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Book 2 - A Gilded Sky (begins two days after Seasons of Change ends) (Family Trees)

Valentine Gregory (Greg) Shepherd

  • Part-time waiter, life guard, mechanic; full-time Bible college student
  • 6'5", 240lbs; black hair, dark brown eyes
  • Born - Africa
  • Hometown - Honolulu, Hawaii. Parents were missionaries in Africa, moved to Hawaii when he was 6
  • Age - turns 28 on February 14
  • Parents deceased; Gloria-Mom is mother's cousin
  • Siblings - one sister, three brothers: see below

Beth Jasmine Harrison

  • Full-time Bible college student
  • 5'6", 140lbs; blond hair, gray eyes
  • Born - Missouri
  • Hometown - Honolulu, Hawaii. Parents in Millvale (fictional), Missouri
  • US Army veteran of Iraqi war
  • Age - 26
  • Parents - Ralph and Sophie Harrison
  • Siblings - Sister, Debbie (21); brother, Kyle (18)
  • Children - Son; Danny, turned three years old in January (end of Book 1)
  • Never married

The Shepherds

Father - James, deceased
Mother - Kalea, deceased; Gloria, James' 2nd wife

The siblings:

  • Luke; married to Nalani; two boys, Matt (9) and Jeremy (6), and girl Naomi (infant)
  • Heather; engaged to Steve Jeremiah
  • Greg
  • Tim - mother, Gloria
  • Robert - mother, Gloria

The friends:

  • Pete Kalaau - Steve's teammate on the Grizzlies, lifelong resident of Hawaii
  • Colonel Joshua Wolfe - retired Air Force pilot; friend of Steve

The extended family:

  • Jenni Jeremiah - Steve's sister; children, Kara (8), Ana (4)
  • Grandma, Pua Nakanishi - Kalea's mother, Gloria's aunty by marriage (married Gloria's mother's brother); lives in Hilo, Hawaii
  • Kenji Minatoya - Gloria's oldest brother; married to Hannah; children - Malia (20); Nick (14); Alex (11); Brianna (8)
  • Pena Minatoya - Gloria's brother, middle child; married to Connie; children - Suzie (9), Jeremiah (6), Leilani (1)
  • Grandpa, Connor Shepherd - James' father; married to Reyanne; lives in Normal, Illinois
  • Grandma, Reyanne Shepherd - James' mother; married to Connor; lives in Normal, Illinois
  • Grandma (Regina) & Grandpa (Randal) Harrison - Beth's father's parents (Cousins, aunts and uncles who are not named in book are not listed here. See family tree for complete listing.)
    • Raymond (Ray), married to Dorothy
      • John - Air Force, stationed in Florida
      • Paul - pastor in New York
      • Alex
      • Amanda
    • Robert (Rob), owns the farm
      • Sam
      • Brian
    • Ralph, Beth's father
    • Reginald (Reggie)
    • Ruth
  • Grandpa Pierce, widowed - Beth's mother's father
    • Sophia (Sophie), Beth's mother
    • Grace, married to Stan Lyon
      • Will
      • Summer
      • Ron
    • Tabitha, married to David
      • Lisa
    • Martha, married to Pastor Ed
      • Dave
      • Neal
    • Phil, twin to Jim, married to Gina
    • Jim, twin to Phil

The extras, when named (chapter in which introduced):

  • Pastor Ryan - the Shepherd's pastor (Chapter 1)
  • Pastor Jeff - instructor at the Bible college (Chapter 2)
  • Dr. Cabrera - Bible professor (Chapter 5)
  • Patricia - Colonel Joshua's late wife (Chapter 8)
  • Sergeant Thomas Jackson - Danny's father (Chapter 12)
  • Mehealani - a dressmaker; Heather's classmate (Chapter 14)
  • Chris Pang - classmate of Beth and Greg (Chapter 15)
  • Bobbie Ogasawara - classmate of Beth and Greg
  • Kea - Greg's coworker at the restaurant
  • Rich - Greg's friend at the hotel (Chapter 21)
  • the Baker boy - a man in CID from Beth's hometown (Chapter 27)
  • Melissa Jackson - Sergeant Jackson's wife (Chapter 29)
  • Jared - Melissa & Thomas' oldest son
  • Aaron Hayashi - chapel teammate of Beth and Greg (Chapter 32)
  • Dr. Daniels - the school president (Chapter 33)
  • Diane - school receptionist
  • Kimo - EMT
  • Steve - EMT
  • Kaipo - ER nurse (Chapter 34)
  • Dr. Shimamoto - Shepherd's family doctor; Gloria is one of his receptionists (Chapter 42)
  • Ted Jeffers - Joshua's friend and sometimes copilot

The Shepherd Series characters:

The Ohana Project characters:

Hilo Suspense characters:

Complete Timeline - Warning: Contains spoilers! Starts with James Shepherd's birth. Includes brief details of all the major characters of all my published books.

 

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