THE LADY & THE IMPRACTICAL JOKESTER is an off-beat love story about Mary and Rodney, two middle-aged best friends. While it's obvious to everyone else that they're the "perfect couple," they're both afraid of destroying their friendship by revealing their love to one another. Rodney overzealously uses his fondness for jokes and puns and his musical expertise to create a special surprise for Mary, whose unexpected reaction threatens both their friendship and their hoped-for romance. Can a local deejay save their relationship in this humorous tale of hidden identities?
A TWISTED RAINBOW is a coming-of-age novel about two young men who are trying to free themselves of their Christian upbringing. Joel is a Preacher's Kid who suffers terrible pangs of conscience just for being human. His best friend, Roberto, is a Nicaraguan immigrant who despises Christians because of the hypocrisy of those who brought his family to the United States. Together they seek the American Dream. But which event will have the greater effect on their lives--winning a $5 million lottery jackpot or losing it again?
THE DEVIL & PASTOR GUS is a whimsical, yet thought-provoking Christian spoof about the tempestuous relationship between the Rev. Mr. Gus Gospello and the Devil. Middle-aged Pastor Gus is obsessed with leaving a significant spiritual legacy to future generations: a novel ridiculing the Devil. The Devil is obsessed with restoring his tarnished reputation by acquiring Gus's soul and delivering him to the fires of Hell. But can anyone win this battle of wills once Satan unwittingly provides Gus with the power to put him out of the soul-taking business for good?
ROSA NO-NAME is the prequel to the coming-of-age novel, FOUND IN THE TRANSLATION. It is my only totally serious story.
Orphaned, uneducated, and ignored by the residents of her tiny Mexican village, Rosa No-Name naively seeks a better life in San Diego with her in-name-only husband, Tomás. Instead, she finds herself captive to his egotistical whims and violence. When compelled to return to her home village after discovering the truth about her background, can Rosa overcome the village’s ignorance and prejudices to win their acceptance, solve a generations-old problem, and meet a more immediate need? Will Rosa’s acceptance of Christianity enable her to acquire a name she can be proud of?
FOUND IN THE TRANSLATION is an inspirational coming-of-age novel about Kim Hartlinger—eighteen and spoiled—who arrives on a mission trip to Mexico only to find the project’s been changed: she’ll do construction in a tiny village without plumbing and electricity rather than evangelism in a medium-sized town with a McDonalds. Someone’s forgotten to bring the translator, and even Kim’s dual-language Bible turns out to be Spanish-only! After breaking her arm the first morning out, must she just sit and watch? What impact will befriending a disabled little girl, starting an aggressive litter cleanup, and reading her Bible aloud in a Georgia drawl without any knowledge of Spanish make on anyone but Kim herself? And can she do any better at meeting the spiritual needs of gorgeous-but-troubled team member Geoff, whose advances make her so uneasy?
FIFTY-FIFTY is an off-beat novel about Bryan Centuria, adopted son of a Protestant pastor. Convinced by a childhood encounter with an angel that God has promised him strength and a century-long lifespan, Bryan successfully pursues wealth and prestige while using people and ignoring God. Bryan's mid-life crisis convinces him that God's promise is just his own wishful thinking and nothing can prevent him from dying before his fiftieth birthday. Retiring to a houseboat to await death, Bryan confronts several voices from childhood, including one that forces him to make an impossible life or death decision.
