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Pulled back from the brink by strangers and bound by gratitude, Robert is drawn into the search for a young Calvinist pastor imprisoned in Mainz. But Robert isn't just any soldier fighting in the early years of the Thirty Years War. He's also an English priest.Facing darkness and corruption, Robert and his new friends travel across Germany, calling on the courts of dukes, princes and a dowager queen, and seeking aid for the outnumbered defenders of the Palatinate. How can an Austrian priest, a reformed pastor, and a disillusioned Anglican sow the seeds of reconciliation in a Christian church at war with itself? And has an assassin targeted Robert?Called into Service is the first book of the Robert Curtis Mysteries, a series exploring politics, religion, and stories of faith, mercy, justice, and love.

A desperate King James clings to hope for an alliance by marriage with mighty Spain, but when The Lord Inquirer, Sir Robert Curtis, witnesses the murder of a Spanish envoy at the gala opening of The Banqueting House, he knows a new war is brewing: A war of intrigue in the English court. Old conspirators will re-emerge and find new allies. Sir Robert must thwart the threats to his aging sovereign. Lords & Ladies is the third book of the Robert Curtis Mysteries, a series exploring politics, religion, and stories of faith, mercy, justice, and love.

An experienced gamekeeper is killed by the Archbishop of Canterbury while hunting with King James. Determined to be an accident, Captain of Royal Cuirassiers, Robert Curtis, is bothered by a simple question: Why was an experienced gamekeeper in the wrong place? Robert uncovers new evidence, and an addition question: Was King James the real target?Robert's search for the mysterious gamekeeper leads him into the company of England's secret Catholics and a world of priest holes, safehouses, persecution. Robert is torn between his investigation and struggling to fulfill his Anglican priestly duties.Will Robert find and capture the plotters before King James visits for a stag hunt and review of his company of Royal Cuirassiers? Or has Robert's invitation put His Majesty's life in danger again?Soldiers of the King is the second book of the Robert Curtis Mysteries, a series exploring politics, religion, and stories of faith, mercy, justice, and love.

Darkness is a universal metaphor for fear and it waits for every one of us."As a parent and grandparent, I have checked under beds and peered into closets at the request of my children and grandchildren. I've sat on their beds, prayed with them, sung to them, and read them stories until they could fall asleep. Having experienced my own fear of darkness, I deeply understand the vulnerability that comes with what is unknown and unseen."Collected here are sixteen stories to remind us there is a Father of Light. Based on real people and real events, on Bible stories, on everyday experiences, these are tales to guide us, comfort us... and save us. Not all light is visible to the naked eye, but it's there and it makes itself known in our hearts, minds, and souls. And once this spiritual light manifests, the courage, strength and rebirth we find in our Creator, can light our path evermore.