Bøker av Ken Lord

Wesley Mayfield, an 1888 graduate of the Cleveland Medical School, takes his first position in the town of Wichita Falls on the plains of North Texas. There are things there that are not available in Ohio, such as a tornado or a prairie fire. Horses and cattle aren't new but hundreds of them in one place at one time definitely are.He needs a nurse. Somebody asks the question every week, especially when it comes to that procedure. Never-married Wesley answers, "They're all in the east."Advertise for a wife," advises his friend Ike Tilton. Guided by his much-too-helpful minister friends, Wesley agrees. However, he wants God's woman, so fliers are placed in churches from Boston to Atlanta. Now he must wait for the mail.Ike's wife Beatrice is the postmistress and town gossip. Many residents of Wichita Falls are interested in Doctor Mayfield's mail!Wesley receives several responses, but he's interested in only four, each with a unique perspective on marriage, faith, religion, nursing, and childbearing. As he considers each, one arrives-with notoriety, convinced that God has led her there.If you're interested in a Christian fiction tale contained in a mail-order bride love story, you may enjoy A Wife of Noble Character.

In Pine Knot, Maine, lumber mill owner Winston Carrington has been murdered and the mill has been torched. His son, Daniel, has been summoned from New York City and State Police Investigator Quentin Price has been assigned to find the perpetrator.Daniel returns via a chartered flight that lands a hundred miles away from home. He is then driven home by a part-time preacher who has been asked to conduct the memorial service.The will is read and contains several surprises, most of which are inconvenient to both an angry widow and a young man with no intent to stay.Things change at the service. Quentin and an associate find leads not only to the fire and the murder but also stumble on the international smuggling of contraband. A mill hand is also arrested and his wife pulls an empty gun.But things are not as they seem. Quentin must return to Pine Knot because he's concerned he has the wrong man. And the Mountie always gets his man.And then there is Daniel and Elsie, Tyrone and Edna.If you're looking for a Christian mystery/love story, you might try SPLINTER!

MLM: The Royal Treatment is an extensive and comprehensive course in doing multi-level marketing the RIGHT way. It does not suggest a lead to quick riches; it leads to success. The author took what he learned in building a large MLM business and has shared it here. Caution: it IS comprehensive. If what you want is "eight quick ways to make a million dollars," this book is not for you.Somebody has made you an offer you wonder if you can refuse. For some reasonable sum of money you have been invited to join, and you have decided to do so. This book will acquaint you with reality--if you wish to accomplish something significant, don't plan on sitting back and hoping the money rolls in. It doesn't happen that way. The investment you make to get involved is merely the first. Your investments will be in time, money, and yes, heartache. But if you see the reward, this is the way to do it right--the "no withdrawal" way.

Teenagers Bradley Featherstone and Ida Mae McLeod are in love... or so it seems. Ida's father, Angus, has vetoed the marriage until his daughter is older.Bradley faces the draft for the Civil War when his father Henry decides to take Homestead Act land in Oregon. They leave Ohio by canal boat and embark upon a long journey across the country by river and by land-without Ida Mae.Rufus Lindsay is also interested in Ida Mae but waits until Bradley is out of the picture to pop the question. But Rufus has a second interest. So does his mother. Both involve Albert Bartlett, the banker.Sarah Pearson, the "Whispering Wind of Massillon" is busy collecting stories and seeing that the appropriate people are hearing them. But she doesn't know that someone on the boat has offered to marry Bradley. Or that Bradley has been shanghaied into the Union Army. Or that the Featherstone family has missed the boat that will take them west to the departure point of the wagon train.Both experience some extraordinary things before they meet again... and when they meet.... Well, let's just say it doesn't quite happen the way you'd expect.This is a mid-19th century story of love denied, ambition, deception, war, intrigue, accomplishment, and a twist you didn't see coming.

A turn of the century story of man (Brad Watson) meets woman (Carol Taylor) but woman has responsibilities and obligations (children, mortgages, single motherhood, business disaster). He is a retired serviceman who is now a truck driver; she is a florist with four children. He is carrying memories of a lost love. She's over-the-barrel both emotionally and financially. But both aren't exactly what you might think they are-until something happens that she simply didn't expect. This is a story of spiritual awakening that begins with an emergency delivery, is seasoned by a fire, is enhanced by salvation, is melded in some of the fancy places... and a few not so fancy and is proved under duress. It also has to do with acceptance and recognition that there are many good years yet to be had.

This is the second of Ken's series of novelettes with a spiritual theme. There are three novelettes of the mail order bride movement (Oregon, Montana, and Colorado) and one short story of Australia.

He sits eating breakfast, nursing a cup of coffee, and performing a western ritual-raising his baseball cap and running his hands through diminishing hair. He does this whenever somebody approaches. The cap, gray to match the clothing he wears, is marked in red with the words "The Intimidator." On his arms are tattooed "Intimidator," and "Invincible," respectively. Thus begins a killing spree motivated merely by annoyance at the foibles of people living their lives. And he leaves a calling card.Police veteran Charlie Creehall is attacked by an assailant using a zip gun. Left to die in a field, young boys discover him. Charlie is a mentor to children and a member of a top-notch motorcycle club The same is true for Bradley Gibbons, whose only sin was that he was proud of his pickup truck. Of course, he had a "big mouth" and ran afoul of "The Intimidator."Copycat Marty Srzynski, a washed-out Navy Seal, has scores to settle, but wouldn't use a zip gun. He has demolitions experience. He also likes snakes. He works at the lumber mill, has a bevy of paramours, and a chip on his shoulder much larger than those produced at the mill.Chief Price is given an invaluable gift. But Doris Odland, a widow with a blunderbuss, makes his life interesting. She rides down Main Street, ends up in "court" and there speaks her mind. Too bad she was killed in Marty's plot to assassinate the Chief.The shrink, Dr. Carole Roberts, helps Price to investigate Duggie Hanson and Marty Srzynski. There are also Mayor McCheese and the Radio Amateurs who search for Marsha Randall, who right now is recoiling from a snake bite. A relationship develops between Roberts and Price.This is a mystery story with two avowed killers who have different motives but a relationship between them that is destined to upend the City of Bellson, California. It deals also with spiritual matters, which may seem an odd combination.

Police Chief Quentin Price is called to the scene of a bloody murder backstage at the Bellson Theater. Steve Gossman, playing Willy Loman, has been executed with a 12-gauge buckshot load at the end of the play, Death of a Salesman.Who wanted Steve dead? Nobody. Well, nearly nobody. His wife Mildred wanted him questioned about the death of her parents. And she wondered about the perfume on Steve's shirt. Did someone she knew want Steve dead?It was Ben Tilden's turn to play the part this night, but he was ill and Steve agreed to substitute. The two of them were friends, had a working relationship, and shared interests in shooting. Did somebody get the wrong actor? Who?Might it have been Arnie, the Building Inspector? He had a beef with a Vegas gangster; that would have given him motive. Might it have been Alice, the counselor who had something going with both Ben and Karla, Ben's wife? Might it have been Larry Dole, the theater landlord? Might he have had a motive?State Police Major Alton Douglas was convinced that the real target for the night was Ben. And what about the shirt that Ben exchanged with Steve? Why did it happen then? There was a deadline. Was that before or after the Vegas muscle men demanded a hundred thousand dollars? Was that before or after Arnie and Karla met in the roadhouse? And what about the Mercedes?Shakespeare said, "The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones." The Bible says that the destination of those who do evil will be Hell, without recourse. This story is about good and evil. The evil is evident-the murders (via commission and omission) and those involved. The good is the good news and redemptive power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Barry, the illegitimate son of Judy, is a perpetual lawbreaker and has spent much of his life in prison. Judy, his mother, kept his existence from Harold when they married. Once he learned about Barry, Harold insists that Judy notify the court of Barry's guilt. Barry is convicted and threatens his mother. Harold and Judy change their names to Howard and Jessica and head for Vermont. Rebecca has lost her husband Jason to a subway killer and leaves New York City to relocate to a job in Vermont. She changes her mind once she has arrived and takes over a now defunct diner, the scene of a murder/suicide. Howard dies. Jessica meets Carlton. Sheriff Gabe has an interest in Rebecca. But then Barry attacks Jessica. The story has a mixed ending that you may not expect.

This book contains three novelettes and one commentary. Four are fiction. The commentary is on a Psalm.

A fiery train wreck consumes Binney Cooper's husband, Norris, leaving her to provide for herself and her twin boys. Left penniless by the loss of her teaching position, she asks a court to declare Norris dead, permitting insurance benefits. Bigamist Norris's second wife, Eliza, also wants that money. To give Liza the slip, Binney and her twin boys relocate. But Eliza finds her. So Binney runs again, across the continent, this time to Carson City, Nevada, where Blake Taylor, rancher, attorney, and a former suitor during college days now lives. Their friendship becomes a romance, helped along by widower Blake's twin daughters and Binney's sons. Then Norris, the 'dead' husband shows up to claim his wife and sons. Enraged when he hears of his former wife's interest in Blake, Norris shoots Blake, winging him, while Blake returns fire, killing Norris. How will they explain to Binney's sons that the father they thought was lost in a train wreck was killed by a man they have come to love, Blake?