Patrice Wayne: 5 books

Texan Isaac Barclay thinks the South isn’t all it has been rumored to be. There’s a definite shortage of moonlight and magnolias. He’s yet to meet any Southern Belles, and he’s not sure he’ll survive the Civil War. But, when the Confederate troops fall back into the sleepy town of Vicksburg,...

There’s nothing Oklahoma farmer Henry Mink won’t do for his family—even turn to crime out of desperation. With his daddy dead, Henry’s the man of the house for his mother and four younger siblings. No rain in the summer of 1933 brings more bad news. When the local banker wants the mortgage...

Widowed by the Great War, Maude Whitney is lonely living in the isolated Ozark valley. Life in the rambling old homestead with her young son proves to be more difficult than she imagined, even with her brother-in-law, Harry’s help. Maude doesn’t mourn the husband she lost, not when she realized...

December 7, 1941 changed everything in high school teacher Bette Sullivan’s small town world. The attack on Pearl Harbor brought war and a new Army base just outside her community. Soldiers arrived from everywhere including Private Benjamin (Benny) Levy from Brooklyn, New York. Their chance meeting...

When Lorraine Ryan decided she wanted to pursue her long standing dream of flight, she sashayed out onto the local air strip in 1925. Although most of the fellows heckled her, Guy Richter, a former World War I flying ace, offers to teach her. He nicknames her "Angel" and before long she's...