High school senior Paige Booker wakes from a coma to find she now has the ability to read people’s emotions through touch. Playing a gypsy fortune teller at her 6th grade sister’s Halloween school carnival, she “reads” David DiGrazie’s palm and tells him the song he’s just written will become a million seller.

When Paige literally runs into a loner classmate in the cafeteria, she senses Marlene’s terror. Marlene jerks away and hurries out. Marlene is terrified, but Paige can’t tell why.
Paige’s relationship with David deepens and she convinces him to help her track Marlene and the overweight, undergroomed man who picks her up from school every day, the man Paige dubs The Perv.

In the days before Thanksgiving Marlene is absent from school, and Paige makes up her mind to forget Marlene and her problems and live like a normal teen. Except—Paige wakes on Thanksgiving and knows something is terribly wrong with Marlene. Now it’s up to Paige and David to find her before it’s too late. Order from Amazon

Nine skulls a remote clearing in the Black Hills outside have been placed in an incomplete circle. Ben Logan, chief of police, can only conclude that more children must die. But why? And when? Two local teens vanish, and rumors of a Satanic cult spread quickly. Ben finds the teens’ bodies, headless and hearts cut out. A silver medallion in the mud is the only clue to the killer. As

Ben chases rumors and reports, he’s suspended on a trumped-up charge lodged by a jealous officer. Unfettered by his badge, he follows his instincts, even when they flout the law.

Nightmares of slashing talons and a vanishing girl unlock a horrifying childhood secret, a secret Ben’s mind has blocked but his heart has not forgotten, and when two more children disappear, the nightmare becomes real. This taut procedural draws readers into the hearts and minds of two men, one who has chosen to uphold good and one who worships evil. Who will win? Order on Amazon

Love is many things to many people, and the lovers and others who inhabit these seven stories each have their own interpretations.
•A woman risks her marriage and motherhood to persuade her husband to return from his lover.
•A married woman keeps a corner of wilderness in both her heart and her land.
•In a small Iowa town during the Great Depression, a widow discovers passion after she rents a room in her home to a family of gypsies.
•An abused woman turns the tables on her lover.
•After her husband beats her to death, a woman takes her revenge from the afterlife.
•A woman who has chanced love again finds that it isn’t what it seems.
•A couple designs the perfect daughter through gene manipulation only to learn that Nature may have other plans. Order on Amazon

Christmas is a time for miracles, and in each of the stories in A Christmas Tale and Other Stories, wondrous things happen.

• A blizzard, a wreck, and two Samaritans show an estranged mother the way back to her children and to faith.

• Beggars outside an upscale L.A. church and a young girl teach the congregation the true meaning of Christmas.

• A girl encounters an angelic messenger after wishing on an heirloom ornament and learns her mother’s secret, a secret that has shaped both their lives.

• Ever-burning Christmas lights annoy Mrs. Emory’s neighbor, until the woman learns that Mrs. Emory’s son has been MIA for forty years. On Christmas Eve, both learn of the son’s death—and the eternality of the spirit.

• An unemployed laborer finds a fat wallet and a gray kitten during a snow storm. The money will make a memorable Christmas and a better life for his two children, but can he live with his conscience?

• A reticent legal secretary who attends the firm’s annual Christmas party discovers, with the help of a magical corsage, how her life has impacted people in the past and the present, but also learns that the future is hers to shape.

• A Scrooge-like CPA is pressed into service as an emergency foster parent just before Christmas. His two small charges prove that money is secondary to kindness and love. • An out-of-work drifter robbed and abandoned by a trucker is rescued by a passing Samaritan. When a disabled child disappears, he and the townsfolk search through a blizzard to find the boy. A mysterious voice leads him to the boy; his faith is restored.

• An old man confined to a nursing home is visited by guides who, through revisiting his past, show him that a hardened heart can be softened by empathy and unconditional love.• An upwardly mobile executive reconnects with her long-lost sister and children when she volunteers at a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving. When her sister contracts a potentially fatal infection, she realizes that family and love mean more than possessions.

• After a slip on the ice, a judgmental woman suddenly can “hear” others’ thoughts and learns hard lessons in empathy and understanding.• A widow takes her frustration and fear out on her three children, who must find a way to bring Mom back to them. (An early version of this story appeared in Grit magazine in 1998.)

• New bonus story: A misbehaving angel risks receiving his golden halo to save a child’s life.

Reviews of A Christmas Tale and Other Stories

“The magic of Christmas glimmers and shines in this vivid collection from writer Jan Weeks.” — Rick Hamlin, executive editor, Guideposts magazine

“If you love the holidays, you’ll enjoy Jan Week’s A Christmas Tale. Miracles, magic, and marvel fill each chapter with sweetness tastier than Santa’s candy canes. When it’s dreary, cold, and snowy, these shining star stories warm your winter.” — Cynthia Brian, New York Times best- selling author, TV/Radio personality/ Founder, Be the Star You Are!® charity.

“Scrooges beware. Jan Weeks’ collection of Christmas stories will melt even the hardest of hearts. Grab a cup of cocoa, snuggle into this book, and rediscover your holiday spirit.” — Lisa Earle McLeod, author of Finding Grace When You Can’t Even Find Clean Underwear and The Triangle of Truth.

“What a very inspiring collection of stories! After the first one, I was skeptical with the references to the supernatural, but Mrs. Emory’s story was heartwarming, and I was really hooked by ‘Scarlet Ribbons.’ It is my favorite! I also enjoyed ‘Miracle in the Desert,’ ‘The Audit,’ and ‘Lost and Found.’ a very intriguing group of stories for any time of year! Thank you for the pleasure of reading your book!” –Judge, Writers Digest 24th Annual Book Awards

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After a tragic accident claims the lives of Caitlin Morrisey’s parents, she must preserve the family ranch and support her brother, Jeff, and her sister, Linnie. Desperate to keep the family together, Caitlin turns an old barn into a bed and breakfast. Tony Black, a neighbor, offers to marry her, but she is determined to marry for love. Connor Devlin, another neighbor whose broken fence and wandering cattle caused the accident that killed her parents, offers to buy her out, but Caitlin furiously rejects the offer.

The Spring Hollow Guest Ranch is a rousing success, in spite of the mysterious fire that threatens the converted barn. Strange lights in the far pasture and a near-miss accident with a semitruck bother Caitlin. Even her growing attraction to Connor Devlin can’t erase her anxiety.

Around the campfire, Jeff recounts the legend of lost Spanish treasure to fascinated guests, and daydreams of finding it. But someone already has plans for the treasure and will stop at nothing to get it. Order on Amazon

In this collection of supernatural stories, you’ll meet:
• A blind, mentally challenged, crippled boy who can change the weather at will.
• A ghostly friend who saves the young narrator from a gruesome death with an unspoken warning.
• A man beset by humanoid beasts in a New Mexico forest when his van breaks down at dusk.
• A man so terrified of “them” that he takes extraordinary measures to remain safe during the dark hours, including murder.
• A mirror that shows a woman the worst sides of her guests’ natures during a housewarming party and the decisions she must make.
• A party of archaeologists discovers that an unknown tribe of natives is the least of their problems as they search for a Mayan temple deep in the jungle of Central America. Order on Amazon

A boring summer vacation turns into a hunt for a gang of antiquities thieves when eleven-year-old Zack Harris and his buddies discover a coded message hidden in an old oak tree.
Zack rallies Paprika, Stinky and twins Ricky and Randy to help solve the mystery. While examining the slip of paper at the Snack Shoppe, the boys notice Evan Zolotny, a new kid they’ve ignored because of his shabby appearance and not-so-shabby smarts. Zack decides to use Evan’s brains to help in deciphering the message. For Evan, it’s a piece of cake.
Evan and Zack become buddies, even though Paprika and the twins still view him with suspicion. As the gang discovers more coded messages, Evan’s skills become invaluable.
The museum is broken into, Indian artifacts are stolen, and Zack and Evan connect the mysterious messages with the thefts.
After trailing the crooks to their hideout in an abandoned house, Zack goes to the police, but they treat him like a pesky kid and ignore his information. Another museum robbery leaves a guard seriously injured, and the boys know it’s up to them to stop the crooks—no matter what.
Readers use the handy code manual in the back of the book to decipher the messages along with Zack and Crew. Order on Amazon