Our Books
Here you will find a list of our books currently in print. For more complete listings, please refer to the individual Author Bios by clicking the name links above.
Leaning into the Curves
Leaning into the Curves offers a delightful view of a little-known group of faithful Latter-day Saints. Full of appealing characters and unexpected turns, it gives a new twist to what life can be like after "a certain age"!
Molly is happy with her life the way it is, but everything changes when her husband, Hank, retires. When Hank brings home a Gold Wing motorcycle and joins the Temple Riders Association, a “Mormon motorcycle gang” that combines road trips with temple work, things go from bad to worse. Faced with the prospect of being left behind as Hank hits the road with his new group of friends, Molly starts making some changes of her own.
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A funny, often poignant, look at the challenges of reinventing life after sixty
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From the co-authors of the popular series The Company of Good Women
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The Temple Riders were featured in an October 2009 Footsteps of Faith documentary
Almost Sisters
Book 1 of The Company of Good Women
Full of engaging characters. Readers will find their own issues and foibles within its pages and we will be waiting for the next installment. —Charlene Hirschi, The Herald Journal.
Almost Sisters is the delightful first book in the trilogy The Company of Good Women. In it, three women from diverse backgrounds and lifestyles are drawn together at Education Week through a sharing of problems and a Guilty Secret.
Juneau, named after the city in which she was born, hopes to learn something that will help to re-center her life. Erin, a recent convert to the Church, is looking for the key to being a good Mormon. And Willadene, a dedicated homemaker, attends for not much more reason than finding a new recipe for homemade yogurt. By the end of the week, they have developed a unique bond and the beginning of an enduring friendship that—despite the differences and distances between them—inspires and sustains them through the challenges of life.
Three Tickets to Peoria
Book 2 of The Company of Good Women
This engrossing second novel in the trilogy The Company of Good Women shows Juneau, Deenie, and Erin facing the repercussions of secrets kept and secrets revealed. Juneau's life is complicated by her success as a writer and the consequences of a wayward daughter's choices. Willadene struggles to regain her footing after the birth of a fussy baby and to keep her older children from going astray. And Erin fights to hold her young family together when her husband makes a startling revelation. Old friends pass away, new people enter their lives, and the friendship begun in Almost Sisters matures as these remarkable women seek support from one another and continue their quest to become Crusty Old Broads.
Surprise Packages
Book 3 of The Company of Good Women
In Surprise Packages, the satisfying conclusion of The Company of Good Women series, Juneau, Deenie, and Erin deal with a new set of challenges.
Deenie, now living in Gainesville, Florida, begins to question everything she has believed about herself as she sees her actions through others' eyes. Juneau's feelings of guilt come to a head when a secret from her childhood and the mystery of her great-grandmother, Letitia, combine to force her to confront her past. And Erin, whose painful divorce has made her cynical about love and marriage, must decide if she can take a risk when she has a second chance for love.
Staying in touch through phone calls, e-mails, and periodic vacations together, the friends offer one another support, sometimes in the form of blunt feedback. But as they anticipate reaching their goal to become Crusty Old Broads, life takes a turn that puts their twenty-five-year pact in doubt.
Stories from the Life of Joseph Smith
Richard E. Turley, Jr., and Lael Littke
This children’s chapter book, specifically created for children ages 8–12 to be able to read on their own, is also a great story to read with them at bedtime or anytime! Meticulously researched for accuracy’s sake, this book will help young people gain a testimony of the mission of Joseph Smith. Line drawings throughout help bring his story to life for them. Each chapter of the book presents one incident from Joseph Smith’s life and can be read as an individual story. But the stories are arranged chronologically so that, as a whole, they present a full biography of Joseph Smith for the young reader. As one parent stated: “I read this book aloud at bedtime to my four little boys, ten to three. I’ll cherish the conversation we had after the last page was read where we all agreed that we knew Joseph’s mission was God-led and that he was a prophet. Thank you for this book!”
Reviews
"I'm amazed at your ability to put bone and flesh on your characters."
-Frank Reese, founder of the Temple Riders Association
"This book is funny, sad, and outrageously on the mark. I see a best seller here."
-Mary McLain, Mesa
