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New
Orleans is a city of intrigue. You can hear it in the sounds and smell
it in the air. The atmosphere pulsates with the lives of the residents: sad and happy, dignified and humorous, sated and longing, abused and nurtured—they’re all here in the Big Easy. In a neighborhood not far off the usual tourist paths there is a sheltered courtyard surrounded by four apartments shop full of oddities. An ornate iron gate prevents strangers from entering Broussard Court. It is overseen by Madame Clothilde Broussard Badeaux, hoodoo practitioner and protector of the neighborhood. She says “the spirits”send her the people who need help: the abused wife, the rape victim, the bored computer tech, the plain young woman who wants a love charm. But the spirits are sending signals that Madame’s long life is coming to an end. Her heir is a niece who doesn’t know Madame exists. She is the granddaughter of Madame’s sister who “passed for white” long ago. Now it will be up to her to protect the neighborhood and its inhabitans. She is THE NEW WITCH.

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Tales
From The Brazos
The
Brazos River meanders, rushes, and slides along through Texas as it
makes its way from New Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way it
passes dry desert and verdant fields, isolated territory populated with
only jack rabbits, tarantulas and coyotes, ranches, farms, small towns,
big cities, rich, poor, sad, happy, whatever the human condition
offers. The full name of the river is El Rio de los Brazos de Dios—The
River of the Arms of God.
It can protect life or take it away.
Tales From
the Brazos is an ever growing series of stories that take place near
the legendary river. Some will be humorous, others not-so-much. Each
novel is a stand-alone story, although you may (or may not) meet
characters from other books along the way. Those characters may appear
only briefly, or they may play an important part. You can read the
novels in any order; you won't miss anything important. I'll put the
approximate year each one starts, but they don't have to be read
chronologically. They are not written in order.
I write a book when a character stands up and waves his/her hands and
yells, "Me! Tell my story next!"
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Betrayal
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(1875)
Maggie Lancaster lives in Clear Creek, IL, where she teaches in a girls
school and cares for her widowed father. When he is killed in an
accident, she learns that her uncle has actually been supporting the
family. When he asks her to go to Texas to care for her cousin
Annabelle's children, she owes it to him to do it. When she arrives,
she finds two precocious children and Annabelle's distrustful husband.
Her cousin had run off with another man, but was soon found murdered.
Everyone is a suspect.
When
Maggie's suitor from back home arrives, she has a decision to make.
A clean novel with romance, mystery and humor.
Available on
Amazon
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Gussie
and The
Cherokee Kid
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(1901) When Persephone Augusta Gomance is hired to
accompany
six-year-old orphaned Julia to Texas to her Uncle Travis, she thinks it
will be an easy job, but instead of a wealthy,married ranch
owner, she
finds a single card-sharp. Words fly, and when an
unexpected
telegraph arrives, trouble follows from all sides. Then Julia
disappears, and Gussie and Travis put aside their differences to find
her. A clean novel with romance and humor.
Available
on Amazon
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The
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(1932) Spinster
ranch owner, Dorie Barnett is being
relentlessly pursued by her neighbor, who wants to marry her to gain
control of
her oil-rich land. Her solution is to propose marriage to her hired
hand,
thinking if she is married it will stop the harassment. Jonah Crandall
is
working as a ranch hand in order to find his sister's killer. Marriage
to the
boss-lady puts him in a good place to spy, and offers a home for his
sister's
little girl. They both think the marriage arrangement offers
protection. They
are wrong, the menace moves closer, and when the danger is over, it is
their
hearts that are at risk.
A
clean romance with
action and danger.
Available
on Amazon
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Coming Soon
Look
for these two in 2017 |
(1878)
Working title: Wherever Life Leads. Rachel Veal and her
two children leave
Mississippi accompanied by her husband's young assistant, Will Bradley,
to join
her husband in Texas. They are quickly joined by Will's sister, Mina,
who is
fleeing her step-father. After a harrowing journey by covered wagon,
they get
to the Sutton Ranch to find that her husband has been killed, and it
isn't long
until Will and Mina's step-father tracks them down. Can the widow and
two young
people repel the evil man, or will they have help?
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(1919)
Working title: The Scandalous Inheritance. Alise lives in
St. Louis and has
been working as a bookkeeper at the Brown Shoe Company. When the war in
Europe
ends, the soldiers come home and women all over the country lose their
jobs to
the returning men. Alise is becoming discouraged over her problem
finding
employment in the post-war job situation, when a letter from an
attorney in
Texas arrives informing her of an inheritance from her aunt. She jumps
at the
opportunity to leave the anti-German atmosphere in Missouri, where she
is has
Americanized her surname in order to find a place to live and a job.
But when
she gets to Texas, she can't possibly think of running her aunt's
business! And
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The
Memory of All That
She wakes
up in a park, not knowing who or where she is. When she finds an
address in her pocket, she makes her way to what must be home, only to
be told what a despicable person she is: a neglectful mother, an
unfaithful wife, a conspirator who helped her lover steal important
plans from her husband's company. Will her memory come back? She
doesn't know if she want it to. On one hand, she wants the memories of
her sweet little boy and her husband. On the other hand, she doesn't
want to return to who she used to be. Her husband is going to keep her
close until she remembers where her lover went with the plans to the
government project. A clean romance/mystery.
Available
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Elements Of Time
Elements of
Dimension
Elements of Life |
Available
on Amazon
Available on Amazon
Available on Amazon |
I have lots of stories in my head, but I am listing only those that are
either published (digitally or in print or both) or those I have
started writing and I hope to have out in the next year.
All are in digital format, and some are in print. Evenutally,
all will be in print.
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Nancy Smith
Gibson is a transplanted Okie from Muskogee. Born in Muskogee,
Oklahoma, she received her early education in Oklahoma City schools.
She attended Linwood Elementary, Taft Junior High, and Classen Senior
High School before moving to Hot Springs, Arkansas with her parents.
She graduated from Hot Springs Senior High and afterwards attended
Baylor University . She is active in the Melting Pot Genealogical Society
and contributes articles to their publication, The Kettle. She has four children
and four grandchildren and lives near Hot Springs with two dogs and
three cats.
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