Robert said, “It has actually been kind of boring around the county since you left.”  But that’s about to change.  Timmy is back for the summer of 1960 with more fun and excitement in this second installment of the Kentucky Summers series.  Author Tim Callahan brings back all the lovable characters from his first charming book The Cave, The Cabin, & The Tattoo Man and introduces a few new friends.  In Coty and the Wolfpack Timmy, James Ernest and two new friends form a club, The Wolfpack.  Secret meetings, a two day overnight hike and Timmy’s new pet, Coty, fill the pages with humor and hair rising adventures.  Timmy’s summation about their adventure is, “I learned two things.  I learned what true friends will do for each other…, and I learned that we have bears in the county.”  Stop and relax and read what fun it is to be a child.

"Most people have fond memories of visiting their grandparents, especially when life was not so hectic and farmers in communities loved and depended on each other. While spending the summer with his grandparents in Kentucky, ten-year-old Timmy experiences these times, but the community is put to the test when one of them is murdered. Timmy is faced with a decision that could mean life or death to them all. Can hiding the truth be a good thing? Can Timmy risk losing the trust he cherishes? Can he protect his loved ones as he learns to trust God? Author Tim Callahan has brought all emotions to the first of his Kentucky Summers series titled The Cave, the Cabin and the Tattoo Man. The book is filled with humorous characters, suspense and mystery along with heart-wrenching and touching moments. Join Timmy as he takes you through the summer months of 1959 in this very enjoyable and exciting adventure."

“Tim Callahan’s work is a treasure that will appeal to everyone, from the very young to the very old. It will make you laugh; make you cry; make you laugh so hard you cry; but you will not want to put the book down until Timmy says goodbye for the summer. Kentucky Summers: The Cave, the Cabin, and the Tattoo Man will forever leave its footprints on your heart and have you anxiously awaiting Timmy’s next summer vacation adventure.”

- Donna Elam

With nine years of marriage down the drain, Chicago native, Nick Stewart leaves the city behind in search of solitude. He heads for his most cherished place in the world to heal and live the rest of his life alone.  Little did Nick know, God’s plans were a little different from his own.

Sleepy Valley is a small mountain village in the heart of those Tennessee Smoky Mountains Nick loves. But instead of peace and quite, he can’t seem to stop from meeting everyone in the little mountain village. Within a week, he’s got two beautiful women chasing him, a new best friend, and a little puppy to boot. It seems Nick didn’t pick Sleepy Valley, but God picked the town for him, and what God has in store, Nick never could have imagined.

            Author Tim Callahan takes the reader on a journey through heartache, laughter and everything in between as Nick finds God’s healing through true love and true friendship in Sleepy Valley

Timmy’s life has changed. He is now living with his grandparent’s and attending the one-room school in Kentucky. Dark Days in Morgan County is the third installment in the popular Kentucky Summers series. Novelist Tim Callahan carves out a dramatic, suspenseful tale about a colored family that has moved into the Morgan County farm community in 1960.  Overcoming his initial fear, Timmy makes friends with the poor Henry Washington’s clan of six and introduces them to other families in the area.  Problem is – one man moved to Morgan County to keep his family from having to live near blacks and is determined to keep the area all white. Despite the difficult theme of the book, Tim Callahan has maintained the country wit and charm of the first two books while tackling racism and hatred. Spend a few evenings reading this important and entertaining story.

“Above Devil’s Creek”

Timmy’s life is changing again.  His mother has moved herself and Timmy’s sister, Janie, to Kentucky so they can be together again.  But during this fourth installment of the popular Kentucky Summers series, Above Devil’s Creek, she is having a change of heart.  Danger, weather and extraordinary country circumstances are convincing her that this is not the place to rear her children.  Timmy is trying his best to convince her otherwise but he is continually thrown into situations beyond his control that do just the opposite.  The Wolf Pack is at it again with thrilling and dangerous adventures and the twins, Delma and Thelma, are hoping they end in disaster for Timmy.  Country life, humor and warmth jump off the pages of Author Tim Callahan’s newest novel.  It will leave kids and adults with a smile and a longing for the next Kentucky Summer adventure.

“Come Home, Joe”

The Conroy family knows all their neighbors in the small subdivision of Lexington, Kentucky; that is, until Joe Hawkins moves into the old Hawkins farmhouse.

Joe is a gruff old man who doesn’t take kindly to his neighbors.  When twelve-year-old Kevin Conroy and his friend Belinda try to befriend him, they realize he isn’t mean, he’s frightened.

After four years as a POW in Vietnam, Joe was released and honorably discharged.  Traumatized by the events, Joe fled to the mountains instead of returning home.  Thirty-five years later, Joe comes home to his family’s farmhouse, but the world he returns to is much different from the one he left.  Reluctantly Joe begins to reenter society with the help of Kevin and Belinda, but will he be able to overcome the war within and accept the love this family offers him?

Over 58,000 Americans lost their lives in the Vietnam War that left a deep scar on this nation and on individual hearts.  Join Author Tim Callahan in honoring the Vietnam veterans in Come Home, Joe – an inspiring tale of compassion and love.

“As the author of 4 mystery novels myself, I am

continually impressed by how Tim weaves humor and

lightheartedness around such powerful topics as the Vietnam

War, racism, and hate; how some of our most basic beliefs

are presented in a way that is meaningful to readers

from kids to seasoned citizens.”

Bill Noel

Author of The Folly Beach Mysteries

Timmy & Susie & the Bootleggers’ Revenge

We were tied to the chairs again back to back. The three men spent an hour outside the cabin, discussing their plans. We could only catch bits and pieces of the conversation, nothing that we could piece together to tell us how long we had until the money was to be delivered. I sat there and wondered if they would really kill us if they didn’t get the money. I wondered if they would kill us even if they got the money.

Here Susie and I were, being held hostage. I knew that my mom, Mamaw and Papaw, and Susie’s parents had to be worried sick. I knew that they were trying to figure out how to get money to pay for our safe return. I wondered what the Wolf Pack was doing. I wondered who was praying for us.

Timmy and the Wolf Pack are back again, making the absolute most out of another Kentucky Summer. In this fifth installment to the series, Tim and Susie are kidnapped right out of the front of Timmy’s mom’s store, and while the grownups do their best to find them, it’s ultimately up to the Wolf Pack to figure out who took them and how to get them back.

Timmy & Susie & the Bootleggers’ Revenge is filled to the brim with all the humor, mystery, suspense, and heartwarming community togetherness you’ve come to expect from author Tim Callahan. Reunite with Timmy, Susie, Mamaw, Pawpaw, James Ernest, and so many other wonderful Kentucky Summer characters you’ve come to love in.