When Just Passing Through Takes on a Whole New

Denton, TX, - When a person loses one of their senses, the remaining senses are acutely sharpened in an effort to make up for the loss. Such was the case with Beth Ann, blind from birth and the only daughter in the Eastman family. An extremely gifted six-year old, Beth Ann immediately knew there was a restless spirit lingering in her family’s new home.

Passing Through (Xlibris) is a deceptively rich book that takes readers on a nerve-wracking ride as Dr. Palmer T. Bramlett finds himself wandering through the beach cottage he built, overlooking the marsh that separates Sunset Beach from the southeastern tip of the North Carolina Mainland. A place he had happily enjoyed for fifteen years before old age and frailty put him in a nearby nursing home, where he spent the last, unhappy days of his life. Things have changed in his beloved home now that it is owned by the Eastman family. As he returns to the house as a ‘soul in transition,’ attempting to understand his new sensory world and why he is still on earth, he feels he has been given a new purpose.

Inexplicably drawn to the precocious Beth Ann and her brothers, Bramlett finds them in direct contrast to their uptight accountant father and their gifted and beautiful musician turned stay-at-home mom. As Beth Ann begins to trust and communicate with Bramlett there follows a vicious assault on her life that not only dredges up a disturbing allegation from his past, but questions his intentions. Things really begin to heat up when the brothers’ chance encounter with a psychopath puts the whole family in jeopardy. As Bramlett helps them survive not only a potential killer, but a violent storm and their own insecurities, he realizes he has made a real difference in their lives. This understanding helps him to find his own peace and a way to pass through to the next phase of his existence.

Ron Smith’s thirty-five years as a writer and editor is reflected in his pragmatic style that makes the reader feel totally comfortable spending time with the characters in his story. Visit his website at: www.rsmithnovel.com to read an excerpt from this captivating book.

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Reader Reviews:

Roger Haldenby: “Gave your book a plug on my interview with Tony St. James on KFLP… listen online at www.kflp.net/HOME-AM.htm . Click on ‘AM Listen Live.’ Really enjoying the book…”

Megha N. Parajulee, Ph.D: “Thanks, Ron. Yes, you wrote a pretty cool book, I might say.”