NOW AVAILABLE: The Mystery of Margaret Shepherd

In the early years of the trails of tears, a Quapaw chief asked an Ozarks minister to start a mission so all their children could learn and none would have to be sent away to boarding school anymore. When the government failed to provide the funding, local churches supplied the need. In a world that perceives sharing one's faith as an act of aggression and increasingly condemns missionaries and blames them for the sins of their respective governments, I felt it was important to provide a more truthful representation of such humble, self-sacrificing people. This is why Samuel Shepherd fills such a role in my latest novel. But the story, as you will learn, isn't about him... 

I am so pleased to share The Mystery of Margaret Shepherd with you in a continuation of The Shepherd Chronicles which follows a family of believers across generations. Here is a description:

A storm is brewing over Lost Valley. At its heart is a mystery spanning centuries. 

1835: Mina, a young woman of The Downstream People, is uprooted from her home and forced to journey far upstream with her tribe to an unfamiliar land. She will face difficulties, dangers and lurking enemies before a trio of unlikely allies alters the course of her life, transforming it into the stuff of legend.

2009: After a shocking accident incapacitates their friend, Benny Shepherd and Lucy Wheeler take comfort reading the stories of Mina, unaware of just how closely their lives are intertwined. The intersection of their history holds the key to unlock a mystery that threatens their friends and family, if the legends are true, but in Lost Valley, when it rains, it pours. With Benny and Lucy deluged by a flood of troubles and trials, will they discover the secret in time?   

Springtime in the Ozarks delivers peculiar adventures, forbidden love, quaint traditions, encounters with quirky friends and showdowns with dastardly villains in this second entry into The Shepherd Chronicles series.

Leap into this intriguing follow up to the groundbreaking novel, The Diary of Daniel Shepherd, from author Jerry Schultz.

Here is a link to the BOOK TRAILER: The Mystery of Margaret Shepherd

You can preview 4 chapters of this work of Christian Fiction and pick up your own copy here: AMAZON: The Mystery of Margaret Shepherd