I’m pleased to announce the publication of my four newest novels, Montana's Own, The Books of James C. Patch: Utopia, A Father First and Witchwoods. Writing has always been a passion of mine. As a resident of Sterling Park for the last 20 years, I like to incorporate aspects of Loudoun County in many of my stories. Now that these are finally published I look forward to many more offerings. I’ve adapted three of my books (The Castle Dark of Upstate, Opulence Among Us and Falling Waters) into screenplays and currently shopping them in California with hopes of selling them soon. Falling Waters is presently being considered for either a television show or a full-length feature movie. I’ve presently written two more books (In the Manor of Heather Black and The Leaving Fields) that are in the editing phase and should be published soon. I’m also in the middle of one more adaptation into a screenplay (A Father First). I plan on writing an additional eight novels by the end of 2014.
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Montana’s Own: Published March 21, 2013 (Fiction)
Abraham Markem was awarded the Medal of Honor for valor in the Korean War and happily returned to his native Montana amid the small town's celebration of the return of their honored war hero. His young girlfriend and he built a house amid the splendor of Montana countryside and he married soon after and had twin sons. Life was perfect for the Markem’s until his sons enlisted and died together in the Vietnam War. Years later, his wife was tragically attacked and killed by a pack of wolves amid the beauty of the Montana wilderness area, which left him alone and in constant emotional distress. He alienated all his friends and delved into a deep depression and nothing held any joy to him. An old man now, he wanted to end his life in grand style until he happened upon a strange white dog that was trapped in a raccoon trap. The dog was not like any other and soon Abe’s life was rejuvenated as the dog's astounding gifts amazed everyone and gave Abe a reason to continue his most amazing life.
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The Books of James C. Patch: Utopia: Published March 22, 2013 (Fiction)
This is the continuing story of James C. Patch and Jacob Masterson. The first book, The Books of James C. Patch: The Barrier chronicled the adventures of Jacob Masterson as he attempted to destroy the evil barrier that was preventing spirits from entering the Utopia on the other side. James C. Patch was an author living in the early 1900's when tragedy struck his family when he decided to write down what he found out about death and the afterlife. James C. Patch was a split-spirit. A spirit that could split from his body prior to death and was able to cross through the barrier and see through his spirit what was on the other side. While in his spirited state he noticed millions of spirits that were not able to penetrate the barrier. The majority of these spirits were children who had not had time to collect a lot of memories and those are the spirits that the barrier preyed upon. Jacob found out that memories were the key to the rapid penetration of the barrier and they were able to connect with loved ones that were already on the other side. This is the third and final installment.
A Father First: Published March 28, 2013 (Fiction)
This is the story of a dedicated father. Thomas Stevens grew up as a farmer’s son in rural Nebraska. He, his three brothers, and three sisters helped their parents around the farm as much as they could. He loved the business aspect of farming more than the sweat and hard work and told of his desires at an early age to the displeasure of his father. An understanding and loving man, Thomas’ father would not insist that his children remain on the farm and assisted young Thomas in his pursuits.Christmas was a special time for the Stevens household, and the family made it a weeklong celebration within the old farmhouse. Thomas became quite wealthy. Through quirks of fate, he met a woman in trouble named Emily. Given Thomas’s upbringing, he quickly came to her aid and soon fell in love with her. Thomas’s selflessness and kindness toward others impressed Emily, and she learned quickly that Thomas was the man she had always hoped to meet. Together they had a child named Sarah. Sarah provided much love and laughter in their happy household, and Thomas could see that Sarah possessed a level of kindness and caring that angels might envy. All seemed perfect until one day a simple trip to the grocery store and an out of control car hit Emily’s car head on and took her life. Thomas was devastated, but he had Sarah and his family to help him pull through the terrible trauma and devastating grief.Years went by until another accident sent Thomas again into a depression that lasted much of the remainder of his life. Thomas, young Sarah, and two of Sarah’s cousins got into Thomas’s car. He inadvertently neglected to lock Sarah securely into her seat belt, and a head-on accident sent his beautiful twelve-year-old daughter through the windshield, paralyzing her for life. Thomas vowed to make things right, but Sarah harbored a lifetime of resentment and bitter hatred toward her father and eliminated him from her life. Thomas tried everything to regain her love, but nothing he did would restore her trust or rekindle their loving relationship. He set out on an incredible journey that reaped him astonishing successes in his business world but one fraught with heart-wrenching depths into dementia, loss, prison, and despair, all for the sole purpose of restoring his and Sarah’s relationship and life together as a family.He was a father first and that was the only success he sought. He did not care how long it took or the depths to which he had to sink to get there. He was determined to restore his daughter’s affections even though she was oblivious to a lifetime of her father’s good deeds. They lived a 25 years apart with Sarah not knowing or caring how much she meant to Thomas and how much her absence from his life had devastated him. He crafted an elaborate plan that took him a lifetime to carry out at great cost to him emotionally and physically but there was no price too high to get her back.
Witchwoods: Published April 5, 2013 (Fiction)
Witches, most maligned as evil emissaries of the devil himself, have mystified us for centuries. The devil placed women, perceived to have sold their souls, into communities to wreak havoc on society. The Puritan leaders, during the birth of the country, believed this when they systematically tried to rid the world of witches during the Salem witch trials in 1692. To the religious zealots of the time, the trials rectified the perceived departure of the accused from the group's strict puritanical beliefs and rid their community of the impurities that the so-called witches represented. One of those convicted witches escaped the tyranny of the times and cast her revenge deep within the woods of Tennessee. Three couples, all young and excessively rich, decided to spend their twenties exploring the world and then embarking on starting families and living the American dream.The friends were inseparable, all with a love for travel and genuine care for each other. Josh and Sydney Fenton began to grow their wealth directly out of college. Hank and Nancy Peterson inherited his family's business valued at one and a half billion dollars. Ethan, Josh's brother, and Doug, Nancy's brother, met a year after Hank met Nancy. Ethan and Doug each owned a large, profitable design firm. The couple married in California, a state that allowed the legal union of same-sex partners. They then merged their enterprises to form the largest design firm in the world. The group of close friends traveled extensively throughout the world for eight years, visiting such renowned and reportedly haunted sites as The Tower of London in England, Edinburgh Castle in Scotland, and the Hollywood-Roosevelt Hotel in California. The friends soon unanimously agreed that, above all others, the scary places in the world most thrilled and captivated their imaginations. When two of the couples were having problems in their relationships, Sydney attempted to bring about reconciliations by planning another scary trip.They arrived at their destination in Tennessee, a 500-acre tract of land reportedly haunted by the infamous Bell Witch. Sydney and the group loved being among the beauty of nature. Spending time in the notorious woods would, she hoped, rekindle the love that the two couples had once shared for each other. Sydney convinced her husband, Josh, to buy the land, and together the three couples set out to spend a few weeks searching for the Bell Witch. Together with Sydney's sister, Bonnie, a modern-day witch, and a well-seasoned mountain-man guide named DR, the group set out on an adventure that they would come to regret. What they did not realize at the time was that the Bell Witch was not the only witch they would encounter. They entered the woods and into the witches' domain, with innocent hopes of a fun and conciliatory outing for the two struggling couples amid the tall pines. What awaited them, instead, were violent, murderous entities that forced them through a death-dodging experience that changed their lives forever. The witches held them captive within their lair, forced them to fight for their freedom, and indeed for their lives before the witches and their claimed woods pushed the friends deeper into the witches' psychotic realm.
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