Caryl McAdoo Books in Order

This regional guide surveys antique shops, malls and flea markets across North Texas. Maps, brief descriptions and ratings for selection, quality and price help both newcomers and experienced collectors plan shopping trips and compare destinations.

More than two hundred recipes from forty-one Texas firefighters accompany profiles of the people who cook them. McAdoo explores firehouse kitchens and working lives, combining practical dishes with personal accounts of service, danger, humor, and life among fellow firefighters.

A childhood encounter in Haiti leaves Richard Blackwell haunted by a sinister presence. When it threatens his adult life and relationship, he must return to confront the source of the evil pursuing him.

Returning from a bombing mission over Japan, an American pilot runs out of fuel over the Pacific. A rescue attempt creates another disaster, leaving three men struggling to survive in a raft intended for one.

Texas Ranger Levi Baylor helps free Sassy Nightengale and her young son after years of captivity. As they travel home, love develops between them, but her existing marriage and his sense of duty stand in the way of their future.

New York novelist May Meriwether travels to Texas to research a Ranger for her next book. Meeting a widower revives her hopes of marriage, but his enduring grief and their conflicting beliefs challenge the unexpected romance taking shape between them.

Wealthy recluse W. G. Preston devises a competition to choose his wife, eliminating one candidate each month. As women with competing hopes and hidden histories vie for his affection, the search for love becomes an unpredictable contest.

Widow Susannah Baylor hires veteran Patrick Henry Buckmeyer to help carry her cotton to market in frontier Texas. Traveling with her daughter and nephew, she faces dangerous roads and unexpected attraction, while differences in faith complicate their growing bond.

Henry Buckmeyer's daughters promise never to hurt him as their older sister did, then face his rigid rules when suitors arrive. As each girl struggles with love and growing independence, the family must navigate competing hopes for their futures.

Weather presenter turned sports reporter Samantha Danielle becomes involved with gifted baseball pitcher George Herman Walter Johnson. Their unlikely relationship develops under public scrutiny, as conflicting expectations and beliefs about God's plan threaten to keep the couple apart.

Christian singer Mary Esther Robbins returns home and encounters Samuel Levi Baylor, a childhood friend separated from her by tragedy twenty years earlier. Their reunion offers another chance at connection as old memories and their shared faith shape the future.

Mary Rachel defies her father to marry Caleb Wheeler and follow him to California. Betrayal and violence shatter her expectations, leaving the young mother searching for safety, redemption, and a love she can trust across the expanding American frontier.

A practical guide to writing fiction explains tools including hooks, viewpoint, dialogue, characterization and active prose. Examples and accessible discussions help writers recognize weaknesses in their manuscripts and develop greater control over the stories they want to tell.

When a sudden collapse disables electrical equipment and brings planes down, fifteen-year-old Jackson Allison must protect his younger siblings. Leaving their Irving apartment, they set out on foot for their grandparents' home, more than 150 miles away.

To comfort her dying father, Faith Johnson promises to marry the first man who meets her seemingly impossible requirements. When preacher Asa Davidson arrives after hearing about the promise, Faith must decide whether this unexpected proposal could lead to love.

A lonely widow travels west hoping to adopt an orphan, only to meet a grieving man heading east. Their unexpected attraction offers companionship, but his anger toward God and her religious convictions create a divide neither knows how to cross.

A stolen kiss draws Lacey Rose and Charley together, but war and a troubling letter separate them. As she flees to New York and he serves the Confederacy, unexpected obligations test their loyalty and their chance to find each other again.

In 1928 Georgia, a formerly enslaved Black man is accused of killing his white half brother. His lawyer must uncover a family history reaching back to slavery while fighting the racism that threatens to make his trial a foregone conclusion.

Revival singer Buddy Nightingale falls for Sandra Harris, whose father rejects Buddy's Pentecostal faith. Their attraction sets personal desire against family expectations, while Buddy's struggle with temptation threatens the future he hopes to build with her.

A family crisis and a dying request send Crockett and his sister Charlotte toward lives neither expected. Moving between New York society, a Texas ranch, and Alaska, they face divided loyalties and the difficult consequences of promises made to loved ones.

Evelyn marries Nathaniel against her parents' wishes, hoping love can bridge their differences in faith. As he becomes a minister, their changing lives raise new questions about conviction and commitment, interwoven with the stories Evelyn writes herself.

Deception drives a group of families to leave sharecropping behind and seek land in Texas. Their covered-wagon journey tests friendships, young love, and their hopes of building a shared future in an unfamiliar and dangerous wilderness.

This biblical novel imagines the life of Abishag, the young woman who became King David's last queen and then part of Solomon's inheritance. Her devotion unfolds amid royal relationships, spiritual questions, and the building of the first temple.

John David Nightingale embraces his grandfather's faith despite the religious heritage of his mother's family. With Vietnam looming and Hannah Claire offering love, he must decide what sacrifices answering a powerful call to ministry will demand of him.

Travis Buckmeyer reveals a secret son to Emma Lee, who has endured years of miscarriages. Bringing the troubled boy home challenges the couple’s marriage as they confront hurt, mistrust, and the difficult work of becoming a family.

Eighteen years after their separation, Cody Buckmeyer and Cindy meet again while working toward a congressional seat. Their shared political goal offers a chance to reconnect, but jealousy and memories of betrayal challenge their hopes of leaving the past behind.

Newly married Hannah Claire follows David to missionary work in Nigeria, expecting to stay only two years. Caring for an orphan gives her new ties to the country, while violence threatens their marriage, their work, and the family they are building.

Four families drawn by the promise of free Texas land struggle to establish homes and livelihoods. Romantic rivalries, bereavement, young children, and frontier dangers complicate their determination to build a stable community together.

Best friends Charity and Arlene fall for the same man as Texas faces a choice about its own future. Family pressure, differing beliefs, and another suitor turn their competing hopes into a test of friendship and faith.

Greed and deception unsettle the Lowell House hotel, drawing proprietor Morgan Lowell into an investigation. With help from his wife Charity and an old military friend, he recognizes the scheme but must find a way to prove it.

Charity follows the man she loves toward California after his mother's interference separates them. Morgan offers help along the journey, but his growing affection raises the possibility that the future she seeks is beside her already.

Middle-aged chef Quincy and young socialite Priscilla seem an unlikely romantic match. Encouraged by friends and family, they explore whether affection and faith can bridge their differences, with his young daughter adding complications of her own.

Business partners Aaron and Rich fight on opposing sides of the Civil War while the women who love them remain behind. Their families confront fear, jealousy, and regret as friendship and faith are tested by years of separation.

A skull with a hatchet lodged in it draws four friends into a mystery in the river bottoms. Morgan Lowell investigates with a celebrated dime novelist while Charity's plans for another book threaten to pull her into the case.

Autumn Hope believes a dream has revealed the timber worker she is meant to marry and travels to find him. Sean, still wounded by lost love, struggles to trust a stranger whose knowledge of his life seems impossible.

Enoch Lowell and his friend Gus drive cattle toward Kansas, hoping to make a profit and establish their independence. Encounters on the prairie challenge their expectations, testing promises, friendship, and the futures they imagined for themselves.

As violence spreads, Jackson, his friend Al, and Aria struggle to protect their community in Red River County. Guided by Uncle Roy and biblical teachings, they confront threats to survival while Jackson continues questioning whether he can believe in God.

With the world at war, Jackson leaves Red River County to rescue his missing mother. His planned journey becomes increasingly complicated as other children need help, testing his ability to lead and his uncertainty about the faith sustaining those around him.

A reporter is shot before a crowd at the Cow Palace, yet no witness identifies the killer. Morgan and Charity investigate amid political corruption, finding that solving the crime may depend on a struggle over Texas's next governor.

In 1875 Dallas, seventeen-year-old friends Maisie Lowell and Rayne St. Laurent have grown up amid hotel life and privilege. As romance and adulthood approach, they struggle to choose futures beyond the expectations of their parents.

This biblical novella imagines the interval between Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. Drawing on scriptural clues, it explores judgment, the realm of the dead and the promise of redemption through a fictional account of those three days.

Widow Blaire Beechy sells her possessions to take her children to California during the gold rush. A wagon master’s rule against unaccompanied women demands a difficult choice before the family can begin its dangerous journey west.

After crossing the continent, Ambrose Lee and Blaire build a hotel in gold rush Auburn. Their new community brings fresh difficulties, while William Farnsworth’s return to England creates troubles that reach across the ocean.

Country girl Alexandria Bell unexpectedly inherits a share in a Dallas newspaper. Learning the business exposes her to trouble and competing romantic possibilities as she tries to find her place in the city and its changing world.

Pioneers who reached California on successive wagon trains continue building lives in Auburn. As earlier arrivals and newcomers establish a growing community, family relationships and fresh challenges shape their efforts to make a lasting home.

David has spent years ministering while waiting to fulfill a vision he believes God gave him. As he and Hannah prepare for a new revival, closed doors and unexpected helpers test their faith and reshape the direction of their work.