My Novels
Matt McLaren was only a boy when Indians killed his parents and
kidnapped his three-year-old sister. Blaming himself for the tragedy, Matt
sets out on a journey of the heart to find little Mandy. He doesn’t get far,
however, before he’s held as a virtual slave by a cruel innkeeper. Sick and
barely alive,
he’s rescued by a kindly old man who takes him in and teaches him the
rudiments of survival in the wilderness.
When the vengeful innkeeper guns the old man down, Matt kills him. On the
run and still seeking his sister, he heads through the Cumberland Gap into
the Can-tuc-kee Indian Territory, where he joins a group of adventurous long
hunters. He plans to amass enough skins to buy land and make a home for
him and Mandy. But fate steps in. Mat is captured by Indians.
After weeks in captivity he escapes at last, and learns a great deal more
about survival. He returns through the Gap to the Virginia frontier, where he
helps settle the rugged, majestic land he has come to love. Ultimately, he
learns what “home” really is … and where it resides.
kidnapped his three-year-old sister. Blaming himself for the tragedy, Matt
sets out on a journey of the heart to find little Mandy. He doesn’t get far,
however, before he’s held as a virtual slave by a cruel innkeeper. Sick and
barely alive,
he’s rescued by a kindly old man who takes him in and teaches him the
rudiments of survival in the wilderness.
When the vengeful innkeeper guns the old man down, Matt kills him. On the
run and still seeking his sister, he heads through the Cumberland Gap into
the Can-tuc-kee Indian Territory, where he joins a group of adventurous long
hunters. He plans to amass enough skins to buy land and make a home for
him and Mandy. But fate steps in. Mat is captured by Indians.
After weeks in captivity he escapes at last, and learns a great deal more
about survival. He returns through the Gap to the Virginia frontier, where he
helps settle the rugged, majestic land he has come to love. Ultimately, he
learns what “home” really is … and where it resides.
Brenda Maxwell’s new interior design client
tells her to “paint, wallpaper, whatever” his
hundred-year-old landmark mansion, “but for God’
s sake, don’t go overboard.” When she figures her
grandiose plans will fit handily into his edict’s
“whatever” section, she launches them into a
constant head-bumping mode.
Brenda’s poor money management skills (that’
s his view, but what does he know?) and lawyer
David Hasbrough’s ridiculous need to control her
life (that’s her well-reasoned evaluation of the
situation) combine to keep the battle going. Add a
dollop of “the other woman’s" interference, throw in
secrets about the house and both their pasts, fold
in a dab of parental abuse and a pinch of good old-
fashioned mistrust, and you have a recipe for
disaster. Is this couple’s romantic goose cooked?
Well, he is a great guy. Headstrong, maybe, but
she can’t be near him without sparks flying and
goose bumps popping out everywhere.
Yet–well, that mansion has to be done right!
tells her to “paint, wallpaper, whatever” his
hundred-year-old landmark mansion, “but for God’
s sake, don’t go overboard.” When she figures her
grandiose plans will fit handily into his edict’s
“whatever” section, she launches them into a
constant head-bumping mode.
Brenda’s poor money management skills (that’
s his view, but what does he know?) and lawyer
David Hasbrough’s ridiculous need to control her
life (that’s her well-reasoned evaluation of the
situation) combine to keep the battle going. Add a
dollop of “the other woman’s" interference, throw in
secrets about the house and both their pasts, fold
in a dab of parental abuse and a pinch of good old-
fashioned mistrust, and you have a recipe for
disaster. Is this couple’s romantic goose cooked?
Well, he is a great guy. Headstrong, maybe, but
she can’t be near him without sparks flying and
goose bumps popping out everywhere.
Yet–well, that mansion has to be done right!
Kim Howell, who is busy trying to beat the prom date deadline for finishing
sewing dresses for three of her classmates, becomes an unlikely victim of a
spanking new sewing machine run amok! It doesn’t take long before she
realizes the sewing machine didn’t come alone, and those that accompany the
machine are living in her closet. While those who love her wonder if she’s lost
her mind, Kim finds the prom will have an ugly side to it, unless she can
somehow find a way to change the course of fate.
Will Kim be able to redirect the course of events at the prom and change the
world? Or will she become a victim to something far more sinister than a wacked
out machine?
sewing dresses for three of her classmates, becomes an unlikely victim of a
spanking new sewing machine run amok! It doesn’t take long before she
realizes the sewing machine didn’t come alone, and those that accompany the
machine are living in her closet. While those who love her wonder if she’s lost
her mind, Kim finds the prom will have an ugly side to it, unless she can
somehow find a way to change the course of fate.
Will Kim be able to redirect the course of events at the prom and change the
world? Or will she become a victim to something far more sinister than a wacked
out machine?
| Novels written by Don McNair. Proof of his editing expertise. |
| The Long Hunter |
| Mystery at Magnolia Mansion |
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| *Named "EPPIE Finalist" in Young Adult category by EPIC,the organization for online publishers! |
-----------------------------------ROMANCE---------------------------------
When Erica Phillips visits choice inherited property on a Cumberland
Plateau knob overlooking a beautiful valley, she finds scientist Mike
Callahan camped there to study unique, fireflies which flash together. She
needs to sell it fast to buy a new building for her antiques business, but he
freaks out when a condo builder offers her a contract. Miffed, she tells him,
"If I have my way, this place will be sold within the week. And, Mr. Callahan, I
will have my way!"
Their budding romance is up for grabs as they realize her father was
murdered, not killed in an accident as she was told. While she struggles
with that she distrusts Mike’s romantic motives, and he believes he can
never find love. They fight through these problems as they identify, pursue,
and subdue his killers, then view the remarkable rare insects and finally
realize their love is forever.
Plateau knob overlooking a beautiful valley, she finds scientist Mike
Callahan camped there to study unique, fireflies which flash together. She
needs to sell it fast to buy a new building for her antiques business, but he
freaks out when a condo builder offers her a contract. Miffed, she tells him,
"If I have my way, this place will be sold within the week. And, Mr. Callahan, I
will have my way!"
Their budding romance is up for grabs as they realize her father was
murdered, not killed in an accident as she was told. While she struggles
with that she distrusts Mike’s romantic motives, and he believes he can
never find love. They fight through these problems as they identify, pursue,
and subdue his killers, then view the remarkable rare insects and finally
realize their love is forever.
| Mystery on Firefly Knob |
| In this romantic comedy, young hairdresser BJ Stalnaker parlays her half of modest lottery winnings into an international hairdo business, thanks to her novel “wheel” business concept and financing from admiring local businessmen. Husband Milo’ s new franchise schemes, meanwhile, go into the dumper. But his recently-departed daddy said Milo was supposed to earn ALL his family’s bread! A wedge is thus driven between the two, until they’re re- united in a heartwarming conclusion by a wheel-shaped church, a “hairdo from heck,” actions of an oddball set of characters, and separate epiphanies. |
| BJ, Milo, and the HAIRDO FROM HECK |
| -----------------------------------YOUNG ADULT------------------------------------- |
| -------------------------SHORT STORY COLLECTION------------------------- |
Don McNair spent forty years writing for others, but at night he wrote fiction
for pleasure. This book presents his favorite short stories, never before
published.
THE MAN ON THE PARK BENCH: What were the dark secrets from his past? And his future?
BEULAH'S GLOW-IN-THE-DARK JESUS: He was such a nice boy, educated and all. And
Beauregard was gone…
BROTHERLY LOVE: Jack’s big brother had just gotten out of prison and the police were
already hounding him. If someone didn’t help him, he’d go right back.
HEROES ON PARADE: A parade wasn’t even scheduled. But there it was, and only she and
Margaret could see it.
HOME IN TIME: Carl Nichols might be in his nineties, but maybe he could still save his parents.
THE CHIPMUNK SIGN: Farmer Ben O’Malley finally visited the ritzy sister who’d abandoned
him and their father years ago. But he sure wasn’t expecting this.
THE CLOSET APPRENTICE: Where do old sayings come from? This retiring “old sayings”
professional is ready to explain it all to his new apprentice.
THE GREEN BRIDESMAID DRESS: That dress was sure purty and all. But would it do what
it was supposed to?
THE LIAISON: Richard Smith was ready for a midlife fling. Or was he?
THE MERIT BADGE: If Don had earned that merit badge fifty years ago, his life would
probably have turned out a whole lot different.
THE OLD FURNITURE POLISH WAREHOUSE: When Stacey Jenkins’ mother ran away
with the chemical salesman thirty years ago, she didn’t get far.
THE QUARANTINE BOAT: 1770’s pioneer Aaron Reeder thought he knew what love for his
young daughter was, until he ran into problems going west on the Tennessee River flotilla to settle
the land.
DELIVERANCE AT LAST: If God Couldn’t save him, he’d have to do it himself.
for pleasure. This book presents his favorite short stories, never before
published.
THE MAN ON THE PARK BENCH: What were the dark secrets from his past? And his future?
BEULAH'S GLOW-IN-THE-DARK JESUS: He was such a nice boy, educated and all. And
Beauregard was gone…
BROTHERLY LOVE: Jack’s big brother had just gotten out of prison and the police were
already hounding him. If someone didn’t help him, he’d go right back.
HEROES ON PARADE: A parade wasn’t even scheduled. But there it was, and only she and
Margaret could see it.
HOME IN TIME: Carl Nichols might be in his nineties, but maybe he could still save his parents.
THE CHIPMUNK SIGN: Farmer Ben O’Malley finally visited the ritzy sister who’d abandoned
him and their father years ago. But he sure wasn’t expecting this.
THE CLOSET APPRENTICE: Where do old sayings come from? This retiring “old sayings”
professional is ready to explain it all to his new apprentice.
THE GREEN BRIDESMAID DRESS: That dress was sure purty and all. But would it do what
it was supposed to?
THE LIAISON: Richard Smith was ready for a midlife fling. Or was he?
THE MERIT BADGE: If Don had earned that merit badge fifty years ago, his life would
probably have turned out a whole lot different.
THE OLD FURNITURE POLISH WAREHOUSE: When Stacey Jenkins’ mother ran away
with the chemical salesman thirty years ago, she didn’t get far.
THE QUARANTINE BOAT: 1770’s pioneer Aaron Reeder thought he knew what love for his
young daughter was, until he ran into problems going west on the Tennessee River flotilla to settle
the land.
DELIVERANCE AT LAST: If God Couldn’t save him, he’d have to do it himself.
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