Marty Roppelt: 5 books

A cold late December night approaches on Cleveland’s West Side. Joe Kovacs and his kin work hard to satisfy customers at their family bakery. The Holidays are here, and business is lively. Divine forces help a diverse cast of characters touch each others' lives at the humble shop.In...

Tom Clinton hurries to Sandra Baxter's annual Christmas Holiday bash. The party promises to be a special one - Sandra hinted so in her invitation.Clinton plans to make sure of it with a marriage proposal to his hostess.The confident businessman stops at a small family bakery along...

A cold early December night approaches on Cleveland’s West Side. Joe Kovacs and his kin work hard to satisfy customers at their family bakery. The Holidays are here, and business is lively.​The last customer to enter the bakery leaves a gift for the Kovacs family. The simple gift impacts more...

Ruth Beck's holiday season got brighter with her oncologist's "cancer free" diagnosis. But strange, anonymous text messages start trickling in to her phone. Alone and disturbed by the mysterious messages, Ruth connects on a busy street with Gabe, the trumpeter and leader of the Helping Hands...

The Kreutz Family Christmas unfolds in much the same way every year, just as it does for many other American families.​But the drive from church to home - and the traditional feast - becomes more than the usual raucous ride down Holiday Memory Lane this Christmas. The familiar journey will change...