Courage, Love and the Meaning of Life: A Magical, Insightful, Adventure-Romance Novel [Paperback]

Shaun Roundy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 31, 2010

Dreams and wishes are dangerous things.

Spencer Cook is searching for the meaning of life, but time is running out. He is searching for love, and time is running out. He is frantically searching for a girl, lost somewhere out in a cold winter storm, and time is running out.

Lucky for him, Courage changes everything.

Follow Spencer through a magical, whirlwind Christmas vacation full of adventure, romance, and intense personal growth. You won't want to put the book down, and when you finish, your perspective of life and Christmas will change forever.

This book provides an extensive explanation of the Meaning of Life between the lines of a fast-paced, enjoyable, memorable novel.

The original version of this popular and engaging novel spent two years in Amazon.com's top 200 rankings. You can also find this book's holiday edition titled Courage, Love and the Meaning of Christmas at tinyurl.com/christmasbook.

You'll also enjoy the sequel, The Perfect Gift, packed with more surprises, insights, and moments that will make you want to stand up and shout "Hooray!"

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About the Author

Shaun Roundy earned an MA in English from Utah State University and taught writing there and at Utah Valley University for over a decade. He has published four books and various articles.

Shaun was born in New Jersey, then moved to Massachussettes, California and Brazil before settling in the Rocky Mountains in Logan, Utah. He later moved to Spain, Taiwan, China, and Utah Valley, as well as working and traveling in many other states and countries, including a five-week, 2,500 mile ocean voyage to help a friend bring his sailboat home from Venezuela.

Shaun enjoys spending time in the outdoors, hiking, climbing, mountaineering, camping, skiing, sailing, motorcycling and simply enjoying the fresh air. He has volunteered on the Utah County Sheriff Search and Rescue team for over a decade, as well as chairing the Mountain Rescue Association's Intermountain Region.

He appeared in the Discovery Channel's Raging Planet - Blizzards and KUED's award-winning Secrets of the Lost Canyon.

Most of all, Shaun craves beauty, experience, wisdom, good friends, fun and adventure, and hopes to share that with everyone around him and make the world a better place.

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: The University of Life (March 31, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893594068
• ISBN-13: 978-1893594067
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,957,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Shaun Roundy's cv reads like a character from an action-adventure movie. Alongside writing half a dozen books in various styles, he has taught writing to thousands of university students, climbed 18,000' mountains, sailed 2,500 miles through two oceans, speaks half a dozen languages, lived on four continents and a tropical island, saved dozens of lives as a member of an active volunteer Search and Rescue team, chaired the Mountain Rescue Association's Intermountain Region, appeared in the Discovery Channel's "Raging Planet - Blizzards" and KUED's award-winning "Secrets of the Lost Canyon", along with many appearances on the evening news. The list goes on and on.

As a writer, he seeks primarily to entertain and inspire. "The best thing about writing is hearing that my readers stayed up all night reading because they couldn't stop, or laughed or shouted out loud, or that the plot caught them totally by surprise, or that they related to some character or insight that changed their life."