The Jumping Off Place

The Red Dress and The Crossroads. two stories I wrote many years ago grew into a novel. I wrote THE JUMPING-OFF PLACE about a fire in the same small town. It shook the whole community of Sweetwater especially the victims sister. Then Ollie investigated the fi re she encountered dangers she didnt see coming through two enemies even a brother who returned home to Sweetwater. The Pentecostal Church stood in the middle of Sweetwater and so did Galveston Hobbs a minister who didnt fl inch from addressing controversial subjects with his congregation only he didnt know about the greed that was rampant as two men sought their new fortunes.