Books with author Lois Francis

Lorna's life has been turned upside down.... Within the space of a few days, her life changes dramatically. Family secrets are revealed, her on-off boyfriend disappears when she needs moral support and then she gets appendicitis!Lorna wakes up in hospital after emergency surgery to see an angelic figure sitting on her bed. "I know you don't believe in angels, but I'm here to help." This is the beginning of a life changing journey of self-discovery. She soon discovers that angelic help can be both fun and challenging as she is lovingly supported to find ways to improve her life.By the end of the book you will find yourself rooting for Lorna, her friends and family, hoping that they will find the happiness that had eluded them.You may find yourself relating to the challenges that Lorna, her family and friends face. This is a heart warming story that introduces many self-development ideas and techniques which you can apply to your own life, borrowing from the wisdom of Lorna's angels! Author's noteThis book draws on 20+ years experience of coaching clients using a variety of counselling tools. I was inspired to write it and bring people's attention to the idea that they are already perfect human beings, even with their so-called imperfections. Using the vehicle of a novel seemed to be a good way to do this.I am sure I had angelic help in writing the book, it almost seemed to write itself. There were times when I could hardly wait to sit at my computer to write as I wanted to know what was going to happen next with my characters! Scenes and dialogue would drop into my head, together with concepts which I knew had to be included.I'm intrigued that the angels want me to tell their story in the next book, already ideas are "coming through" and I can't wait to sit down again and start writing.I sincerely hope that you will enjoy this book and get something out of it, even if it is only the knowledge that you are already a perfect human being.

A ghost of a dead emperor, a young Samurai with an unknown past, and a monk with many secrets.Japan, 1179. Young acolyte Riku has spent his life training for battle. Raised by the monks of his shrine, he has never known any other life. As he struggles to understand his connection to the kami, he suspects that his shrine is somehow different. But what are the monks not telling him?Riku has unknowingly inherited a powerful ability from his mother: the ability to share his body with a demon and survive. Now, a dark enemy wants to use that power to his own ends. Whether Riku likes it or not.When disaster strikes the shrine, Riku is forced down a path that the monks who raised him fought to prevent. Will he be able to uncover the secrets to his family’s past and finally understand his true destiny?Winds Of Retribution is the first book in the Blood Samurai series. If you love your historical fantasy complete with the creatures of Japanese folklore stalking its pages, you need to grab your copy today.

To all parents checking the contents of this book before purchasing, be assured that you will not find a single occult or Satanic chant, reversed prayer, incantation, spell, curse, recipes, potions, charms, talismans, drawing or photo of any Satanic emblem, symbol or diagram in this book. This biography is extremely teenage-friendly and was re-written three times for that specific purpose. It was decided from the outset to use a very easy style of writing, yet removing nothing from the heart wrenching and dramatic true life story you hold in your hands right now. No Christian teenager or young adult’s life is at risk reading this biography; in fact, they will be drawn much closer to God. Our constant prayer is that, should any unbeliever pick up this book and read it to the end, they will find Christ first and foremost. Phil Botha received his instructions from the Lord, who laid down certain rules for him when sharing his testimony in thousands of churches across this country. Those rules and wishes were respected and strictly adhered to before publishing his biography.No evil spirit, spirit-guide or demon’s personal name (that must be spoken articulately when requesting their appearance) is given. Instead Phil used pseudonyms to protect bored youngsters from foolishly attempting to conjure up a demon by their given name. Jesus Christ must receive all the honour, praise and glory for this book, from cover to cover, and we have purposely refrained from using the terms Satan and the devil. Throughout this biography he shall be known as he was known in scripture, simply “the enemy”.Deceived by a high school teacher who contacted a departed loved one and blatantly lied to by a church minister concerning his salvation Phil starts his first job at a laboratory. He is invited to a different church where no judgement is drawn and no mention of hell or sin is ever preached. Three weeks after his meaningless Christian confirmation this embittered and confused teenager is initiated into the priesthood of Satanism in central Pietermaritzburg. For the next seventeen long and lonely years he is imprisoned in the most secretive and untraceable organisation in the world.This biography will shock, amaze and bless you and at times will even leave you speechless. Nothing was added to make the enemy a fraction more evil than he already is, and no supernatural Hollywood-scripts have been added amongst the pages of this book for the sake of sensation. This biography was directed by the Holy Spirit and is centred on Christ.It is our secondary goal and prayer that Phil’s biography will be read by every teacher, lecturer, pastor, policeman, magistrate, parent and teenager living in South Africa today. Due to the South African courts having such a huge lack of knowledge on and proof of Satanism, and basing everything on the non-existent evidence of South Africa’s ‘expert on occult crimes’, the courts battle with differentiating between Satanism and bored, ruthless and sadistic teenagers. No one suddenly wakes up one morning and decides, “I want to become a Satanist.” Phil Botha was chosen by the spirits governing the Movement before the age of ten and they began to lure and deceive him using apparitions, teachers and ministers.

An emperor’s wraith from the grave that would see the fall of a dynasty and the rise of the samurai.1183 JapanAt great cost to his soul and sanity, Riku believes he has the demon Sutoku under control. With the aid of the witch Takiyasha hime the demon Sutoku is no longer a separate presence but a part of Riku - a part that demands the blood of those he seeks his vengeance upon.The war that had been brewing has been in stalemate and a supernatural famine is tearing apart the land. Before it reaches it’s breaking point the Taira move against the Minamoto and the Minamoto will be ready.For they have also made a pack for power and as betrayal after betrayal comes, the dark forces that threaten to consume the land grow stronger and stronger.Will Riku be able to overcome his past and stop both his and his country’s descent into madness?Book 3 is the final installation of the Blood Samurai Trilogy, if you enjoy your Japanese historical fiction with samurai fantasy and yokai, get the last book on the Genpei war today.

The wanderlust they called it and Horatio Hobbs was smitten. Tales of Shadowmere forest, the magical woods of Celeste, Bloodeye trolls and the great mounds of the Serpent had left this young apprentice with no choice but to set out on an adventure.At the age of eight he’d been presented with an acorn by the mysterious fox Mister Moorcroft; but this was no ordinary acorn: This was the Calimor.With his sixteenth birthday approaching the young apprentice sets off on a journey; a journey that takes him from the humble town of Drinkwater, across the plains and the hills of the north lands to the dense woods of Shadowmere forest.Pursued by the fearsome King Bovik and his tribe of Bloodeye trolls, Horatio Hobbs finds an unexpected ally in the form of Albert Krunger, a Bloodeye banished from the tribe for un-troll like behaviour. “That’s just the problem,” he tells Horatio. “I’m just too bleedin' nice.”Along with Thomas the old grey pony and with Albert Krunger by his side, Horatio Hobbs discovers the identity of his father, the secrets of Shadowmere forest, the magic of the Eldrin and a world that he had only ever dreamed of.

Rafi didn't believe in vampires until his first date tried to kill him. Worse, she isn't the only vampire in town. Rafi McCullough is a Filipino-American teenager who learns from his grandfather of the Filipino vampires called aswang, who are daywalkers. Under constant threat of attack, Rafi must learn kali, the Filipino art of blade fighting, if he is going to stay alive long enough to rid the town of the killers in their midst.

An evil sorceress, a hideous villain they call Lazy Neck, a swarm of Fogworms and a terrifying army of Skullion.Just a few of the weird and wonderful characters Horatio Hobbs will meet on his latest adventure.From the cold barren Gravenshire moors to the perilous gloom of Shadowmere forest – the young adventurer is once again on the trail of his father.With the aid of friends both old and new, Horatio must first retrieve a small silver coffin containing the fabled finger-wand known as, “The Bone of Contention.”Only one person knew of its whereabouts. That was until now…The second book in the Horatio Hobbs series.