John Temple was a ten years old cabin boy when he sailed to Liverpool, England with his disgraced father. His father found redemption and fame exalting him to prominence among the English as a great sailing captain. On his eighteenth birthday, John returns to America to attend the Virginia Military Institute in Virginia, in an effort to find his own identity and reestablish his roots in America. Once there, he soon finds himself embroiled in a pre-Civil War counterfeiting plot that manages to also involve his father on the other side of the ocean. Mixed in among all this intrigue and espionage is a fiery redheaded female by the name of Carol Hatcher and her twin brother Jimmie who gets dragged into John Temple’s game of life and death. Love and danger come together like two sides of the same coin as the threesome navigate rough waters together. Can John really make his mark, without putting his friends in harm’s way? The only way to find out for sure is to grab an overnight bag and come aboard as this lusty adventure unfolds before you like the rambunctious wandering of a pirates treasure map.

I was born in Texas, and still live there...enough said.  Among great Texas authors, I see myself merely as the trusted old yellow farm dog who likes to think he’s part of the family but lacking a real pedigree. While pedigrees are important to some, Mark Twain didn’t have one, so I feel that puts me in pretty good company as storyteller’s go.  Just like Twain, I like to write about the common and uncommon people who live among us, because there is much we can learn from them as they grapple with the unexpected twists and turns life offers up.  While some lives can inspire us to greatness, others serve as warning buoys as they go crashing against the rocks on the sea of life.  If you really want to know me, then pour yourself a hot cup of coffee and read one of my books.  Lots of folks do and tell me I’m pretty good at spinning a yarn, but only you can decide that for yourself.  So there you have it, a little of who I am and as vague as I can possibly make it.  Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a little work to do putting the finishing touches on my next book.  Adios.

Emilee's Secret

Kiko's Honor

Texas Man

Arlon Davis

Wise Publications

Page Count: 218

6x9 Paperback

Published in 2020

ISBN: 978-1-952005-09-1