded, knife throwing shadowy figure. With a skull being discovered, an arrow narrowly missing Dylan and constantly being followed by a mysterous black Lincoln, the Twins, their cousin, and their adventurous mom, have all they can handle in this fast-paced adventure.

The story of a small town football team that proves they have what it takes to play with the "big boys." Exciting football action with a great story.

When Tim Allison decided to try out for the Kansas City Blue Sox he had no idea of pursuing a professional baseball career--but here he was--trying to move up in the Blue Sox organization. The first year of professional baseball had gone by quickly. The year with the Springfield Kings had been a year of discovery. A year in which Tim discovered his love for baseball was greater than he had ever imagined; discovered a wonderful girl; had fallen in love; and had found that the world is not always kind and understanding. With all negative thoughts of his first year in baseball behind him, Tim was looking forward to the new year, a new team, and further adventures in the world of professional sports. He was apprehensive, but filled with excitement as he looked forward to moving up to Little Rock to play for the Blue Sox AA farm team.

How many of the other guys had been promoted? Where would Larry Phelps and Big Tony Meeker play this year? Would they still be in Springfield, or would they be assigned to Little Rock or Topeka? And what had become of Randy Ford and Burr Swann? And what about Linda--where do we go from here?

All these questions and more will be answered in this sequel to the first Tim Allison Baseball Story, "Tim's Big Decision." "Batting Third" is filled with baseball action, romance, mystery, intrigue, and an emphasis upon Christian values as we follow Tim through another exciting year of professional baseball.

When the Foster twins travel to far off Colorado from Little Rock, to assist their great uncle to save his horse ranch from the greedy grasp of an unscrupulous and dangerous land grabber, they find their greatest adventure. The trip into the mighty Rocky Mountains meets with danger, intrigue, and the discovery of the most unusual group of people ever found in the great and mysterious mountains of the west.

When the Foster twins travel to far off Colorado from Little Rock, to assist their great uncle to save his horse ranch from the greedy grasp of an unscrupulous and dangerous land grabber, they find their greatest adventure. The trip into the mighty Rocky Mountains meets with danger, intrigue, and the discovery of the most unusual group of people ever found in the great and mysterious mountains of the west.

When Sydney is stuck with a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill at Red Bud Cove, and is not able to pay for the metal detector and the microscope she had ordered, she gets mad. Mad enough to bring the crooks to justice. She, aided by her twin sister Taryn, and cousins Dylan and Bailey, makes life miserable for the crooks as they constantly investigate how and where the counterfeiters are operating. However, before the criminals are brought to justice the twins are captured, left on a snake and alligator infested island in the middle of the swamp to die, and are conked on the head and left adrift in a boat, without gasoline or paddles, headed for a waterfall into the Forshe River hundreds of feet below. A clue that Sydney uncovers with her metal detector helps lead the twins to "Mr. Big" and with the help of Heber Springs Chief of Police Gary Cupp, the crooks end up behind bars where they belong.

This series of short stories and anecdotes entitled: "Stories About: Sports, Mothers-in-Law, & The Greatest Generation" is a second trip down through time and experience. The stories in this second book, taken primarily from the author's 'SportsTalk and More" newspaper column, deal with a variety of subjects. Some are factual true stories, while others are written with tongue placed firmly in cheek. There are stories about baseball and basketball, about life in America both real and imagined, about hero's real and made up, and a story about Uncle Charlie Brown, and 'The Greatest Generation" who saved the world from Germany's Hitler, Italy's Mussolini, and Tojo and the Japanese Warlords. Most stories in this book are funny and should make you laugh, other stories will make you think, and some might even bring a tear or two.

The dark night was strangely quiet. The moon had disappeared behind the clouds, and there were absolutely no sounds. Not just quiet, but total silence. Then the lonesome cry of a whippoorwill broke the silence. Or was it really a whippoorwill!

A strange ghost-like figure appears during the night as the twins and their cousin are camping in the Ozark Mountains above Moore's Lake near Heber Springs, Arkansas. Akiela, the last of a mysterious tribe of Native Americans, has come to warn the young adventurers about evil men in the area of the lake. He seems to be able to appear and disappear at will. He is very tall, and pale, almost deathlike...his long white hair flowing to his narrow shoulders. His eyes burn with agitation and displeasure at what is happening to his beloved mountains.

When John Swift moves his family to Centerville, South Carolina to begin his ministery at the church there, the action, mystery, and intrigue begins. Smith had been an outstanding baseball player in his younger days, but when injured by an unscrupulous player his hopes for a professional career were ended with a serious knee injury. After undergoing several surguries, he was able to attend college, married, and coached high school baseball for several years before deciding to enter the ministry full time. Soon after his move to Centerville Smith learns that the very person that had inflicted the knee injury and ended his professional baseball hopes, is now the baseball coach at the local high school. When his son Billy, who has become an outstanding baseball player, is told by Chip Kincade that he isn't welcome to play in the Centerville summer baseball program because of who his dad is, the action begins. If you like baseball, romance, and mystery in a church and faith changing setting, you will love, "A Bridge To Cross."

When Dr. Foster purchases a huge log mansion on a mountain west of Little Rock, AR, the adventure begins. The old house is reputed to be haunted with strange lights being seen up there at night and mysterous sounds not unlike that of moans and of digging. The Foster Twins invite their cousin, Dylan, to help them investigate and run into a hooded, knife throwing shadowy figure. With a skull being discovered, an arrow narrowly missing Dylan and constantly being followed by a mysterous black Lincoln, the Twins, their cousin, and their adventurous mom, have all thay can handle in this fast-paced adventure.