Rising Hills and Sinking Valleys
What were the real reasons that kept Emma Smith from migrating West with the main body of the Saints after her husband was murdered?
What became of the children and why was Joseph’s posterity estranged from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for so many generations? One descendant and convert to the Church shares her story, opening the door of understanding that has been lacking since 1844.
A Martyr’s Path
In A Martyr’s Path, Kimberly Jo Smith takes you on a photographical and lyrical journey through the lives of her second great grandparents, Joseph and Emma Smith. Colorful scenes and poems weave a story of human strife and a never ending story of love.
The Warrior’s Path: The Struggle Between Spiritual Self and Natural Man
The Warrior’s Path is an epic narrative poem that conveys the importance of discernment when making choices. Often we find ourselves in the struggle of strength versus vice, the balance of which is determined by our choices. In The Warrior’s Path, a man struggles to overcome the weight of darkness and its influence. Even when he knows which choice would be best, he is easily taken in by a darkened mist that offers the easy way. Even though his spirit is guiding him, he must make a choice, which will determine who he is and what he will become.
Divergent Paths: A Book of Verse
Kimberly Jo Smith has a unique way with words that walk readers through intricate stanzas, telling thought provoking and tender stories. Divergent Paths examines the journey of life and the impact of joys and sorrows as well as light and darkness.These verse poems range in content from dealing with depression to making wise choices, finding peace in a world of chaos, spirituality, and an epic narrative about the journey of life. Each poem is unique in its own right. Some are witty and fun, others make you pause and think. Every path in this volume seeks to carry the heart to a special place, where the soul can be enriched and filled with insight.
Shadows of the Ancient Wood
After years of exile, Richard Carlisle and his family have been called back to Heatherfield Hall. For Richard’s daughter, Grace, walking back through those doors would open a memory of evil and death she had sought long to forget. Though she emerges from the carriage to face the looming estate with uncertainty, Grace had not anticipated a future friendship with the gardener’s son, Jonathan McCarter, a native of Scotland who would win her heart and drive away her demons. Though the slaying of demons has its price, Jonathan would have Grace Carlisle at any cost. Their forbidden love will change everything, exposing all secrets and altering the lives of many, placing the McCarter family at odds with their own lineage. With a Revolutionary War looming across the sea in the colonies, directions once thought solid and sure are about to take divergent paths at the whim of fate.