Sam & the Samhain Scare follows Sam and his friends from both sides of the veil as they celebrate the pagan harvest festival of Samhain. Join a familiar cast of characters in the third installment of the Wheel of the Year series, featuring illustrated rituals and spells after the story. Join Sam and his friends from both sides of the veil as they celebrate the pagan harvest festival of Samhain in Sam & the Samhain Scare, the third installment in Kathleen Converse's Wheel of the Year series. Readers will enjoy rejoining a familiar cast of characters as Sam grapples with fears surrounding some of the scarier associations with late October, eventually learning that Samhain isn't scary at all. As the friends are joined by the spirits of their ancestors, they fire scry, read tarot, and share a harvest feast. Featuring illustrated rituals and spells after the story and backmatter on the history of Samhain, Sam & the Samhain Scare is perfect for families with an established Samhain celebration or those wishing to explore pagan holidays for the first time. Check out the other books in the Wheel of the Year series, written for pagan and nature-based families, Flora & the First Day of Spring and Luke & the Longest Night.
Falling in love should be easy as Pi.Seventeen-year-old Samantha Baughman has one month to raise her GPA, or she can kiss her coveted Auburn basketball scholarship goodbye. Her only hope lies with her high school's resident bad boy-and closet genius-Samuel King. The last thing Samuel wants is to get tangled in anyone else's problems. But when he gets caught helping another student cheat, his teacher offers him a get-out-of-jail-free card. With a one-way ticket to boarding school as his only other option, Samuel reluctantly agrees to tutor Samantha... with one stipulation. They have to keep their arrangement on the down-low. No one can know about their study sessions, especially Samantha's overprotective brother, who has already warned Samuel to stay away from his sister. As the "Sams" spend more time together, their playful banter turns into genuine attraction, including one extra-credit-worthy kiss. But Samantha's brother's threats send Samuel backpedaling so fast that he denies their encounter ever happened. Now, it's game on for Samantha to get him to confess. She may need his help to pass her classes, but he's the one who needs schooling in matters of the heart.
Two years of work, down the drain. Undercover with the Irish mafia, MI6 Officer Audra Ridley is so close to bringing down Liam Brogan she can taste it. But it all goes up in flames when someone runs her down, leaving her for dead. Injured, and with no idea who to trust, she turns to an old friend.Former Navy Senior Chief Sam Brackley never forgot Audra. Their interlude in Spain a decade ago got him through some of the darkest times in his life. So, when she calls him for help, battered and angry, he vows to help her in any way he can.But maneuvering through the tangled web of international crime and espionage pushes him to his limits. Can he find the right thread to pull and save the woman who saved him?
Sam loves fishing with his friends, but he has a big problem. Can honesty save their friendship?Cheryl Ann Dickinson is a graduate of Rhode Island College, and is a retired certified early childhood teacher. She has been writing stories for publication over the past several years.One of her lifelong passions is to bring joy to her readers through her stories. She is also compassionate about instilling a love of books and reading in children.Sam's Big Secret is her first chapter book. She is also the author of The Little Farmhouse Inn, The Little Lighthouse Inn, and The Little Girl and the Big Tree.Cheryl lives in the northwest corner of Rhode Island with her husband. She is a nature lover and enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband and family.
The Case of the Blonde with the Bad Nose Job is Sam's first case and a comedy/mystery about two rich sisters and a kidnapping in Las Vegas. Sam is a street-smart private investigator with a sometimes irreverent and hilarious approach to solving cases while putting his life in danger. The Case of the Blonde with the Bad Nose Job combines all the surprises of a great who done it with all the laughs of an engaging comedy.
Sam was a born hockey player.Follow Sam and his stuffed bear, Gordie, as they explore Sam's first--and brand new --bag of hockey gear, looking for the promised magic inside What will Sam and Gordie find?
Sam is hired by the owner of a professional basketball team in L.A. to find out who is blackmailing him. The story takes place during the NBA playoffs and the blackmailer says he has credible information that the star player for the team has a drug problem and is getting his drugs from a Cartel. He wants seventy-five million dollars, or he'll go public with the accusation and force the NBA to suspend him for the series. Sam has one week to find out who the blackmailer is and stop it.
The Case of the Blonde with the Bad Nose Job is Sam's first case and a comedy/mystery about two rich sisters and a kidnapping in Las Vegas. Sam is a street-smart private investigator with a sometimes irreverent and hilarious approach to solving cases while putting his life in danger. The Case of the Blonde with the Bad Nose Job combines all the surprises of a great who done it with all the laughs of an engaging comedy.
Sam is hired by the owner of a professional basketball team in L.A. to find out who is blackmailing him. The story takes place during the NBA playoffs and the blackmailer says he has credible information that the star player for the team has a drug problem and is getting his drugs from a Cartel. He wants seventy-five million dollars, or he'll go public with the accusation and force the NBA to suspend him for the series. Sam has one week to find out who the blackmailer is and stop it.
After a month of moving to Georgetown, Texas, I took a ride south on IH-35 from Georgetown to Austin. I couldn't help but notice a large green and white highway sign that said, Sam Bass Road. I became interested where this road went and exited and followed it to where another road sign came into sight, A. W. Grimes Boulevard. I am not sure why, but I needed to find out who these people were just like I did when I wrote a story about the Runaway Scrape in Texas and discovered Three-Legged Willie's statue on the town square in Georgetown. Sam Bass and his gang held up two stagecoaches while in Deadwood, South Dakota in 1877. Sam had a fling with Calamity Jane and sat in the same chair Wild Bill Hickok sat in before being shot in a poker game holding a Dead Man's Hand. In the fall of 1877, Sam Bass and his friends robbed the eastbound Union Pacific passenger train and came away with over $60,000 in twenty-dollar gold pieces. After a successful robbery, they split up into pairs and went in all directions. Some were caught. Bass was an excellent transformist and disguised himself as a poor farmer and made his way back to Denton County, Texas with his share of the gold. In the springtime of 1878, Sam and his gang robbed four trains within twenty miles of Dallas. Word was sent to Governor Hubbard that something needed to be done. The bandits became the object of a spirited chase across North Texas by reward-seeking citizens and a special company of Texas Rangers headed by Junius Peak. Follow the life story of Sam Bass from his childhood days to his last days in Round Rock, Texas on July 21, 1878. Even though this notorious outlaw spent less than a week in this small community, his short visit put the town on world atlases and had a major street named after him. It wasn't but a few years ago the community got together and named a boulevard after Deputy A. W. Grimes, the man Sam Bass was accused of killing in 1878. Unlike John Wesley Hardin, he had no notches on his gun handle and once joked about selling his revolver for money. Historical figures in novel: Jack McCall, Wild Bill Hickok, Deadwood, South Dakota, Calamity Jane, Martha Cannary, Joel Collins, Samuel Bass, Henry Underwood, Steeldust, Sheriff Eagan, Sarah Lacey, Kate Leroy, Frank Corley, Maggie MacDonald, Jack Davis, James Berry, Tom Nixon, Bill Heffridge, Jim Murphy, Sheriff Brousaard, Frank Blockey Jackson, Tooney Waits, Tom Gerrin, Billy Everheart, Bob Welch, Elizabethtown, Marshall George Smith, Arkansas Johnson, Charlie Carter, Sawnie Robertson, John Laws John Wesley Hardin, Waco, John Jones, Colonel Richard Hubbard, T. J. Jackson, Judge DuVal, Texas Rangers, Scott Mayes, Judge Jim Hogg, Round Rock, Texas, Brushy Creek, Dick Ware, Chris Connor, George Harrell, Mary Matson, Reverend J. W. Ledbetter, Walter Johnson, Tom Spotswood, Seaborn Barnes, Nubbins Colt, Sheriff George Drennan, Thomas Gerren, Albert Herndon, Sam Pipes, Billy Collins, Will Scott, George Noble, Governor Richard Hubbard, Lieutenant Junius Peak, Frank Finley, James Curry, John Lovejoy, John McKeen, Julius Alvord, Albert Grimes, Judge Jesse Grimes.
The loving, warm relationship between a great-grandfather and his great-grandson, Sam and Cody. Cody's father and grandfather died in previous wars, and Pa Pa Sam has become a father figure to Cody. Pa Pa Sam, Cody, and Amina, Cody's mother, have created a new close family unit. Cody spends much loving, precious time with Pa Pa Sam going places, sharing fun activities, and learning about life and death.
