"Broken Arrows / Broken Promises"
3rd book in The Donnelly/Warren/Carpenter Family Series.
by Marilyn R. Stark
Cover photo taken by Bill Miller, Industrial Photo and Advertising, Lima, Ohio.
Cover Graphic Design by Randall E. & Linda Stark
Copyright ©2003
ISBN: 0-87714-850-3 eBook edition
ISBN: 0-87714-293-9 PB edition
All rights reserved by Denlinger's Publishers, including the right to reproduce this electronic book, or portions thereof, in any form, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review.
This is a work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
May I especially thank: Amelia Stauffer, Antique Historian expert, for kindly sharing her knowledge about the Early Victorian Era.
My editor, Karan Longbrake, and my husband for his patient story inquiries and suggestions.
Reverend Joe Sopher and Rev. Nola Heilman, Deacon for their ecumenical assistance. Rev. Tom Orr, Pastor of the Caledonia Memorial United Methodist Church, Church Historian Mark A. Melroy, and Caledonia residents who shared their memories of Caledonia.
Artist and teacher, Leatrice "Dolly" Nickles for sharing artistic wisdom.
THE AUTHOR
Marilyn Stark, after working with the local press when feature writer for "The Senior's Beacon", continues updating family histories with photos. Author of: "A Pictorial History of Lima/Allen County, Ohio", "The History and Purposes of Allen County Buildings, Institutions and Government" and novels in the Donnelly/Warren/Carpenter Family Series: 1st. "The Flutist and The Dancer", 2nd. "The Pianist and the Locksmith", 3rd. "Broken Arrows/Broken Promises" and coming in 2004, 4th. "Trails End Isle and Wings."
SELECTED REVIEWS
"...intriguing, inspirational and filled with numerous twists, turns and surprises. The author put me there at the wedding -- and I felt I could close my eyes and walk through her early Victorian Era house.
I kept wanting to come back for more until I had finished the final page. That's the mark of a good book. It has light romance, adventure and mystery.
I'm comfortable recommending Marilyn's books to a broad range of people from teens to senior adults. It's hard to find a book for a young teenager who has moved on from the 'Sweet Valley Series' and isn't quite ready for the heavy adult romances." —Kathy Stark, fourteen years experience with the Lima Public Library BookMobile and is Library Union President OAPSE Local 776.
"Marilyn's stories are so very real that I feel I know what the characters are feeling. As I read what is happening -- her words put me there and I get a catch just below my ribcage -- that something important is going to happen and I can't put her books down." —Review Thoughts by JoAnne Treglia
THE BOOK
A story of the Donnelly/Warren/Carpenter families as they deal with some less than reputable characters who have managed to skirt getting caught by the law for their rotten deeds. Will bachelor minister, CW Warren, have to put his dreams away to deal with the fallout of family secrets -- or can prayer, the Shadow Angels and Detective Will Fox keep everyone safe?
History
Historical information gleaned from "Our Heritage A History of Caledonia Memorial United Methodist Church 1830-1990, Caledonia, Ohio" by Mark Melroy
"Marion County 1979 History, Caledonia, Ohio"
All characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental. This novel takes place in 1960 set in Caledonia, Ohio and the fictional town of Winthrop, Ohio.
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