GM Jarrard has created multiple characters, each interesting, realistic, and empathetic.

I constantly wanted to read just one more chapter to discover what happened in their lives. The Invitation relates to our day with universal themes that compel the reader to reflect on the present, past, and future. It’s a hopeful look at the world we find ourselves in today.

Rob Bishop

Former Congressman, Utah's First District

The Invitation is a beautiful mix of intrigue, history, and imagery that pulls the reader in quickly.

GM Jarrard’s characters invite one into a world free from the challenges of our day with messages of hope and scripture salted with history. It vividly lays out a world most long for. Especially poignant as we emerge from the last two years of dissonance and contention.

Sharon Myler

Owner of Capital Broadcasting

The Invitation is driven by punchy prose, spirited dialogue, and a reality-bending narrative.

Years ago, a Brazilian rabble rouser named Paolo Coelho saw the light and started writing spiritual novels. His gift for mixing the supernatural world and natural world in startling ways would, in time, make him the bestselling author in the world. GM Jarrard has chosen to mine a similar vein that would surely intrigue the great Coelho himself.

Jerry Earl Johnston

Religious Editor/Columnist Emeritus, The Deseret News

"The Invitation" takes us on a ride to a place that stirs our imagination and taps into a yearning that all people of faith share.

Just as James Hilton's "Lost Horizon" took us to Shangrila, GM Jarrard's "The Invitation" takes us to "the shining city on a hill" during a time of contemporary cultural distress. Readers will share a desire and wish "if only the fantasy could be true." Jarrard describes the world we live in and the world we hope for. Perhaps, it will serve as a wake-up call to readers and leaders to create their own "shining city on a hill."

Bruce Hough

Satellite Broadcasting Pioneer, Former President Nutraceutical Corp.

I did not want the book to end as it gave me hope for better things to come.

I just finished The Invitation while the world around me was literally in chaos. I did not want the book to end as it gave me hope for better things to come. The author does such an amazing job of describing the scenery in the book that I wanted to jump into the pages to experience it first hand. The characters in the book remind me of people I know. This is a must read if you are wondering what we can do as a people to rise above the mess we see around us today.

Keri Lafferty

Sales Executive

The Invitation is a thoroughly enjoyable adventure with a hopeful message.

Jarrard's sense of humor made me smile often. The main characters, Joey and Dana, have a tender relationship that has the realistic undercurrent of tension common in most marriages. Other characters, especially Jonathan Blum, are extremely likable. I was eager to find out what happens to each of them. The Invitation is a thoroughly enjoyable adventure with a hopeful message.

Jeffrey Kirk

Retired Exxon Executive

I Long For That City of Light Upon a Hill that 
the Author Has So Eloquently Described.

I admit that my deepest thoughts are increasingly occupied with the longing for a better world. Admittedly judgmental, I feel surrounded by greed, lies and corruption in government, business and even college campuses. I long for that city of light upon a hill that Greg Jarrard has so eloquently described.

Don Gull

Co-Founder of Testimonials Co