Love, Loss, and Honor Volume II: The Palouse

Written by Herbert Wiens

Narrated by Kim Owens

Her physical injuries from escaping a serial killer barely healed, Karen Williams-Schmidt becomes a war hero’s widow. Now dealing with not only PTSD but also debilitating guilt for cheating on her husband while he was alive, she is trying to provide a stable life for her children. Karen uproots her family and moves to the Washington state Palouse region to start a medical clinic with her best friend Josie Bennett. Just when the clouds begin to part, demons both recent and from a far distant past arrive to haunt her. Will her past mistakes endanger her friends and family? Will Karen ever be able to provide a happy future for her family?

Believing he died violently in 1574 Antwerp, will a confused Pieter be able to cope in the modern American Pacific Northwest? Can he overcome his shortcomings within present-day society and find his way to reunification with a long-lost love? Sometimes, a circuitous path leads to the desired destination — sometimes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: H.P. Waterhouse Publishing
• Release date: Apr 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9798987879641

Herbert Wiens

Herbert Wiens is the grandson of the two volume "They Have Conquered" lead character, Gerhardt. Having been raised around these heroic people, he knows intimately the stoicism and macabre gallows sense of humor this generation needed to survive. Born into a large blue collar family, Herbert Wiens was raised to value the rewards gained from hard work. Starting the summer after first grade, he tagged along with his older sisters as they boarded the "Bean Bus" at dawn to pick berries and string beans in Oregon's Willamette Valley. From then on, he never failed to have an after (or before) school job to help with family expenses. In high school, he started working on North Idaho ranches. In college, he fought forest fires in the summer and started working nights in a sawmill to pay tuition. His college experience was interrupted by a non-negotiable invitation from Uncle Sam, requesting his presence for the next few years in an all expenses paid, Vietnam era, tour of the world. Upon discharge, not having anything else better to do until he decided upon a future, he returned to the sawmill. Life got in the way for the next twenty years. Then, he became a small businessman for the next twenty. Now, he is spending his time using a keyboard to torture editors.