The Desert Store Series by Patsy Stanley
These are not fairy tales.
No one gets rescued with a kiss. No one's pain is erased with a wish. In The Desert Store Series, people come with damage that doesn't go away-and with courage that doesn't either.
At the center of it all is Cowboy Johnson, a man who's been done wrong from the start. Quiet, scarred, and spiritual, he now owns a renovated old store set atop a chakra of pure Goodness. The desert land itself calls people in. Wounded wanderers. Warriors in hiding. Women who've survived things they don't talk about. People who've walked too long roads of horror and are still learning how to sit down and rest.
They don't know it yet-but they're being gathered.
When the war between Good and evil rises again-and it will-it won't be angels in armor who defend the sacred. It will be people like PTSD Normane, the bitterly sanctified Mafia Sisters, Crooner Eddy, and William the Dude who hides his warrior self behind un-needed sacrifices. It will be the broken people in this series who choose, over and over again, to stand for something better.
This is a series for those brave enough to look suffering in the eye and still believe in redemption. For those who know love doesn't always feel sweet-but it's real. For readers who understand that soul is stronger than spine-tingles, and goodness is worth fighting for. Pick up Book One today. You won't be able to put it down-because some part of you has lived what these characters have. Let it be seen. Let it be recognized. Welcome to the Desert Store Series.
Patsy Stanley has written a series of metaphysical books-how energy works. as well as novels, children's books, and art books. Her books include the ongoing series dark and gritty real life "The Desert Store Series." in which many kinds of wounded characters show up at a desert store to fight for Good and destroy Evil. She illustrates many of her books. Her storytelling style is clean, to the point, gritty, and thought provoking.
With over 40 books covering a range of genres from fiction to non-fiction, her books include allegorical and darkly humorous whimsey, love stories for the desperate old who can't find love, and fascinating children's books. These books are filled with gritty unexpected turns and twists and truths, and all in the series are building towards a collision between Good and Evil. Lessons to be learned. Shared experiences. 318 pages, 6x9"