Books with title An Island Far From Home

Joshua Loring is the twelve-year-old son of a Union army doctor killed during the Civil War. This compelling novel conveys how Joshua gains new insights into the realities of war and the fine line between friends and enemies when he begins to correspond with a young Confederate prisoner. In the end, he risks his life to travel to the island where his new friend is held captive.

When Riley Regas moved from Boston to the small town of Carver, Kansas, she never expected the turn her life would take. She never thought she could be happy in Carver, especially after the betrayal she endured at the hands of someone she thought she loved. She was wrong. It’s been six months since everything changed. Six months since Jesse stepped in and saved her. Six months since she realized she’d been in love with Jesse all along. Six months of happiness and Riley can’t wait to take the next step in her life with Jesse at her side.But one night changes everything and the life she envisioned with Jesse is turned upside down. Jesse has always been there for Riley, and now it’s her turn to be there for him. Will the love they fought so hard to find be strong enough to see them through this or will it ultimately tear them apart?

"ANOTHER GREAT SPIRITUAL MYSTERY" "EPIC CONCLUSION" - Warren A. Lewis-Top Contributor*********************************** Jack Carter made a promise. It has come time to fulfill it, but the consequences of doing so could take everything he holds dear away from him. However, not doing so, would have a greater effect on those he has unwittingly put in the cross-hairs of an ancient Runner. Follow Jack on his extraordinary journey to bring an end to some unfinished business.****************************************MORE FROM JOHN C. DALGLISHTHE CITY MURDERS SERIES(Clean Suspense)BOSTON HOMICIDE - #1MIAMI HOMICIDE - #2CHICAGO HOMICIDE - #3DALLAS HOMICIDE - #4DENVER HOMICIDE - #5SEATTLE HOMICIDE - #6NEW ORLEANS HOMICIDE - #7MEMPHIS HOMICIDE - #8DETECTIVE JASON STRONG SERIES(Clean Suspense)WHERE’S MY SON? – #1BLOODSTAIN – #2FOR MY BROTHER – #3SILENT JUSTICE – #4TIED TO MURDER – #5ONE OF THEIR OWN – #6DEATH STILL - #7LETHAL INJECTION – #8CRUEL DECEPTION – #9LET'S PLAY - #10HOSTAGE- #11 A CIRCLE OF FEAR - #12DEADLY OBSESSION - #13DEAD OF NIGHT - #14SHADOW OF DOUBT - #15FATAL AFFAIR - #16DRIVEN TO KILL - #17BOUND BY BLOOD - #18WEB OF DECEIT - #19STONE COUNTY JUSTICE(Clean Cozy Mystery)MURDER AROUND THE BEND - #1THE CHASER CHRONICLES (Christian Action adventure)CROSSOVER – #1JOURNEY – #2DESTINY- #3INNER DEMONS- #4DARK DAYS - #5FAR FROM HOME - #6DEADLY SECRETS - (Clean Suspense)KEIKO'S WAR - (Clean Historical Fiction)

When Fresno is hit with an unexpected outbreak of deadly scarlet fever, Andi Carter is scared. Her town friends are getting sick and school is closed until it passes. Far from the danger, at least Andi has her horse Taffy and plenty of work on the Circle C ranch to distract her.But is she really safe? First one ranch hand, then two, and then her brother Mitch fall ill. Mother is convinced that the only way to protect Andi from this terrible disease is to send her far away to fussy Aunt Rebecca in San Francisco.The noisy city and Aunt Rebecca's bossy ways may be worse than scarlet fever. But then Andi has an idea that might help save her friends back home . . .

The second novel in the Beach View Boarding House series set in the Second World War September 1940. Staff Nurse Polly Brown has been granted a posting at Cliffehaven Memorial Hospital on the south coast to be near her badly injured husband, Jack. But her decision has meant that she has had to part with their beloved five-year-old daughter, Alice, who is traveling to safety in Canada. Polly's heart is torn in two as she says good bye to Alice and heads to the Beach View Boarding House in Cliffehaven. Here she befriends a young polish woman, Danuta, who has lost her entire family in the war. Although Danuta is a qualified nurse the matron at Cliffehaven Memorial refuses to believe her and she is forced to work there as a skivvy. And just as Polly is trying to come to terms with the fact that Jack is unlikely to survive his injuries, a telegram arrives at Beach View. The boat Alice was on has been torpedoed by a German U-boat . . .

When Fresno is hit with an unexpected outbreak of deadly scarlet fever, Andi Carter is scared. Her town friends are getting sick and school is closed until it passes. Far from the danger, at least Andi has her horse Taffy and plenty of work on the Circle C ranch to distract her.But is she really safe? First one ranch hand, then two, and then her brother Mitch fall ill. Mother is convinced that the only way to protect Andi from this terrible disease is to send her far away to fussy Aunt Rebecca in San Francisco.The noisy city and Aunt Rebecca's bossy ways may be worse than scarlet fever. But then Andi has an idea that might help save her friends back home . . .

A sinister army approaches from the frozen north.Les' body might be small, but his heart is equal to any species out there. Ever since he was a Mouse Pup, Les dreamed of joining the ranks of the Mouse Guard to help keep back the horrors of the outside world. Les' bravery is tested when his view of the world turns upside down. His simple life is gone in an instant. His town is torn apart, his friends and loved ones murdered as he flees from the only place he has known as home, the one place he knows is safe. Frightened and full of despair, Les learns there are many animals in the outside world, some friends, but most enemies. From the lush grasslands to the dark forests, monstrous mountains and rushing rivers, Les discovers he is far more capable than his shy and lonely life back at Mouse Town. The heavy weight of the fate of the world rests on his shoulders, a task he doesn't know if he can conquer with so many large, angry animals surrounding everywhere he travels, blocking every path he tries to take. He must save the animal world from an unimaginably evil army by uniting normally natural enemy species against a common enemy. Les gathers all the courage he can muster and steps into the darkness of the unknown, his hope to better the world and set it right the only thing lighting his way.