Return to a time when a boy could be a boy, when life was clearer from the top branch of a tree, when a kid could trade anger and disappointment for action and adventure, when the whole neighborhood was his playground, and the sloppy kiss from a dog could make everything right.


____________                 Tucker McBride's Many Lives

(Sequel to Tucker McBride) Will be published Fall 2020. Order with the Home School Discount order or order on Amazon pre-publication. Will be sent on day of publication.


                      Escape from the Belfry

The year is 1945. The horrible war that wrapped the world in torment has come to an end—yet the torment of young Adam Shoemaker lives on. His father never came back from battle, and his mother is in the hospital with tuberculosis. Homeless, Adam seeks shelter in the Cranberry Street Church belfry . . . but Adam is not alone. 

The belfry is inhabited by strange spirits. One spirit seems to wish good on others, while the demonic shadows mean only harm. Adam hears them both; they whisper to him and give him power. When thieves break into the church one night, Adam is the only witness, but by revealing himself, he would expose his only home. 

Adam has a choice. He can listen to the spirit of the belfry and get his family back, or he can side with the shadow beings, who promise justice to the thieves and power he never imagined. Adam feels as though he is being watched, but with the help of new friends, he stays hidden as he fights to decide who he will call on for help. Will he side with the light or the darkness?

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               Escape from the Shadows

It is Easter Break, 1946. Adam Shoemaker finally leaves on his quest to find his father, missing since the Battle of the Bulge during WWII. Adam has changed his name back to Schumacher but accepting his distant past has only increased his fear that his father may have deserted. His mother, released from a tuberculosis hospital, will be safe in a cottage at the Gunderman's home. But, Adam will not travel alone.

Besides a stowaway in the back of his truck, Shaddi, the spirit of good, is with him. Strangely, the dark shadows, the demonic spirits who mean to bring harm, have also followed him from Indiana into Ohio. 

Unaware of post-war military activity in the Dayton area, Adam and his friends stumble on an espionage ring. Will the traitors block Adam from finding his father? Will the shadows prevent his success or will Adam finally conquer their hold on him? As the week moves on, time may run out.

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                               News at Eleven - A Novel                        

Clisty Sinclair, a young Fort Wayne, Indiana TV news anchor, is stunned on camera. The picture of a childhood friend, missing for eighteen years, appears on the monitor during the early evening news. Clisty will have to overcome her own fears and nightmares to find her friend, Faith. To track down and capture Faith's kidnappers, will require all of Clisty's investigative journalism skills. If she is successful in bringing all to justice, a surprising opportunity may threaten her new and growing relationship with Detective Jake Davis. Will Clisty be set free to find her own dreams as she searches for Faith's captors?

The first quarter of the novel first appeared as a serialized novelette in Glo Magazine (Fort Wayne and surrounding areas) January, February, March and April 2015. The "rest of the story" was first available for signing and sale at Tapestry 2015, Fort Wayne.

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     Just in Time -                                                                                 Murder, She Blogged

(Sequel to News at Eleven)

Clisty Sinclair, Fort Wayne’s super blogger and news anchor, makes a major life decision. Thrusted into the fast-paced world of network journalism, Clisty’s expanded career alters news reporting, from negative stories to positive, uplifting ordinary people doing extraordinary things to benefit others. Is the new medical invention she investigates the cause of the murder and mysterious attacks she encounters? Clisty must  move faster; solve mysteries; and keep her secret love, Jake Davis, at the center of her whirlwind.   A cozy mystery with a positive beat.       


                            Hiawassee - Child of the Meadow                     Marilyn Haun and Doris Gaines Rapp 

The true story of Marilyn Haun's g-g-grandmother. She and her settler husband walked out of North Carolina, the year before the forced exit of the Cherokee Native Americans, and into southern Indiana in the early eighteen-hundreds. Shunned by her husband's family, church and community, she chose peace and faith to see her through.

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                               Smoke from Distant Fires    

It's 1925 and Millie must confront her embarrassment over being different. Her distant grandfather had a secret that could give others fuel to bully and harass her if the knew. Who is Old Grandfather and how does he help?

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            Length of Days - The Age of Silence

It is the year 2112and the emergency policies established during the crises of the previous century are still in place. A Reverence for Life has vanished with the passage of laws and the passage of time. The evil beneath Howard Mountain can no longer be buried. Will someone be brave enough to break the silence?

As a Legacy Citizen, Lady Christiana Applewait comes of age at twenty-four. She begins the detoxification process that will restore her emotions, a privilege and responsibility awarded only to the elite. But, experiencing feelings will make the loss of her grandparents, members of the Council of Elders, even more difficult to bear. Their Length of Days will soon be up. 

It is Gifting Time in 2112, during The Age of Silence. Christmas has been banned and Gifting Day is near. Will Christiana and her friends be able to overthrow the Length of Days law, save her grandparents from the never-ending-sleep, and restore the natural length of days to each person’s life? 

The 1st in the Length of Days trilogy.

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                           Length of Days -

                                   Beyond the Valley of the Keepers

Will Christiana and Jason be able to travel across forbidden zone borders and get enough signatures to get the citizens referendum on the ballot at the next election to abolish the length of days law in time to save her grandparents from extermination?  The 2nd in the Length of Days trilogy.   

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                          Length of Days - Search for Freedom

It is the year 2112, and the emergency policies established during the crises of the previous century are still in place. A Reverence for Life has vanished with the passage of laws and the passage of time. The evil beneath Howard Mountain can no longer be buried. Will someone be brave enough to break the silence?

As a Legacy Citizen, Lady Christiana Applewait comes of age at twenty-four. She begins the detoxification process that will restore her emotions, a privilege and responsibility awarded only to the elite. But, experiencing feelings will make the loss of her grandparents, members of the Council of Elders, even more difficult to bear. Their Length of Days will soon be up.     The 3rd in the Length of Days Trilogy 

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          Shyloe and the Mayor

Shyloe wants to be a good citizen. Recycling is important to her. Find out what happens when she talks to the mayor about putting her poster up in town.


                              Promote Yourself

  Promote Yourself is a pep-talk for permitting success.  

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                              Prayer Therapy of Jesus

Prayer Therapy of Jesus is a form of prayer in which we pray for release from the negative emotions in our lives that harm us, so God can answer our specific request. The disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray and Christ gave them The Lord’s Prayer.

Many of us suffer from ill health, depression, fear, anger and other symptoms of illnesses that have a physical connection. The Prayer Therapy of Jesus teaches us how to pray for release from these elements that hold us captive.

To learn to pray therapeutically, prescriptively, specifically, I have suggested the meaning for each phrase of the Lord’s Prayer. Knowing what each segment means, we can learn to put the prayer into our own words and bury their power in our heart. We pray for release from the negative emotions, three times a day, and then live the reminder of the day, knowing God has heard our prayers.

For other Prayer Therapy Prayers:   www.prayertherapyrapp.blogspot.com

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