Bio for Jane Denison (Mary J. Moses) Jane Denison is the pen name of Mary J. Moses, co-author of 52 Simple Ways to Manage Your Moneyand No More Baglady Fears. After many years in public education, where she specialized in Human Resource Management, she lives and writes on the Central Coast of California. Description of My Book Discover a ghost who frightened people away from her barn. Meet the lonely deputy sheriff who doesn’t believe in that spiritual nonsense and who is going to live in the adjacent house no matter what. Complicate matters with the deputy’s ex-wife, who thinks he may have discovered gold on his property, and the waitress who is generous to a fault—not to mention the attractive sheriff’s dispatcher who is married to her work until the ghost… What drives the specter to behave the way she does? What passion, what mystery stirs her to action? The dead woman’s story describes vividly the trials and sacrifices made by the emigrants of the 1840s, and adds the excitement of first love, a possible robbery, and a murder—all touching the young woman’s family. The deputy becomes determined to help her find the buried box that will put her fears to rest. What they find is not what she expected.
A young woman risks everything following a fortune-teller's advice, but finds much more than she expected.People are not what they claim, including her!
The Family Set in the mid-nineteenth century, The Family tells the intertwining story of a family in London, giving us close insights into the lives of men and women caught up in the Industrial Revolution. Each of the four children-Ward, Broderick, Jack and Clara-are swept along by the forces of change. The effects of social upheaval engulfing them extend far beyond the shores of England, at that time, the most powerful country on earth. The rapid development of transportation brought new freedom to every level of society, as the people in this riveting tale demonstrate. New horizons bring new opportunities to each. The exotic locales of Singapore, the perils and profits of the opium trade from India to China and the arrogance and biases of the traders heighten the differences between the cultures of Asia and the West. Ethics, both personal and national, are tested on all sides and the character of each of the men and women in the story evolve. then: cheap railroad travel, which allowed middle and lower classes to go beyond their town or city for the first time in history; books became readily available and working men and women could easily obtain them through the development of lending libraries; musical talents were encouraged among all classes for the first time-choral societies and bands sprang up everywhere. Change, exciting change, was underway!
Imagine being caught in the web of working at a mill where long hours, low pay and a cruel overseer prevail. Such is the lot of Mary Gibson, who with tenacity and determination seeks a way out. Her plight is heightened by the lack of opportunity, yet she seeks some way, some method of escape.
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