Novels

AN EARLIER HEAVEN (by D.W. Marchwell)

It’s been almost a year since William lost his parents and left the only life he knew for a new home in Canada.  But now there’s nothing William loves more than being with his two new dads.  His uncle Jerry McKenzie adopted him and then married David Loewenberger, and William is learning what it means to be part of a family.

But despite all the love and care the two men lavish on him, William is still lonely.  It isn’t until he meets Cory, a high school student who is helping coach his soccer team, that William begins to think about what it would be like to have a brother.  Little does he know that he might just get his wish, but first William will learn some very important lessons about love and loss.

GOOD TO KNOW (by D.W. Marchwell)

Jerry McKenzie is a reclusive and antisocial artist, quite content to ride his horses and work in his studio, keeping to himself.  It’s not any kind of life for a child, and when Jerry finds out he’s been named his orphaned nephew’s guardian, he panics.  He doesn’t know what to do with a child and isn’t sure he can give William the affection and the love the boy so desperately needs.

Then Jerry meets David Loewenberger, the new teacher William becomes immediately attached to, and he starts to see how they could make a family together:  a family to replace the one William lost, a family David had given up on ever finding…a family Jerry never knew he wanted.

SINS OF THE FATHER (by D.W. Marchwell)

While volunteering to help prisoners earn their high school equivalency, Charlie Kirby meets Caleb Farmer, who asks his help to write a letter to his long-lost son, Junior, to make amends.  Touched by Caleb’s story, Charlie agrees to help.

When Charlie manages to track down Junior, he discovers the man has long since changed his name to James Marshall and wants absolutely nothing to do with his father.  Charlie understands James’ anger; Charlie spent most of his adolescence trying to convince his own incarcerated father to see him, but his father always pushed him away.  Now, Charlie has nothing but regret for the past and the lost opportunities, and he wants to spare James the same fate.

But Charlie’s attempts to help James forgive and forget become complicated by feelings he hasn’t experienced since the death of his husband.  For them to have any chance at finding happiness, James will have to end his self-imposed emotional isolation, but will Charlie’s efforts bring James closer or push him further away?

FALLING (by D.W. Marchwell)

When Scott Alan gets a phone call that his brother was hurt on a logging job, he rushes to Brian’s side, only to find that his injuries are minor – but not before he meets Hank Ballam, an adrenaline-seeking logger who’s an outcast among his co-workers.

Hank is a a study in contrast:  he lives for the rush of climbing and cutting trees almost as much as he loves the peace he finds exploring the mountains he calls home.  Scott’s attraction to Hank is immediate and mind-blowing, and it’s what Scott has always wanted:  to know what it’s like to love someone he can’t live without.

Scott needs to know if Hank’s true feelings will be a roar of passion or simply a quiet friendship, one that doesn’t match Scott’s devotion.  But it may be too late… Scott simply can’t help himself from falling hard for Hank.