Home Light Burning – This 2010 novel (Ainsworth’s fourth) from Sunstone Press establishes Jim as a writer with both depth and width. He goes back over a century to expertly and seamlessly blend real events with just enough fiction to make it a novel. Readers expected a western from the get-go. Now they have it.

What others are saying about Home Light Burning:

The Plainview Daily Herald – Ainsworth is cut from the stone of Kelton and Dobie. He weaves a story that transports readers to a different time and place …  crisp prose and dialogue that flows like a spring from a limestone bluff.

Suzanne Morris, Author – One of the most gripping novels I've ever read. Tight pacing, seamless writing, fascinating story, vivid descriptive detail, totally believable and endearing characters. Loved the contrast of real grittiness, and then, sometimes when least expected, an outpouring of tenderness and humanity. I was right there on every page. And the perfect title – a story about a man who can see his home light burning, but can’t go home.

Greenville Herald Banner – The characters, real, fictional and historical are crafted so carefully that they blend harmoniously into the novel. Spellbinding. An amazing story.

Loretta Kibler, former School Superintendent – Incredible characterization. Should be made into a movie. Ainsworth will one day be recognized as one of the best writers of all time.

Dr. William Thompson, professor – A rare blend of Red Badge of Courage, Gone With the Wind, and Little House on the Prairie, destined to become a movie. A must read. Establishes Ainsworth as one of the best undiscovered novelists in America.

Jo Ann Cross, Texas writer – One of the very best historical novels I have ever read.

Mary Miller, Texas playwright – Larry McMurtry has met his match.

Bobbie Purdy, Texas writer – One of the most absorbing and compelling books I have ever read.  Intriguing, captivating and complex characters.

Paula Chamlee, Pennsylvania photographer, writer, publisher – an amazing, awakening journey with a message of survival through courage, determination, love and hope.  A great gift to all readers. Bravo!

Before Home Light Burning, there was the Rivers trilogy:

• Rivers Ebb, 2007 Novel. A Writers Digest International Book Award top ten finalist and Writers League of Texas Violet Crown finalist.
• Rivers Crossing, 2005 Novel
• In The Rivers’ Flow, 2003 Novel

Reader Comments:

“Jake Rivers is the most lovable character I have ever encountered in fiction.”

“The follow the Rivers Trilogy is one the most endearing stories that ever swept across the literary landscape, and yet its implications are universal.”

“Complex, colorful and unforgettable characters.”

“A refreshing change from formula fiction. Should be on every best-seller list in the country.”

Before the trilogy, there was Biscuits Across the Brazos

Sold out for several years, this memoir is back with a new cover from Sunstone Press.

Jim Ainsworth made a covered wagon and horseback trip across Texas to retrace the journey his ancestors made two generations earlier. This book chronicles that trip.

Jim speaks to groups across the country. Get in touch to arrange a visit. Download speaker/press kit.

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