Books with author Paul Wootten

HOW FAST CAN A LIFE FALL APART?Hospital Administrator Adam Overstreet is on the defensive when reports leak out of a one-night stand. The response is immediate and decisive. He is relieved of his duties at work and kicked out of the house by his wife. His closest friends turn their backs on him.He swears he is innocent.Miles Traynor, high-energy megachurch pastor, uses charm and charisma to lead the flock of Surfside Church. Double-tithing and continuous growth are expected. Those who don’t go along are dealt with swiftly. Pastor Miles sees Adam as a sinful phony who questions the church’s direction. Miles’ wife Theresa is a hard-working attorney with a heart for the Lord and a growing concern for her husband’s motives and actions. Will Surfside’s decision to turn their back on Adam Overstreet widen the divide between them?

Florida, 1955...Two men are missing.The sudden disappearance of Pete Demopoulos is front-page news. A bloody crime scene points to violence, and everyone wants to know what happened to the successful husband, father, and heir-apparent to his family's chain of grocery stores.Hucklebuck Jones is missing, too. When he's not doing odd jobs for pocket change, Hucklebuck, a Negro deaf mute, lives alone in the swamps. Despite his cheerful demeanor, Hucklebuck scares folks. His disappearance goes unnoticed.If only the truth were known.Maryland, 1960...Twinton County has never seen the likes of the new teacher they call Buck. Soon after accepting a position at the local Negro school, Buck challenges the white establishment and helps integrate the public library and a local lunch counter. He also catches the eye of colleague Dottie Hanford. Together they become a formidable force against the status quo.Then, a single act of violence undermines Buck's efforts. A riot erupts. Three people are dead, and Buck's secrets are exposed. On the run and with no one else to turn to, Buck places his survival in the hands of an unlikely person from his past. What happens next is the stuff of which great stories are made. The Resurrection of Hucklebuck Jones is equal parts historical fiction, social commentary, and love story.Amazon Reader Reviews for The Resurrection of Hucklebuck Jones:What an emotional ride. I was sad, filled with pride, frantic, upset, relieved, and happy. You fall in love with the characters.Great prose! Great character development. Twists that keep you turning the pages.The author's description of social and ethnically segregated institutions in the 1950's is eerily true to life.

Florida, 1955...Two men are missing.The sudden disappearance of Pete Demopoulos is front-page news. A bloody crime scene points to violence, and everyone wants to know what happened to the successful husband, father, and heir-apparent to his family's chain of grocery stores.Hucklebuck Jones is missing, too. When he's not doing odd jobs for pocket change, Hucklebuck, a Negro deaf mute, lives alone in the swamps. Despite his cheerful demeanor, Hucklebuck scares folks. His disappearance goes unnoticed.If only the truth were known.Maryland, 1960...Twinton County has never seen the likes of the new teacher they call Buck. Soon after accepting a position at the local Negro school, Buck challenges the white establishment and helps integrate the public library and a local lunch counter. He also catches the eye of colleague Dottie Hanford. Together they become a formidable force against the status quo.Then, a single act of violence undermines Buck's efforts. A riot erupts. Three people are dead, and Buck's secrets are exposed. On the run and with no one else to turn to, Buck places his survival in the hands of an unlikely person from his past. What happens next is the stuff of which great stories are made. The Resurrection of Hucklebuck Jones is equal parts historical fiction, social commentary, and love story.Amazon Reader Reviews for The Resurrection of Hucklebuck Jones:What an emotional ride. I was sad, filled with pride, frantic, upset, relieved, and happy. You fall in love with the characters.Great prose! Great character development. Twists that keep you turning the pages.The author's description of social and ethnically segregated institutions in the 1950's is eerily true to life.

HOW FAST CAN A LIFE FALL APART?Hospital Administrator Adam Overstreet is on the defensive when reports leak out of a one-night stand. The response is immediate and decisive. He is relieved of his duties at work and kicked out of the house by his wife. His closest friends turn their backs on him.He swears he is innocent.Miles Traynor, high-energy megachurch pastor, uses charm and charisma to lead the flock of Surfside Church. Double-tithing and continuous growth are expected. Those who don’t go along are dealt with swiftly. Pastor Miles sees Adam as a sinful phony who questions the church’s direction. Miles’ wife Theresa is a hard-working attorney with a heart for the Lord and a growing concern for her husband’s motives and actions. Will Surfside’s decision to turn their back on Adam Overstreet widen the divide between them?

Tim has spent the last few years of his life travelling from place to place, following his father's job. He rarely stays long enough to make any friends, and now he's come to Wattleford where a patch of wasteland is marked for development. A natural playground for the children, it has, over the centuries, sheltered humans and wildlife amongst its trees and shrubs.Tim finds himself strangely in tune with the peoples of the past, but the town council has plans to develop the wasteland. Modern machines bring destruction and change, and Tim and his father are all that stand in their way.

Christer has shared most of his young life with his cousin Sophie. But when his aunt remarries and they move away to a large house in the country, he feels a loneliness he has never known before.Then Sophie becomes ill, slipping in and out of consciousness. Clutching at straws, his aunt hopes that the sound of Christer’s voice might help to bring her round. He visits, as promised, and embarks on a quest for the mind of his cousin, lost somewhere in another dimension.Following clues in her diary he plunges into a strange world of oppressed people, ruled by the Yendak, a cruel and violent race. If they find him, he will never get back home.