Glenda C. Manus

It was in the Spring of 1851 when the letter from the Western Territories arrived on the doorsteps of Rafe McCade's cabin in central Kentucky. The letter was from Rafe's brother, Colin, asking him to leave his worn-out Kentucky farm and bring his family to join him in the Rocky Mountains where the land is free, the valleys are green and the Ponderosa pines are tall and majestic. Rafe and his wife Dora are captivated as they read Colin's letter and in just a few short weeks they set off with their thirteen-year-old son in a covered wagon to St. Louis where they will pick up the Sante Fe Trail to reach their destination. The journey westward in the 1800s was hard, especially on women and children, but Dora proves that she's a woman to be reckoned with when faced with the harsh realities of the American Frontier, and her faith, spunk, and grit along the trail will become the stuff that legends are made of.

Reverend Rock Clark has scoffed at the term "pastor burnout" when he's heard other pastors use it. Just an excuse for a sabbatical, he once told his wife, Liz. But now he's eating his words. Eating crow is more like it, and he's been doing a lot of that lately.Maisy Martin thinks she's lucky despite having a disappearing daddy and a momma everyone thinks is crazy. Her luck began the day she got caught stealing tomatoes. If not for that fateful day ten years ago, she wouldn't have Tom and Zell Baker in her life and would likely be drifting from one foster home to another. Her newest spell of luck began the day Liz Clark came to her high school as the new guidance counselor. It was Mrs. Clark who opened the path to helping Maisy save her momma. But she knew in her heart it wasn't luck-it was divine intervention.What does a lucky girl and a burned-out pastor have in common? See for yourself when God brings these two families together. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll be reminded once again how nice it is to live in Park Place, where neighbors help neighbors.

.Agatha O'Malley has become a recluse in the home that should be holding warm and wonderful memories. Up until her husband's death, she led a happy and social life as the wife of a wealthy physician in the small town of Park Place, South Carolina. But now that he's dead, she's not only grieving for him, she's furious with him over the mysterious disappearance of the stocks, bonds and money he told her he'd put aside for their retirement. What is she to do when there's barely enough money in their joint checking account to survive, and how will she pay property taxes and keep up the maintenance on their magnificent old Victorian home? An aha moment has Agatha turning her home into a bed and breakfast to ease her financial burdens and when her guests arrive they begin working their own magic to bring a little humor and excitement back into Agatha's life. Will one of them unearth a clue to the mystery of the missing money? See for yourself in this cozy B&B mystery.

Sweet Tea and Southern Grace is in the genre of Christian Fiction and is the first novel in the Southern Grace series. It is in the style of Jan Karon's Mitford Series and its setting is a small Southern town in rural America where sitting on front porches, drinking sweet iced tea out of heirloom glasses, and participating in innocent gossip are the favorite pastimes of the good folks of Park Place, South Carolina. The story revolves around the town's Presbyterian Church and its almost meddlesome minister, Reverend Rock Clark, whose meddling ways quite often get him into trouble. There's a sweet romance brewing between the storylines, but the young preacher is too busy tending to his flock and putting out fires to recognize it. A culmination of mystery, intrigue, and God's grace makes this book a delightful read. All books in this series can be read as stand-alones.