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Far From Magnolia Drive: Journey’s Beyond the Peaks (The Journeys Saga) by M.F. Erler

October 15, 2023 by SF Parrott Leave a Comment

Mary Anna Parker grew up in a small, southern 1950s town, but the adventures and trials of life have taken their toll and separated her from the idyllic settings of her youth.

[Read more…] about Far From Magnolia Drive: Journey’s Beyond the Peaks (The Journeys Saga) by M.F. Erler

Filed Under: Authors, Books, Christian, Memoir, Religion & Spirituality Tagged With: christian, Christian fiction, family life, FSPauthor, Gay Fiction, Journeys Saga, LGBTQ+, MF Erler

Lauren’s Dark Passage: Journeys Beyond the Peaks (The Journeys Saga) by M.F. Erler

April 30, 2023 by SF Parrott Leave a Comment

Lauren Parker is reeling from the dissolution of her marriage. Her ex-husband has come out of the closet and left her for a male partner. With no family of her own to turn to, she packs herself and her two children far from their home state of Texas, taking a public relations job in Colorado.

[Read more…] about Lauren’s Dark Passage: Journeys Beyond the Peaks (The Journeys Saga) by M.F. Erler

Filed Under: Authors, Books, Religion & Spirituality Tagged With: Christian fiction, divorce, family life, FSPauthor, gay, Journeys Saga, MF Erler, single mother

Voices in the Past: Journeys Beyond the Peaks (The Journeys Saga) by M.F. Erler

May 27, 2021 by SF Parrott Leave a Comment

Voices in the Past, Journeys Saga by M.F. Erler
Available from FSP Bookstore, Amazon, B&N and everywhere books are sold

In this historical fiction novel, thirteen-year-old Cinda Parker knows she and her brother Ian have a special mental connection. When a mysterious stranger, Lexi, arrives from the future, they realize they are more than typical mid-twenty-first century children. [Read more…] about Voices in the Past: Journeys Beyond the Peaks (The Journeys Saga) by M.F. Erler

Filed Under: Authors, Books, Christian, Science Fiction & Fantasy Tagged With: author, book series, Christian fiction, Creative memoir, FSPauthor, Journeys Saga, MF Erler, time-travel

Where All Worlds End, Book 7, The Peaks Saga

July 16, 2020 by SF Parrott Leave a Comment


Martina’s past and her depressions have come back to haunt her, even though she should be content to see her time-traveling daughter, Celestia, married to Laken Meta, a Time Portal Guardian. Instead she flees to The System, putting herself and all her family in jeopardy.

Will they be able to get her back, despite the dangers they all face? Will Dain and his younger brother, Evin, two teens from present day Earth, be able to help–with their special GAP-crossing abilities? [Read more…] about Where All Worlds End, Book 7, The Peaks Saga

Filed Under: Christian, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Self Publishing Authors Tagged With: adventure, christian, Christian fiction, dragon, fantasy, FSPauthor, MF Erler, new release, Teen fiction, time-travel, West Wind Press, Young Adult fiction

Beyond the World, Book 6, The Peaks Saga

May 20, 2020 by SF Parrott Leave a Comment

Celestia, daughter of Jon and Martina has been taught well by her Gap-crosser father. Like him, she has learned to leap the Galactic Antipaterminal Passage across space and time. But she has also committed herself to the True Lord and to use her power to help others in need, whether physical or spiritual. [Read more…] about Beyond the World, Book 6, The Peaks Saga

Filed Under: Christian, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Teen & Young Adult Tagged With: adventure, christian, Christian fiction, dragon, fantasy, FSPauthor, MF Erler, new release, time-travel, West Wind Press

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