Kathleen McGowan Books In Order

The Expected One

THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD! A POLITICAL RIVALRY THAT ENDED IN TWO EXECUTIONS AN INTRICATE LOVE TRIANGLE THAT ALTERED THE COURSE OF HISTORY A RELIGIOUS REVOLUTION THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Two thousand years ago, Mary Magdalene hid a set of scrolls in the rocky foothills of the French Pyrenees, a gospel that contained her own version of the events and characters of the New Testament. Protected by supernatural forces, these sacred scrolls could be uncovered only by a special seeker, one who fulfills the ancient prophecy of l’attendue The Expected One. When journalist Maureen Pascal begins the research for a new book, she has no idea that she is stepping into an ancient mystery so secret, so revolutionary, that thousands of people have killed and died for it. She becomes deeply immersed in the mystical cultures of southwest France as the eerie prophecy of The Expected One casts a shadow over her life and work and a long buried family secret comes to light. Maureen’s extraordinary journey takes her from the dusty streets of Jerusalem to the cathedrals of Paris…
and ultimately to search for the scrolls themselves. She must unravel clues that link history’s great artistic masters, including Sandro Botticelli, Nicolas Poussin, and Jean Cocteau; the Medici, Bourbon, and Borgia dynasties; and great scientific minds like Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newton. Ultimately, she, and the reader, come face to face with Jesus Christ, Mary Magdalene, John the Baptist, Judas, and Salome in the pages of a deeply moving and powerful new gospel, the life of Jesus as told by Mary Magdalene.

The Book of Love

An ancient mystery…
An epic love story…
A divine message, hidden in plain sight

Maureen Paschal is regarded as both a hero*ine and a target after discovering the gospel written by Mary Magdalene, which revealed that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married. Then Maureen receives a strange package containing what looks like an ancient letter by an extraordinary woman whom history has overlooked or covered up: Countess Matilda of Tuscany, whose letter demands the return of her ‘most precious books and documents.’

Maureen soon finds herself in a race across Italy and France, where hidden dangers await her and her lover, B renger, as they begin to realize that they are on the trail of another explosive discovery: The Book of Love, the Gospel written in Jesus’ own hand. As Maureen learns more about Matilda, an eleventh century warrior countess who was secretly married to a pope, she begins to see the eerie connections between herself and Matilda, connections she must trace to their source if she is to stop the wrong people from finding The Book of Love and hiding it forever.

The Book of Love follows two amazing hero*ines as their stories intertwine through time. Maureen is immersed in these mysteries and Matilda’s amazing legacy…
until a potentially fatal encounter reveals The Book of Love to Maureen and to the listener.

The Poet Prince

The Son of Man shall chooseWhen the time returns for The Poet Prince. He will inspire the hearts and minds of the peopleSo as to illuminate the path of serviceAnd show them the Way. This is his legacy,This, and to know a very great love. Worldwide controversy surrounds author Maureen Paschal as she promotes her new bestseller the explosive account of her discovery of a gospel written in Jesus own hand. But a scandalous headline about her lover, B renger Sinclair, shatters Maureen’s plans and sends her to Florence. In Tuscany, Maureen and B renger seek out their spiritual teacher Destino, who insists the besieged couple study one of history s great Poet Princes: Lorenzo de Medici, the godfather of the Italian Renaissance. B renger is a Poet Prince of the ancient bloodline prophecy, and even across the centuries, his fate is intertwined with Lorenzo de Medici s. B renger must uncover the heretical secrets of the Medici family and the shocking truth behind the birth of the Renaissance if he is to fulfill his own destiny. These heretical secrets were hidden for a reason, and there are those who would stop at nothing to prevent B renger s assumption of his rightful role. The Renaissance comes vividly to life as Maureen decodes the clues contained within the great masterpieces of Lorenzo the Magnificent s friends: Donatello, Botticelli, and Michelangelo. Maureen uncovers truths connected to the legend of Longinus Gaius, the Roman centurion who used pierced the crucified Jesus with his spear. Could Longinus Gaius, doomed to live forever, be someone she knows? Could his infamous Spear of Destiny, sought even by Hitler, be the key to B renger s fate? As Maureen and B renger race to find the answers, someone is after them, hell bent on settling a five hundred year old blood feud and destroying the heresy once and for all. Rich in Kathleen McGowan s signature insights into art, architecture, and history and set in the beauty of Renaissance and present day Italy, this is a spiritual detective story of the highest order. The Truth Against the World!

The Source Of Miracles

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Expected One and The Book of Love comes a transformative book that unlocks the hidden power of the Lord’s Prayer the prayer that can be recited by every Christian in the world. The real secret to creating and sustaining an abundant, joyous, and fulfilled life has been hiding in plain sight in the power of the prayer that unites two billion Christians worldwide, the prayer that each one of them knows by heart. True happiness and success can’t just be wished for. The real secret to fulfillment lies in using the Lord’s Prayer as part of an ongoing spiritual practice that leads to real and lasting change in the soul change that will manifest itself in earthly, tangible ways. Each chapter in The Source Of Miracles is a guide to one of seven steps in that process, corresponding to a primary teaching of the prayer: faith, surrender, service, abundance, forgiveness, obstacles, and love. Each chapter also includes meditations, affirmations, and other activities designed to help readers work through life’s challenges. In her bestselling fiction, Kathleen McGowan has popularized the world of Christian esoterica, a unique place where New Age and Christianity meet, making ancient teachings new and powerful. The Source Of Miracles harnesses the wisdom of those traditions at a time of great material and spiritual uncertainty, when the need for signposts on the road to success has never been more acute.