Beloved Invader, The

All three of the books in the St. Simons Island Trilogy belong here. You know I love a story when I plan a whole trip to the setting to visit the same sights and walk the same paths that the characters did. Since the series is historical fiction based on people who really lived, one can even see the......more

The book was so good that I have made several trips to St. Simons to see the church and all the people from the books who are buried in the cemetery.......more

This trilogy is a must read. I have now put St. Simons as a place to visit sometime before I die. I almost feel a part of that island and community even though I have never set foot on the place.......more

Anson Dodge. The very name says MONEY! After all who names their child Anson? (Just like who names a child Edsel Ford?) Anyway the story starts with Anson as a young man just forming his ideas of what he wants to be as a man going to visit his dad at his lumber mill on St. Simons Island. His father......more

I liked this one better than New Moon Rising; it's also based on real people, but it doesn't try to cover so much history. There is some honest writing here about relationships, grief, and faith. Besides, how many books that old start out with someone hugging a tree?......more