What is the Ackerley Series?
Ackerley is a small town in the ranchlands of northern California. The Ackerley Series revolves around the Armstrong Ranch, a homestead a few miles out of town. Marlin Armstrong is a lieutenant on the Ackerley Police Force. He lost his wife in 2004 and has three kids - Ashlyn, Titus, and Star. Juniper rents the guesthouse and cooks for the family as part of her rent. She also works as a waitress at the local diner. They are always ready to welcome weary visitors to the ranch. Regardless of how destitute he or she is or what his or her background is, no one is ever turned away.
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The second book in the ackerley Series
Journey's End
Three orphaned sisters, in danger of being separated, run away from their foster home in the middle of the night. A disillusioned housewife searches for the meaning of life. Juniper and Den stage a daring horse rescue. A young, pregnant widow tries to find the courage to face the future. An ex-bull rider has crawled into a beer mug to escape from the memories of what he once was. Bringing back the characters you met in "Looking for a Window" and introducing new ones, "Journey's End" welcomes more visitors to the Armstrong Ranch. Each one is ready to end one journey and start a new one. For more spiritual truths and exciting adventures, buy the ebook or paperbook, available on Amazon.
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Guns & Glitter
Marlin, praying for God to provide a new wife for him to spend the rest of his life with four years after his wife's death, meets Velvet. Baxter has fallen in love with Den's mother, but his animosity towards Den threatens their relationship. Carlina, a widowed mother with six children, arrives at Journey's End. A series of attacks on the Ackerley police officers and robberies start taking place, with all the evidence pointing to Carlina's oldest son, Lennox. An altercation at an Animal Rights event forces Baxter to arrest Den in front of Monica. As time goes on, secrets are revealed, ending up in a deadly manhunt; the search for a father and a son ends up with an avalanche; and trying to grapple with the idea that she might be a widow after realizing that Den could be dead, Juniper wonders if she really is qualified to be the one running Journey's End.
Book 4 in the ackerley series
Marlin Armstrong, the lieutenant on the Ackerley Police Force, is taken hostage by a desperate young man who has just robbed the General Store in the small California town of Ackerley. Although he's worried about whether he will make it through alive, Marlin's more concerned about the welfare of the young man's younger brother and sister, accompanying them on their frantic drive to Mexico.
Carrick and Maverick run away from home to escape their mother's abusive boyfriend. Afraid of being discovered and sent back, they find an abandoned house to hide in. There is another occupant, however, who could be the answer to all their problems or a bigger threat to their safety.
Webster is a history teacher at Twin Oaks High School. He has taken it upon himself to help the boys out, but he constantly finds himself battling against their resistance while trying to earn their trust.
Reno, a homeless wanderer, has spent his life looking out for himself and avoiding close friendships in order to prevent heartbreak and betrayal. When he arrives in Twin Oaks, he has to choose between continuing a life of endless traveling or staying in town and taking a chance of sharing his future with the woman he loves.
The criminal, his brother and sister, the two runaways, and the wanderer - they all need a safe haven from their trials and tribulations. Will they take the help offered to them by Marlin and Webster to find God and trust Him to give them a sanctuary?
Find out in...
The Sanctuary
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Spies in Ackerley?
What are spies doing in the ranchlands of northern California? That's what Guy Abrams is sent to Ackerley to find out. Finding a spy among all the farmers, ranchers, and residents of the small towns on a strip of rural road between Weed and Yreka isn't as easy as Guy had thought it would be. As he gets more information about the person he's looking for, he finds it pointing more and more to the one person that he doesn't want it to be, thereby clouding his judgement and leading him into a situation that could result in his death.
Dax and Aster, a young couple with a baby, had left Ackerley over a year earlier to escape the wrath of Aster's father, Dougal. Destitute, they return. Dougal is willing to take Aster and the baby in while Dax tries to find a job and a place to stay. During that time, Dougal works to break up Dax and Aster's marriage. Although Dax is aware of that, he has no ide how far Dougal will go to keep him away from Aster.
Marlin takes his job as lieutenant of the Ackerley Police Force very seriously. If something doesn't seem right, he tries to ferret out the problem and fix it. However, with the arrival of Guy and Skyler in Ackerley, he realizes that he's not able to fix every problem, and only by prayer and the Lord's leading, can he help Dax fix his.
