Diving Catch

Jimmy Roseburg is about to have the season of his dreams. In an amazing turn of luck, he and his three best friends from travel all-stars will all play on the same team with the legendary coach Mr. Wells. He can't wait to lead the Dodgers to the league championship before making all-stars. Then he's thrown a real curveball when he finds out that it's no accident. Mr. Wells has selected his team for one specific purpose.Dominic Lewis has no friends, lives in a dump, and is looked after by his mom's abusive boyfriend...who'd rather spend all day on the couch watching TV than taking care of kids. For him, life couldn't get worse, but often did. Then everything changes when he's given the opportunity to play baseball, whether he likes it or not... Mr. Wells wants Dominic to play on the Dodgers and it is up to Jimmy to make it happen...without destroying his season. It quickly becomes an impossible task as the season of dreams turns into a terrible nightmare. Only Jimmy and his friends, with the help of unlikely teammates, can save it. In this exciting baseball adventure, being safe at home gathers a whole new meaning...

When the son of an international soccer celebrity is kidnapped, his fate lies in the most unlikely hands…Christmas is coming, but not for Brittany Tiff. All she has to look forward to is two weeks of not being ridiculed by her classmates. With her mom working two jobs, her brother only caring about stupid sports, and her life in shambles, this year she just wants to be left alone. Well, that’s what she thinks.Michal Slaydon is a retired soccer star turned fashion celebrity. Married to beautiful wife, a former model and tennis star, and with five attractive kids, he and his family are known all over the world. As they prepare for an annual holiday party in New York, all seems well with the Slaydon family. Until their worst nightmare strikes…Everything changes for Brittany when she stumbles across a frightened boy claiming that he’s being pursued by killers. He’s a different skin color, extremely good looking, and is a little stuck up. In ordinary circumstances she would keep going. But when his story proves true, she risks everything to save him. And ends up his only hope.The boy has no memory and Brittany has no idea what to do or who to trust. With only a homeless man and her brother to help, Brittany must find a way to protect the strange boy…especially from himself. The killers won’t give up easily.When two very different words meet, mystery, soccer, and danger collide.This Christmas won’t have an angel, but a SOCCER STAR!

Will Moore and Jared Cook have little in common, except they’re both 7th graders at Washington Middle School. Will is the new kid who hopes to overcome his size and make his name known in sports. Jared is the quiet kid that nobody notices and who longs for a friend. When basketball brings the unlikely pair together, neither will fully understand the consequences. There is a sinister plot in their school and the boys unwittingly find themselves right in the middle of it. Battling on the court becomes the least of their worries when they join their teammates and friends in the ultimate game—the game of life or death. When it comes down to the wire, all they can do is put their best shot forward.For those who believe in fighting for what’s right, no matter the consequence, here is an epic story of basketball, family, friendship, courage, and sacrifice. In this game, blood, sweat, and tears are only the beginning. Only the best will survive in the end.Contains mild drug references, brief rude language, thematic material, and violence

Magic. Wonder. Not here. Humans have seen to that. These evil creatures stop at nothing to destroy everything good. Thankfully, there are creatures called waints to stop them. Powerful beings equipped with mind-controlling powers, waints have the ability to out think and out fly any human. From another land, they despise anything human and wish to destroy-WHOA, HOLD ON! That is...until now.Two hundred years ago, a waint arrived on Earth to hide a human baby foretold as a savior. Two boys will change this waint's view regarding humans. Unfortunately, other waints arrive with different ideas. In present time, a waint returns to retrieve the lost savior. Betrayed and attacked, this waint is forced to do the unthinkable: trust humans. Only the intervention of human children can save this waint from a terrible fate. Something bad is bound to happen. Welcome to a strange old world. Welcome to Earth.

When trapped on a strange old world filled with strange new people, Nelsa was forced to trust humans. Now that trust has been broken. The end has arrived. Having retrieved the krystel, Nelsa is poised to confront a powerful foe and finish her mission...or else. She is expected.Her only possible help are the young humans. Having betrayed their trust, Nelsa knows they will never stand with her again. Or will they?Scattered by a terrible darkness, the humans have their own problems. A best friend has disappeared. A little brother has fallen under a mysterious illness. And it may all be connected. Who do they turn to? Choices must be made. Fears must be faced. Trust must be built. Mayhem will ensue. A storm is coming, promising an epic showdown full of terrible surprises. Many strange happenings are in store as the Finding Innocence trilogy reaches its thrilling conclusion.

What happens when a young waint, sent to a strange world for an important task, is instead betrayed and attacked? Nothing good. Nelsa was forced to sacrifice her most precious possession. Now she needs it back. An unknown darkness has other plans. Only by trusting her most hated enemy does Nelsa stand a chance. Humans.What happens when middle school children come together to help a complete stranger? Only trouble. The humans never imagine the consequences of helping Nelsa retrieve a very strange object. Meanwhile, for one boy, bad things only grow worse. The darkness will stop at nothing. Neither will kids on a mission.Trouble brews, excitement builds, and a tea party looms. Be prepared for the worst. Be prepared for Strange New People.The continuation of a Strange Old World, this is book two in the Finding Innocence trilogy, due to be completed when it is safe.

Devon Horner is thirteen, but looks younger, making him a perfect target for drug dealers. Fortunately for him, he has a grandma who keeps him out of trouble. Unfortunately for him, he also has Preston Whiteside, the big neighborhood drug dealer, breathing down his neck.Just saying "no" isn’t so easy when you have a gang of toughs chasing you down. Devon ends up hiding at a school baseball game, setting off a chain of events that may change his life forever...or end it.Henry Lee is an all-star athlete at Hamilton Middle School. As he and his best friend Kevin get ready to play in the school county playoffs, he has no idea of the danger threatening him. Drugs had entered Hamilton Middle and one student reporter suspects the baseball team. She means to find the truth, no matter what. Too bad for her, evil forces will do anything to hide the truth.When the championship game is ruined for Henry, he gets a second chance with Devon’s church baseball team. The only problem, the boys have different schools, different skin colors, and different friends. The only thing in common, they both have dangerous drug dealers after them. Somehow, with the help of nosy student reporters, they must overcome their differences before it’s too late. And if they don’t…it won’t just be a baseball game they lose. It will be their lives.Mystery, adventure, humor, evil, heroes, and second chances all come together to form an unforgettable story about baseball, boys, and the power of friendship.When the game of life looks like it’s going to fall, it may take a miracle to save it. It may take a diving catch.

***Shortlisted for the Chanticleer International Book Awards, 2017***Mystery and adventure collide when a group of boys discover an old abandoned road in the woods of a historic battlefield.Thad Utely’s best friend Donald Bass is moving away at the start of the summer. That promises to leave Thad with only Derek Jackson and Danny Richards as his friends, not something Thad is too thrilled about. With the end of school fast approaching, the boys desperately want a final adventure to say goodbye. The only problem, Donald absolutely hates the outdoors. Then, while on a class fieldtrip, Thad comes across an old road in the middle of woods and sees an abandoned house. Suddenly a plan is set. The boys could campout in the woods and claim the house a clubhouse. Donald reluctantly agrees, but other conditions have to be met. First, Thad’s best friend will not spend the night, and second, Jak Tranner, the class outcast and troublemaker, has to go too, and would be spending the night. And that is only the beginning. A bullied girl known as "Beast" keeps getting in the way and a pack of wild dogs prowls the same woods. For Thad, the grand adventure quickly turns into a grim nightmare...especially when a sinister plot is uncovered that puts his life and the lives of all his companions in grave danger.Encountering pond scum is the least of the troubles as Thad and the boys are forced to question who the real "beasts" of the world are. Together, they must learn the true meaning of friendship, courage, and acceptance, that is, if they hope to live to see another day.Join the Pond Scum Gang on a grand adventure full of humor, danger, and trouble. Lots of trouble.