They say write what you know. Mary C. Findley has poured her real life into her writing — From the cover designs inspired by her lifelong art studies to the love of pets and country life that worm their way into her historicals. The never-say-die heroes in her twenty-some fiction works are inspired by her husband, a crazy smart man with whom she co-writes science and history-based nonfiction. These works were jump-started by a deep awareness of the dangers in our future if we don’t understand ideological enemies rooted in the past. She’s a strong believer in helping others and also has books about publishing advice and the need to have strong standards in reading and writing.
She has traveled internationally and around the lower 48 and Canada multiple times. Anecdotes from her small town life, college experiences, European, Canadian, and south-of-the border travels, as well as adventures as shotgun rider in a tractor trailer fill her contemporary works. She has also donned the cloak of alt-Victorian adventuress as Sophronia Belle Lyon, steampunk writer with her own League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (and ladies) from the great 1800s novelists. In all her works you will find faith, family, friendship and fulfilling stories. Do come have a look!
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- Write for the King of Glory
Completely revised and updated. Share the fruits of eight years of publishing. Learn about blogging, writing, cover design, editing, marketing, and find a bunch of great resources to help you in your publishing journey, many of them free. I’m not the be-all and end all of Christian publishing, but I’m here to help, and so are a bunch of other Christian writers and service providers. I’m living proof that you can get your book published. It doesn’t have to stay in those pre-publication versions, or be taken out of your hands and changed to the point where you hardly recognize - Fifty Shades of Faithful 2: In Living Color (Fifty Shades of Faithful Book Two)
Sam and Vivian Tucker take on emotions that can make or break relationships. They tackle an angry vet searching for sheep rustlers while hiding a thirty-year-old family secret in “Sheep Gone Astray.” A terrified rape victim searches for a one-of a kind cat, but Sam and Viv can’t explain her fear of her gentle giant neighbor in “Kittens in My Kiln.” Grief torments Sam’s widowed sister but solving the mystery of a theft and assault at her neighbor’s bird sanctuary torments Sam in “As the Peacocks Scream.” A friend of Vivian’s tries to understand why an author won’t come to - Fifty Shades of Faithful (Fifty Shades of Faithful Book One)
Five short stories about Sam and Vivian Tucker, a cop and a photographer sharing their 20+ years of Song of Solomon marriage wisdom in most unconventional ways. Sam has to forget how tough it is when Viv leaves town, because a young couple’s about to lose their marriage and maybe more over bondage gone wrong in “Cowboys and Indians.” Vivian isn’t supposed to get involved in the lives of her photography clients but she persuades Sam that an intervention is needed to stop spousal abuse in “Punching Bag.” Not everybody wants a fairytale fantasy come true, least of all a - Carrie’s Hired Hand
Civil War Novella — Carrie Wilkes, a Northern woman married to a Southern man, has had enough of stares and shunning. Robert Salinger might be handsome and a friend of her dying husband. But why is he either boring his eyes into her or ignoring her? He blames himself for Ben’s death. He swears he will look after Carrie and the children, but they go home from the funeral alone. Will that deaf and dumb stranger, Robbie, be any real help to save her farm? Links to Get the Book: https://payhip.com/b/4nk0https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1074314myBook.to/Carries-Hired-Handbooks2read.com/Carriehttp://bit.ly/2CgdMdv Author: Mary C. Findley - Fall on Your Knees
Reference librarian Karin Arthur’s quiet life changes forever when she accepts an invitation — A Christmas Eve blind date with a man she knows only from online research projects. Murali Nanda seems handsome, intelligent, accomplished, and passionate about Christian causes she also loves. Turmoil descends when Karin and Murali plunge into a plot to torture and murder espionage operatives and disseminate a computer infection that could bring vital intelligence agencies to their knees. A courtship beyond whirlwind and a desperate race to stop a cyberkiller leave Karin reeling and feeling she has no choice but to accept the protection of - Illuminated Hope and the Knight of the Black Lion
An earl’s son tempts seventeen-year-old-Hope to rebel against an arranged marriage in medieval England. Colchester Manor is attacked and Hope’s family is missing. Only two men, a memory-keeper for a thousand missing Crusaders, and a nameless champion know Hope isn’t mad when she says she names the attacker. But only one of them wants her alive to get justice. Illustrated in the style of an illuminated medieval manuscript. Links to Get the Book: https://payhip.com/b/l57Mhttps://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1074537myBook.to/illuminated-hopebooks2read.com/Illum-hope-black-lionhttp://bit.ly/2GH5Z6u Author: Mary C. Findley - Hope and the Knight of the Black Lion
Seventeen-year-old Hope rebels against her family’s arranged marriage plans and her uncle’s strange beliefs in Medieval England. She must fight sexual temptation and put her trust in a mysterious returned Crusader and his Arab friend when her home is attacked and her family kidnapped. A cryptic diary and a relentless enemy keep Hope off-balance but growing in reliance on God and her true knight. Links to Get the Book: https://payhip.com/b/J2S9https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1074536myBook.to/Hope-knight-black-lionbooks2read.com/Hope-and-knight-black-lionhttp://bit.ly/2ES6jPn Author: Mary C. Findley - The Acolyte’s Education
Russet faithfully follows her grandmother’s clockwork path through the dangerous woods and tries to heed her warnings about the deadly Ravagers. The Benefactress and the Songster prepare their apprentices for the Last Night Festival. Russet encounters an unlikely rescuer and discovers a dying race. She is ordered to stop her childhood friend Gareth from rebelling or pay a terrible price. People are disappearing from her village. A lost race of shining teachers might be their only hope … but will they have to go through with the Song and the Dance to save their village? Links to Get the Book: - The Great Thirst Boxed Set (The Great Thirst all 7 Books)
Join the search to quench the thirst in this combined edition of the bestselling Christian suspense adventure and serial archaeological mystery. High school teachers Keith Bradley and Talia Ramin team up in a race to find and preserve what may become the last copy of the Scriptures on earth. How can a reporter, a government educator, and an apparently concerned mother destroy access to God’s Word? Only if trusting people let them. Keith and Talia will stop at nothing to find the Golden Testaments. They hop across the continents, search beneath the ocean, and chase clues in some of the - The Great Thirst 7: Prevailing (The Great Thirst Serial Archaeological Mystery Book 7)
Keith enjoys sweet reunions with family and students when the Mexico field trip finally becomes a reality. Parents lash out against the Bradleys with bitter accusations of fracturing their families and teaching their children to hate them. Hiding in plain sight can only go so far when a cartel drug lord, an educational authority, and someone who insists on documenting her own truth prepare for a final showdown. Cherub Bradley’s long-anticipated arrival sparks tender and terrifying consequences. Joshua Bradley’s call to face the lions leads to fiery confrontations no one expected. Keith determines that it’s time for them to stop - The Great Thirst 6: Protected (The Great Thirst Serial Archaeological Mystery Book 6)
“Mexico is where you need to be” rings in Keith and Talia’s ears in the midst of astounding miracles and crushing heartaches. They meet a blast from Drew Summers’ past but wonder if his newest team member can be trusted after a death and a disappearance lead to too many questions. Keith discovers more than one stunning secret at a forgotten Olmec ball court, but disaster may seal the fate of his Golden Testament search once and for all. When God says stop, Keith may have no choice but to listen. Talia struggles to protect Keith’s father from deadly enemies - The Great Thirst Part Five: Persevering (The Great Thirst Serial Archaeological Mystery Book 5)
Talia’s warrior instincts kick into high gear when an old enemy appears with a one-time offer. The whole Mexico Expedition goes into lockdown after a terrifying betrayal and a violent attack. A crushing mishap may end any hope of unraveling the tangled Web of Araña. Students respond to “activation orders’ with turmoil and terror. One conflicted father may hold the key to understanding more about the enemy — if he lives to tell his tale. Links to Get the Book: https://payhip.com/b/M60jhttps://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1074780myBook.to/Great_Thirst_5_Perseveringbooks2read.com/Great-Thirst-5-Perseveringhttp://bit.ly/2ENn1ng Author: Mary C. Findley Series: The Great Thirst Serial Archaeological Mystery - The Great Thirst 4: Persecuted (The Great Thirst Serial Archaeological Mystery Book 4)
A shocking event convinces Keith that he has to risk arrest to protect their Bradley Central students. A stranger questions their Britomartis findings and only a trip to Pakistan will solve a new mystery — that of the daughters-in-law of Noah. Cherub Rider has a mission Keith isn’t sure he can go along with — protect Keith at all costs, even if it means leaving Talia behind. They have to depend on the mysterious ancient amphibian skin for a totally unexpected, possibly lifesaving, mission. Is the Morse Code message tapping ALIVE real? Is a bag of gray dust the end - The Great Thirst 3: Pursued (The Great Thirst Serial Archaeological Mystery Book 3)
Young Adult Mystery, Contemporary Suspense, Public School Government Interference, Persecution of Christians, Ancient technology Keith and Talia’s Guardian contacts finally unlock secrets of the holographic map but no one imagined the cost of following the clues. The Ax of Britomartis reveals an unexpected power but they can’t use it when they are thrown out of the country. Accusations, heartache, strife, and even romance can bring the quest grinding to a halt. When the black van changes from pursuer to prison, Keith needs help not even Talia can give. Jenny Kaine might just find out what she needs to know to - The Great Thirst Part Two: Purified (The Great Thirst Serial Archaeological Mystery Book 2)
The mystery archaeologists suddenly appear and Keith learns firsthand about the quest for the Golden Testaments. He finds himself with more questions than answers. What do these people want with him? He doesn’t see how he can travel to Greece, Turkey, and who knows where without neglecting his family. The lure of ancient technology and the chance to unravel a mystery like no other can’t make up for the deadly peril of an underwater attack and a terrifying phone call. Is he really ready to pay the price for preserving and spreading the Word if it means putting his family - The Great Thirst 1: Prepared (The Great Thirst Serial Archaeological Mystery Book 1)
Small town science teacher Keith Bradley climbs into a red Tesla with English teacher Talia Ramin for the field trip of a lifetime. At stake is a missing copy of the Scriptures on gold tablets. At risk is the trust of an ancient order sworn to keep the tablets safe. Talia’s archaeologist aunt and uncle may have lost their last clue to artifact thieves. A government ultimatum might undo every lesson they have taught their students about keeping the Word safe. Links to Get the Book: https://payhip.com/b/b9zMhttps://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1074611myBook.to/Great-Thirst-1-Preparedbooks2read.com/Great-Thirst-1-Preparedhttp://bit.ly/2ov63ir Author: Mary C. Findley Series: The Great Thirst Serial Archaeological Mystery - The Captain’s Blade (Men of the Realmlands Book 2)
After Tristan’s disappearance from his home country, his best friend Jonathan has no hope that Tristan survived an attack at the hands of his half-mad brother, the newly-crowned king Dunstan. Jonathan has responsibilities beyond Captain of the Guard, however, when he sails on a quest to fulfill Tristan’s long-held wish: To build a navy to protect their country from pirates. Complications arise with that plan when Jonathan encounters an island kingdom in the grip of devilish wickedness and an exotic woman mercenary who demands information but keeps her own quest a secret. Another beautiful stranger claims she is a shipbuilder - The Baron’s Ring (Men of the Realmlands Book 1)
Prince Tristan found a new life in a foreign land. He will pay any price to free his princess from the wicked witch, but it will cost him more than he can imagine to save his kingdom. Tristan already despairs for his kingdom in the hands of his drunken, idolatrous older brother. A raging river whips him a hundred miles away to an impoverished, isolated village in a foreign land. No one believes who he is and he can find no way to return home. Finally Tristan manages to make a place in his new home as a teacher, and - Chasing the Texas Wind
Spies, lies, and Texas freedom throw a wounded war hero and a celebrity singer into a marriage of convenience and a passionate alliance they never dreamed possible. As much as Hamilton Jessup hates Texas high society and pity as a wounded war hero, marriage to the wealthy Maeve Collinswood solves his mysterious financial crisis. Ham’s cynicism about his service, past and present, keeps Maeve Collinswood at arm’s length. While solving the puzzle of who’s supplying guns to Mexico’s army, he is baffled to learn that his sham wife has valuable intel he’s missed. When she disappears he’s got to trust - Send a White Rose
Shattered by an assassin’s attack, Bart Durant’s got no stomach to face a mail order mistake. New Mexico federal judge Bart Durant can solve everyone’s problems but his own. Left to die and forced to depend on others for the smallest things, he prepares to step down and step away from a woman who crossed the country just to meet him. He never considers that she’ll wait as long as it takes to prove him wrong about that unfortunate first impression. That is, unless there’s more than one assassin, and more at stake than anyone suspects. Leah Masters waits patiently - Lines in Pleasant Places (Benny and the Bank Robber Book 4)
As soon as Violet arrives with the wagon train Ben can finally be married. But is she truly in love with Ben, or with the five or six trunks of things her letters say she can’t do without? When trouble stalks the widowed young schoolteacher, will Ben go past protecting her and threaten both their futures? What will it take to stop a violent drunk determined to possess his dead brother’s wife? How can Ben save Violet and himself from a ruthless outlaw gang? Will he ever stop paying for that headline, or even live to tell it at all? - The Oregon Sentinel (Benny and the Bank Robber Book 3)
Ben Carlisle’s longtime dream has been to travel west with his family. When he is offered a newspaper job in Detroit, he is forced to question whether moving west is really God’s will for him. Can he leave behind his grandfather, the girl he thought he loved, and an opportunity few writers could even dream about? Can he risk the life of one of his best friends, or face an old enemy head-on? What price will he have to pay just to make his writing live? Links to Get the Book: https://payhip.com/b/f610https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1074899myBook.to/BBR3-Oregon-Sentinelbooks2read.com/Benny3-Oregon-sentinelhttp://bit.ly/2EPGOCu Author: Mary C. Findley Series: Benny and the - Doctor Dad (Benny and the Bank Robber Book 2)
What could be easier than getting Benny’s mother remarried? Delay after delay of every one of Benny’s plans shows him he may have to wait for God to “Make all things new.” Identical twins Rose and Violet Mitchell make Benny’s head spin. A mysterious secret society at his boarding school might have deadly plans for Benny. Has Benny’s Doctor Dad prepared him for times as hard as these, even for the temptation of the privilege and comfort his grandfather’s wealth can give him? Links to Get the Book: https://payhip.com/b/a7LQhttps://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1074322myBook.to/BBR2-Dr-Dadbooks2read.com/Dr-Dad-Benny2http://bit.ly/2GCLCaL Author: Mary C. Findley Series: Benny and the Bank Robber - Benny and the Bank Robber (Benny and the Bank Robber Book 1)
Ten-year-old Benny found the drunken cart driver who caused his father’s death, but he’s got bigger mysteries to solve. A long, sharp knife, a bag of disguises and a savage black stallion don’t reassure Benny about his traveling companion to frontier Missouri. Still, Benny can’t shake the Scripture’s promise that God “will never leave thee nor forsake thee.” Links to Get the Book: https://payhip.com/b/KW2dhttps://www.smashwords.com/books/view/997914myBook.to/Benny-Bank-robberbooks2read.com/Benny-1http://bit.ly/2FsF9zR Author: Mary C. Findley Series: Benny and the Bank Robber - Most Fortunate of Men
Cairnsford was so small, and it lay so close to the borderlands, that any day its people expected to see the enemy army march into the dusty town square. Squire Duncan’s daughter Jael could not help being nervous as she drove her pigs to the village well. Not that the people lacked faith in their army. Why, on the outskirts of town sprawled the great stone mansion of General Caleb himself. But bitter hostilities with Lochbourne had continued on for ten years now. It seemed the best of generals could not win this war. Many men and boys from the - Warm Heart
“Whoa. Your hands are cold.” Eric Morrow winced. “Sorry. Sorry.” The EMT shoved her hands inside her jacket. Eric tried to smile through his grimace of pain. “I guess that’s pretty petty of me, complaining about your cold hands, Erin,” He whispered, reading her ID badge as she went back to inserting the IV. “Considering you’re saving my life.” “My husband always complained about my cold hands,” she said with a smile. “And I don’t know about saving your life. The doctors and nurses will work on that, when we get you to the hospital.” “Wow, that was kind of