Book Two/Spanish Pearls Series. One in four Californians is foreign born; the term, Hawaiian Spaniards, alludes to Spanish immigrants who braved the unknown to leave their homeland for the sugar cane fields of Hawaii and eventually settle in California. SILVÁN LEAVES is a biographical history, a follow up to The Girl Immigrant. This book is who they were, stemming from family folklore, photographs, ancestral documents, personal visits, phone conversations and memories. It encompasses the Silván siblings in America and the family that came before. Descendants of Spanish families will find pieces of their own ancestral stories within its pages. […]

A serious crime wave produces a domino effect to an unconnected segment of society in the small town of Lark Point; eight people bound together by honor, betrayal, and love find their lives changed forever. In their midst, walks a cunning and sinister man who uses power and connections to hide his dirty secret. Can a television journalist use the crime investigation as a springboard to his own success? Can two women from such different worlds find love where they least expect it? Can a college boy choose the right path at the crossroads to retain his manhood? And will […]

Book One of Spanish Pearls Series – It is the turn of the century.  A country in turmoil, heart-wrenching goodbyes, a struggling journey over watery prairies, and a young girl coming of age— who knew there would be a vivid story among tropical flowers and the promise of a different world?  Join Manuela Silvan Trascasas for an adventure that has been shared by Spanish immigrants over the century and smile with her as you visualize her painstaking trek from her family’s past to our present and their adventures between its pages. They left everything they knew — sometimes even everyone they […]