Making Dreams Come True...
Mr. Breen is so excited to finally see his project come to fruition! This 84 year old pilot has been dreaming and working on his aviation memoir for over 30 years. When local children's book author, Danica Esparza, was featured in the Weatherford Now Magazine, Mr. Breen contacted them to ask Danica if she could help him turn his project into a reality.
Danica received his rough draft and quickly asked for help in a local Facebook group. I commented to offer help without knowing anything other than a military veteran in his 80s had a rough draft to publish. But since my hubby (and Luv Haus Press, LLC co-founder) is a veteran AND a pilot? It seemed like a wink from God telling us to help make this a reality.
So that's what we did.
The look on his face when he got that first author proof in the mail? Priceless. Totally worth all the hours spent editing, cover designing, double checking his memories with documents online, ghostwriting and rewriting for clarity, and talking with him.
10/10 would recommend helping someone publish their book. I have gotten so much joy and fulfillment through this process! Definitely want to do more of this.
A genealogy-inspired family cookbook for the next generation... because feeding yourself is only half the story.
What started as a keepsake for a daughter leaving home turned into a rich tapestry of recipes, family history, and the kind of real-life stories that only come from Sunday dinner with people who love you (and tell it like it is).
Our Family Lore Cookbook is more than a collection of simple, down-home meals. It’s a celebration of generations who laughed, cried, and prayed around the table—and a guide for the next ones learning to cook and carry that legacy forward.
Inside you'll find:
- Family recipes rooted in tradition and flavor
- Genealogy notes and memory-keepers
- Hilarious (and humbling) kitchen stories
- Tips for new cooks just starting out
- The power of gathering, forgiving, and passing the plate
Whether you're a recent grad, a homesick college student, or a mom handing down your own heritage, this cookbook is a reminder that food brings us home.
These are our recipes. Our roots. Our real life. From our family table to yours.
This volume contains the full contents of both Our Family Legacy (genealogy) and Our Southern Cookbook (recipes). If you want every family tree, every story, and every recipe in one book, this is the edition to choose.
Our Family Legacy is the complete genealogy and family history edition of the Powell–Isham–Prindle–Wagner families.
Unlike the cookbook version, this stand-alone volume contains all genealogy, stories, photos, timelines, and historical notes—with no recipe pages.
Perfect for family keepsakes, reunions, and lineage preservation, this book includes:
- Detailed family trees and lineage charts
- Historical context and migration summaries
- Personal stories, interviews, memories, and traditions
- Notes, records, and archival research
- Photographs and written reflections
Created after years of research, interviews, document analysis, and historical study, this volume provides a detailed look at our ancestral origins, migrations, hardships, and family traditions.
It’s designed to help our children and grandchildren understand where they come from and carry these stories forward wherever they may roam.
This is a legacy preserved: a record of the people whose lives shaped our own. And perhaps a guide book to how to leave our own mark on the world for future generations.
Simple, comforting, beginner-friendly Southern recipes you’ll actually use.
This cookbook is designed for brand-new cooks, newlyweds, college students, and anyone wanting reliable, delicious meals without complicated steps.
From skillet breakfasts to hearty casseroles and Sunday-worthy desserts, this collection brings together easy, classic Southern recipes made for new cooks, busy families, and anyone craving real home-cooked flavor.
With clear instructions and no-fuss ingredients, you’ll learn how to make the meals Southerners love most — without the stress.
These are all the well-loved recipes from the Roots and Recipes: Our Family Lore Cookbook, but without all the family history.
This isn’t just a cookbook—it’s a place to capture a legacy.
Designed as a hybrid cookbook and fill-in-your-own family journal, this book provides classic recipes along with generous pages for your own additions. Preserve your family’s favorite meals, record stories and memories, and keep track of the people who made your table feel like home.
Includes:
- Essential, easy-to-follow recipes
- Blank recipe pages to record your own dishes
- Genealogy prompts and family-tree worksheets
- Spaces for photographs, stories, and heirloom traditions
Whether you’re starting a new family legacy or preserving one that’s been passed through generations, this book becomes more meaningful every time you write in it.
Create a one-of-a-kind treasure to pass down for generations. Every family has a story. This is where you write yours.
My family always goes to the lake for 4th of July. The summer of 2022, my mom could barely get out of the RV, she was in so much pain. We took her to the ER and discovered she had diverticulitis. She was there a week, but she doesn't handle needles well, so I stayed with her the entire time.
Dad visited everyday as did my sisters. Two days after she went in, the doctor who happened to be on the floor checking out my mom was a cousin--who also saw that Dad's ankle was pretty swollen, red, and angry. This is the same ankle he had shattered a few years before. The doc marched Dad straight to the ER for testing.
Dad refused to stay in the hospital unless he was in the same room as Mom or in the room next door. Mom couldn't get out of bed, but we would sneak Dad into a wheelchair to go sit with her.
It was during the weirdest holiday week we've ever had that Dad wrote the rough draft of how his crazy family gets him through these hard times. Each one of us plays a role, and he wouldn't have it any other way.
Sometimes my house can feel like a crazy zoo, with everyone talking over each other and laughter shouting to the rooftops. Family is a cherished blessing. May this book bless you the way our family has blessed us. Enjoy!
When my daughter was 5, she experienced a Traumatic Brain Injury which completely changed our lives. This book is a result of my need to write to process all we went through. Finally released in 2017, it is a devotional that chronicles our journey through essential oils, healing science, the Bible, and prayer. It's workbook style, each day's devotional only taking about 10 minutes. Give it a try today.
When surgery sent me onto bedrest in the beginning of 2021, I knew I would go stir-crazy if I didn't write. So I dove back into researching the Bible, and thus, The Oily Devo 2 was born. It continues the story of our family's journey while sharing how understanding the trees of the Bible can deepen our relationship with God. Check it out.
After writing the second devotional in 2021 while on bedrest, I wrote the first book in this series, The Soldier Gets His Girl. Published both books in May of 2021, and that was the start of my publishing addiction. I mean, my new business as an author! 😆 That eventually led to self-publishing a dozen books and the official establishment of Luv Haus Press, LLC. While the Crimson Creek series has since partnered with a hybrid publisher Vinci, the experiences learned through writing to release have served me well. Hopefully I'll be able to help more authors see their stories turned into a reality too.
Book 1, The Solider Gets His Girl has released in Walmart and on audio as of March 24, 2026!
When your hubby is a DnD guru who reads only fantasy and you start to play Pathfinder for family game night weekly, you naturally develop a world rich with magic, lore, and a massive problem the heroes need to solve. Seriously, without him, this trilogy wouldn't exist. I needed a brain break from the routine of small town life in the above Crimson Creek series, and thus the Royal Oath trilogy was born. With familiar-ish fairy tales, you're sure to fall in love with the characters and their world. Hopefully, you'll stick around to see that pesky problem of a god of hell trying to break free from his prison solved.