Books with author Ralph Thompson

Now that you've done the crime... Will you get away or will it be your conscience That gives you away and though it seems so simple... I hope you realize When all is said and done and you reach the bottom line, It will come back to you what I've always said Listen to me good,son,crime doesn't pay. Fourteen-year-old Jackie Brooks seeks to escape the horrors of his home life for one of independence on the streets. He soon doscovers that freedom is a harsh reality. Jackie befriends David Mullins and is soon drawn into the life of crime that will prove to be the demise of his freedom. He struggles to reclaim his honest identity, which proves to be an arduous journey. "After the Gate Bangs Shut" is a gripping story of a young boy's pure heart in a tough and unforgiving world. Author Rik Thompson grew up in a tug of war between adoption and foster care. He understands the yearning to stay on the move,unfettered. Jackie Brooks is a character born from Thompson's understanding of the love and peace found in freedom.

Magic, ghosts and legend link the past to the present in this second installment of the Keeper Saga. The year is 1765 when eight-year old Eleanor Brown begins the fatal journey that leaves her orphaned. Befriended by a wolf, and adopted by an Indian tribe, Ella soon learns to believe in the magic around her. Though she grows up to find a love that will endure all time, she must also find the courage to live without that love when the Fire Witch returns. When history falls into legends nearly forgotten, the Keepers must search for the truth and find the answers before the same evil that nearly destroyed their people comes back for her revenge. Will the power of The Wolf be enough to save them... Or will the fate of their ancestors be their own destiny?

Before the legend of the Keepers, came the story of the Wolf. Once upon a time, there lived a man whose fate would rest with two sisters. One will hold his heart. With her, he will find a love that will last forever, though it will come with a price. From the other sister, he will learn fortitude as he discovers that she holds the power to destroy all he holds dear. For as easily as one sister captures his heart, the other will trap his soul.

Future and past entwined.Despite the victory over Cantor Cortis, the dark power still spreads. Nightmare creatures are wiping out villages all along the southern edge of the wild Tangle forest, causing a stream of refugees to flow into the capital of Sontair in the hope of finding protection.All who helped overthrow the Nine Sisters of Redmondis have been touched by what they experienced and those they lost. Dark visions sap Petron and Daemi’s strength even as they try to heal the rifts within Redmondis and forge a new path for the wielders, crafters, and guards who make up its three main schools.Wilt must enter the Tangle to seek out the source of the power that calls to him. Visions of the past seen through other eyes haunt his days, and he finds it harder and harder to resist the pull of his wraith form.The Guardian is old and weak, and the Tangle is no longer secure…

The secret of their people had been hidden for hundreds of years. A legacy and history carefully kept by six Guardians thru each generation. They are known as Keepers. One girl will change their future. Seventeen year-old Nikki Harmon doesn't realize her life is going to change when she moves to a small town in Virginia. As she discovers the Indian reservation that borders her new home, she soon realizes there is magic waiting in the dark shadows of the forest and that myths and legends she had never believed in...are real. When she meets Adam, the leader of the six boys known as Keepers, her life will never be the same again. Her dreams become haunted by the mournful howls of wolves and visions of both the past and the future. Befriended by Brian, she soon becomes torn by her feelings for both him and Adam while she learns that she must trust her own heart and discover a strength inside herself that she doesn't know that exists. In her search for the truth, she will unearth the deadliest secret of all. Will she lose her heart… Or will she lose her life?

I wish I could say that taking on the souls of four animals was easy. But that would be a really big lie. The coyote, wolf, and bear haven't been too big of a problem. It's the smallest of them, the crow, that has been the most difficult.Add in my responsibilities as the Seer for the Keepers and my hands have gotten really full lately.Then, just when I didn't think life could get any more insane, Wynter shows up on my doorstep, asking for a favor. She wants me to take her magic away. She wants to be human.The only problem is that her magic is tied in with the Keepers in ways I never would have fathomed. Her past will determine our future.Helping her will come at a cost...And it's a cost I'm not sure I'm ready to pay.

Dragons, magic, and more...Welcome to Shifter’s University!Claire Pratten has a secret—one that she’s never shared with a soul. Whenever she is frightened, her “other” self comes out. Normally she has no problem hiding what she is, but lately life at her foster home has gotten harder and keeping her secret is getting tougher.Logan Fairmont is a dragon shifter and more than accustomed to looking out for himself—and others. In fact, he is one of the few Imperium University students tasked with spending weekends in the city, searching for young shapeshifters on the edge of revealing their magic to the human race. When he finds Claire, Logan knows she will need the help of the University and its teachers to blend into society.He thinks he knows what she is.But magic is never quite so simple. Scroll up and click the buy button now to begin the adventure!

Secrets surround me. Some I've uncovered, a few remain hidden, just beneath the surface...With Mara Shade's journal pointing the way to the past and a surprising revelation from Quinn, the truth hiding in Shifters University will be revealed, and my life will never be the same. Books in this series:Shifter's University (book 1)Forest of Lost Souls (book 2)House of Secrets (book 3)

For those who truly love the game, there is no beginning player, or former player, there are only players. Daydreaming, A Baseball Story is for everyone who loves the game, be they younger players who are crossing the white lines for the first time, or those of us that know we will not cross them again as an active player, but in our minds we are still capable of making a play or getting a key hit. It is a story that begins and ends in an older player’s head as he gets the opportunity to spend one more moment in the sun through the actions and dreams of two younger players. In watching their joy at being able to play such a perfect game there is the chance to once again feel the pop of a great pitch into your mitt, and the thrill of throwing that fastball by a great hitter. I hope as you read it, either to yourself or to someone special, you will find yourself as I did, being transported to a special diamond of your dreams.