Doug Ball: 15 books

My daddy was a phony tent revival preacher that could not keep his hands off the till, women, or the bottle. When daddy was too drunk to stand up one night, he told me to do the preaching for him. A wild night of revelation, a deputy, a murder or two, and I became The Deacon. Oh, and there was a girl. Or, should I say, two?

This is a study in the Bible book of James. Some say James argued with Paul by declaring a different Gospel in this book. Read and make up your own mind,

Man is created by God and we are His creation, His Masterpiece. Sin has shattered the masterpiece into a bazillion pieces similar to a bazillion piece jigsaw puzzle. Can you imagine trying to put together one puzzle when the pieces are mixed with the pieces of a few billion other puzzles? This modern...

Fourth in the series of stand alone books. Arizona has a new governor. Everyone wants to try his mettle. The southern border gets bloody. Special investigator, Les Brown , known as Tan, and his crew are off and running. New boss, new problems, new member. The problem is who in the world is trying to start the border war all over again, and WHY?

Krissy is ready for a wedding and the happily ever after when out of nowhere come outlaws who kill her family in the worst of ways. As she seeks help from her husband-to-be she finds she is a widow before the wedding even begins. What's a girl to do? Vengeance. Throw in a Chinaman, a young orphan,...

It was just a small town in Arizona, but it was having large problems. Politics were complicated. Cows were being stolen. Drugs came in more often than clouds. Money was changing hands. Death stalked the high desert. Friends weren't really. Oh, yeah, there was romance in the air. Bottom line - all was not as tranquil as the Sheriff would like it.

Lone Tree is a small town and not much happens there until one day when two men ride up Other Street towing a third horse carrying a dead man tied across the saddle. The men, being in a hurry to get home after a long hunt, leave the burying to a man and his son. What they find on the body leads to...

Will worked hard all his life until he had a herd to sell. On the way everything was stolen; lock, stock, and barrel. He couldn't even find the fence posts when he returned home. A grizzled Army sergeant, a red head and her brother, a black horse, and time allowed him to recaptured it all. But,...

It's 1956 in the west. The days of gunfights and trail drives are over. Alex has a dream, a big dream for a boy with a drunk for a father, no mother, and no hope. The only thing for excitement in this town was riding an old burro, who didn't want to be messed with. All he wanted to be was...

Arizona, a land of beauty, racial diversity,and politics. Arizona, a land of poverty and great riches. Arizona is out of money. What happens now? The State has told the Federal Government they no long want the Federal dollars. They have taken control of their own destiny under the velvet collar of...

Arizona is still in trouble. Drug cartels this time. Join Tan, Les Brown, and the Governor in their third adventure together as they struggle to secure the border to the south and put an end tot he largest danger Arizona's people have ever faced. It's a wild ride, from the desert in the south to the beauty of the Red Rock country in the north, all to stop one man.

The Deacon, son of a now dead phony revival preacher, continues to struggle with challenges that conflict with all he believes and holds dear. The U. S. Army wants him to spy, a mine is being robbed, a man dies from wounds inflicted by person or persons unknown, Evelyn is kidnapped, Evelyn has a warrant...

Sequel to Gentle Rebellion. The rebellion continues as Alex struggles to learn what school never taught him about ranchin', dancin', and romancin', all tangled up in wolves, family, business, dams, rustlers, women, lawyers, and friends.

Arizona needs water to live. There is never enough water for the crops, the livestock, the mines, the people. What if there was a year when all the lakes filled up and the rain kept coming down? What if one man swore to destroy the Phoenix Metro area? How would he do it? Who could stop him? He only...