Wooffer's Stories
These stories are dedicated to all the brave and gentle animals who lived them.
The Pain Within - Author: Anna Mathers
"THE PAIN WITHIN" is about Ellie Barton who was born at the turn of the twentieth century. She came from a happy extended family. Then one day all that changes. One tragedy after another happens to her and her brother Albert. Her father dies in a hunting accident, changing her whole way of life; her mother succumbes to a heart attack while Ellie is still a girl. They are forced to take in boarders to make a living for themselves.
While visiting her Aunt Martha, Ellie meets the black sheep of a rich political family. Harry Wells is very charming and soon they are married. It is a stormy, but passionate relationship. After their two sons are born, Harry starts to lose interest in his family. He stays out late at night, drinking and seeing other women.
After a large fight, Harry leaves and is in a tragic train accident. Ellie tries to pull herself together and be strong for her family.
Remembering Spring - Author: Anna Mathers
"REMEMBERING SPRING" is a story of a young woman named Macey Thornton. Macey is happy working in the gift shop that she co-owns with her friend Julie. Macey met Julie while they were in college together.
But something is missing in her life. One day, she takes the parking space of a potential customer that comes into the shop. The customer's name is Scott Hampton and he is not happy with her for making him walk a block to her shop.
Macey cannot seem to get Scott Hampton out of her thoughts and finds him coming back to see her. Macey has no family, but Scott has a brother and sister who he introduces to her. She becomes close with both his sister Sandy and his sister-in-law Lucie. Sandy lives in New York with her boyfriend who is a policeman. Scott's brother Steve, his wife Lucie and their two boys live in Connecticut. Scott works in a lawyer's office and has lots of friends at work.
Macey and Scott have many happy times together with their family, friends and neighbors. The gift shop that Macey and Julie own also has a coffee shop and is in a college town, so her days are filled with students that come into the shop during their breaks at school.
Scott and Macey find love and happiness until a serious illness befalls one of them. Then they learn the true meaning of love.
Waiting For Sunrise - Author: Anna Mathers
"WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE" tells of the love that survives from childhood for Angie Denning. She has been in love with Glen Ames since they went to school together, but he always seemed to ignore her back then. The day Glen comes home from the Korean War a hero, her feelings for him quickly come back. She doesn't think she can live in the same town as Glen, so decides to move to Portland to live near her married sister Margie, Margie's husband Todd and their daughter Laura.
Over the last few months, she has noticed that a man seems to be following her. She is trying to make a life for herself without Glen when she suddenly comes face to face with the man who has been stalking her. He threatens her and she is terrified. Luckily a friend comes to her rescue.
She manages to call the police and when the doorbell rings, Glen is standing there in his police uniform. She doesn't know what to do. Should she confide in him and bring all those feelings for him back again?
Hollow Eyes - Chris Martin
Hollow Eyes is a compelling story of the struggle between the dark side of human nature and the integrity, strength, persistence, and will to survive of the human spirit. An investigative reporter, Leslie, and her husband, Steve, are on the trail of a terrifying serial killer. When the killer’s sights become set on Leslie, it becomes a life and death battle to survive.
Hollow Eyes is full of heart stopping thrills, mind blowing surprises, and heartfelt characters that anyone can relate to. It is a race against time and the threat of evil, climaxing in an ending that is sure to leave you breathless.
In The Gloved Hand- A Taste of Violets - Author: Naomi Bigelow
American Katie Barber insists on staying in Belgium with her frail grandmother despite the threat of impending war. She is trapped in the occupied village and endures the terror of being controlled by Lieutenant von Walder, while suffering the hatred of the villagers for reasons she does not understand. When her grandmother dies, she finds ways to cope, but observes the threatening Lt. von Walder become more withdrawn and dangerous. With the eventual liberation by American forces, Katie’s world changes dramatically and so does the German’s. She learns why the villagers hated her grandparents, and the village learns a huge lesson in tolerance and trust. A growing family and the near death of Katie brings together two older friends who each have survived their own tragedy; and a third family develops in this story that begins in war and grows into a warm and intimate tale of love and trust.
* Two pilots, during two wars in different decades, fight their private battles with trauma and guilt, while sacrificing their own safety for the women who saved them emotionally during and after the wars. This story takes place in the last days of WWII, behind enemy lines, advances to
A Tree For America - Author: Edd Voss
Robert Anjer is a mid-level bureaucrat who dislikes Christmas and prefers to stay in his safe apartment or office in D.C. He finds himself being sent to the small town of Leavenworth, Washington, to supervise the shipment of the national Christmas tree. Here he meets Ken Rainey, the larger-than-life-seeming truck driver who is delivering the tree to the White House, and finds out that he must ride along in the truck with the tree. After insulting Ken while on the phone to D.C, he must now deal with the logistics of the trip. First Ken convinces Anjer that the clothes he has with him are inadequate for the trip. Anjer’s education begins with a shopping trip to purchase clothes adequate for the journey. He is given a peek into the life of a long-haul driver, while meeting some wonderful people along the way. While dealing with the weather in Wyoming and helping a family escape the danger of an impending storm, he gets a view of America he never knew existed. The scenery opens up his eyes to just a glimpse of what America has to offer. Other adventures await the duo as they make their way to the delivery in D.C. This is not really a religious book but does give a view of Christmas as a time of giving and caring about our fellow man. It is also just a glimpse into the lives of the men and women who travel the open road to deliver all the goods we consume as a nation.
Concept of Justice - Dirt Floor - Bizarre Justice - Author: Henry Custer
Confronting an intruder in his home in Florida, Martin Lovett ultimately discovers that the intruder was the father of a child who had been abducted thirty years earlier in Oklahoma. Because of some sketchy evidence that Martin was possibly involved with that crime, the father was apparently seeking vengeance, or perhaps just answers. The details of this and other crimes Martin was involved in during his lifetime are told in flashback. Growing up during the war years of the forties, Marty lived through some pretty gritty times, leaving school at an early age, seeking adventure, finding trouble instead. In the meantime, Marty is plagued with memories of his past life. The deception of keeping his criminal activities from his wife is especially painful. The present day courts finally resolve the issue with Martin Lovett.
What kind of floors do you live on – carpet, hardwood, or dirt? Does it affect quality of life? This is the poignant story of one boy growing up in the foothills of eastern Oklahoma, the first of eight children, loved and cared for by hard-working but uneducated parents. From the beginning of the Great Depression of 1929 to the end of World War II in 1945, you will share the day-to-day hardships and occasional disaster, as well as the daily joy of just being themselves, as the author shares his worst and finest memories of childhood. Intermingled are the nightmares and stories related by a superstitious grandmother who lived with the family for some time. The family survived as the hired hands on several dirt farms until the advent of World War II changed the very essence of their way of life.
Aging Martin Lovett believes that his criminal past has finally been laid to rest. The Grand Jury had not found the evidence sufficient to bind him over for trial. Marty’s ‘Concept of Justice’ has been served. He and Cindy look forward to a quiet, peaceful retirement in their Florida home. Now his past suddenly resurfaces, taking control of his life. Marty is drawn back into the life he had almost forgotten. It is difficult to protect his beloved Cindy from the harsh aspects of life as he finds it necessary to embrace a whole new lifestyle. Some people just need killing. Marty is gratified to know that he is still able do whatever is necessary to get a job done. His conscience is not a problem. However, he eventually learns what we all know: that we must live with our past and there is a price to be paid.
The Tears To Treasure- Author: Vickie Suchy
The Tears to Treasure: Amy’s Journey is a touching story about love, joy, pain, sorrow, betrayal, forgiveness and loss. It is a story about a young woman who moves to Southern California from
Puddles & BJOYFL- Author: Lynn Barry
Puddles is an adult novel about a woman who discovers her own life beginning to resemble the soap operas she watches. This often disturbing as well as humorous tale tells the story of how she copes with the bumps in the road that come her way. Secrets, dark secrets and even darker secrets threaten to destroy her idyllic homelife and community. This page turner of a novel will keep the reader engaged in its plots and sub plots, wondering how it'll all turn out.
From the Author
Puddles has been described as a fast paced page turner styled book by many of its readers. As the author of Puddles, it is my desire that my readers will be entertained while reading Puddles and look forward to reading more of my books in the future. Thank you for your interest. Enjoy. Whatever books you decide to buy and read, keep reading!
Bjoyfl is a humorous quirky tale about the lessons an older student learns inside and outside the walls of lecture halls. Her pursuit of happiness seems more like a course in frustration 101, or a well- researched paper on relationships that make you feel like screaming or tearing your hair out. Do any of us ever really achieve the inner peace we want to achieve, or are we all just plodding through life with no clue? Explore the seemingly weird path this single woman goes down during her quest to discover what the heck will ever make her happy. Men and women who love Barry’s humorous dark novel Puddles will also enjoy Bjoyfl.
The Creaking Stair Step - The Misty Valley- Author: Robbie Lamb
Mrs. Robin Worthington had married the man of her dreams. But something was changing about their relationship.Why was their lovemaking more fulfilling? Why was she anticipating the sound of his footsteps more and more on the stairs? Why was her mother-in-law acting so strangely? Who was the handsome man that looked so much like her husband? Why was someone trying to kill her? There were too many questions and not enough answers. Her world had been turned upside-down—too much pain. Maybe she should just end it all and be done with it.
Two lonely, grieving sisters move near a wilderness with their father. The misty valley far below the back of their house was very mysterious and inviting. Almost as soon as they moved there strange things began to happen to the older sister. Who were these Indians she began to see around her? Were they friend or foe?
Who was the old Indian chief that was always around when she needed help? She had to admit that one of the Indian braves made her heart beat faster when she looked into his black, mysterious eyes. She could not help but wonder if the Indian who made her body melt when he was standing on the rocks above her was somehow involved with her sister. She could not get the image of this black-haired Indian out of her thoughts, her dreams.
Reaching The Summit & Life As It Happens, Short Stories Vol. II - Author: Dr. Davood Khalili
This book is very inspirational, educational and entertaining; it is for all ages and for all of the people of the world. The short stories presented by the author are original and deal with philosophical, social and personal issues, with the aim of reaching the summit in life. The author presents a new style of storytelling by combining philosophy and logic in stories about modern Western life and the old Eastern experiences. He presents hope, in spite of some of the dramatic endings to his tales. The characters in these stories range from people to animals who speak the language set forth by the great Rumi, the ancient Persian philosopher.
From the Persian Gulf, a vital source of energy and major lifeline of the world, to the mountains of Afghanistan, to a plane in the sky, many people have suffered or have lost lives due to one’s mistakes or insanity of others, or injustices and the lack of regard for humanity in unforgettable events and tragedies.
The main focus of this book is to present stories that depict the system of values and the rationale used in defining moments of life that make history. The good, the bad, and the ugly are all cohabitants of the planet and share the journey of life.
Life as It Happens is a dramatic presentation of what happens in the real world we live in.
After The Game- Author: Norman C. Chastain
After the game, did Atlanta Braves all-star pitcher Torch Traynor commit murder? More than once? Charlotte Gordon, a Big Four CPA, is convinced he killed her sister, last seen with the ballplayer in a seedy St. Petersburg bar. The police think Charlotte is way off base as her grief boils into a reckless quest for truth. Jeopardizing partnership aspirations, she infiltrates the baseball world, resolute in solving the crime. A gruff Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter helps Charlotte piece together the gruesome trail to a jet-setting neat freak who preys upon newfound lovers. As she risks her relationship, career, and sanity, Charlotte is stalked and strays into the line of fire. Has her obsession gone too far? Will Charlotte see her mistake before it’s too late?
No Shortage Of Evil - Infusion Of Evil - Extension Of Evil - Psychological Thriller Position 12 - The Compact Guide for the Creative Writer - Author: David S. Rosenberg
Terrorists advance their attacks on the United States. FBI Special Agent Donald Corbbitt, respected by his peers for his uncanny ability to take timely action, responds to another mindless attack. Terror comes in waves and Corbbitt investigates an assassination attempt on the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman. The Committee, embroiled in the Common Cause Communications Corporation bankruptcy investigation, learns of the murders of company executives. Suspects include thousands of disgruntled company employees and investors. Corbbitt seeks the common thread linking the cases and learns that layers of evil combine to threaten the United States’ economic and political stability. During the investigation, Corbbitt meets Communications Specialist Jocelyn Hafner. Corbbitt realizes his drive to excel within the Bureau creates a void in his life. While Jocelyn feels the attraction, she challenges him to live better and enjoy life. He must choose a permanent relationship or lose the most elegant woman he has ever met.
Plot Twist - Author: Donna J. Thompson
Julie Cromwell is a selfish, manipulative, and insecure woman, and those are her good qualities. Her husband, a cosmetic surgeon, thinks it’s because when she was a child, her father sexually abused her. She sets up a fake kidnapping to see if her husband loves her enough to pay a million dollars for her safe return. Something goes wrong and she winds up dead. Thus the first plot twist, but certainly not the last.
Enter lead detective Karl Larkin and his partner, Ted Cramer. Together they refuse to let sleeping dogs lie. They begin to rattle the skeletons in the family’s closets, following promising leads that lead to dead ends. Larkin finds himself breaking his number one rule: Don’t get involved with the family you’re investigating, and never, never fall in love with your prime suspect.
HotDogsOnSaturday- Author: (Ms) Josh Samuels
Life in Leesville, a small, rural, black community on the outskirts of Memphis, Tennessee, was pleasant until the sudden death of one neighbor, Gertrude Leigh. Her death shocked the community and pained her husband, Fred; still, he never called God into question. "God got reason fo' everythang," he said. However, Fred did question what to do about his four young children. And when relatives came forward offering to take one or the other of his children, Fred was adamant: “Take ‘em all or ya can’t git none of ‘em,” he told them. His job at the wax factory left little time for the kind of parenting his children were accustomed to. Would 12-year-old Junior have to quit school and take the reins? People wondered behind closed doors. Down the road, Bernice Taylor was trying to encourage her aunt, Mary Ashworth, to go to Fred Leigh and offer a hand. But who would be willing to take on such a huge role? Everybody was whispering: What about the children? Only one thing was certain: Leesville would never be the same.
Higgins: An American Story - Author: Jeffrey S. Miller
Come and read the memoirs of a not-so-average self-made man. Follow J.D. Higgins from humble beginnings in rural Mississippi as a boy to a man of great political success. During a run for the U.S. Senate, an IRS scandal erupts saying that he owes more than his family has ever made combined. How could this be? After all, the government wouldn’t lie. Travel back into the thirties, a time before coverups were the norm. Only a man of great success known as J.D. Higgins could lead the government he works for on a manhunt of this great monetary level.
Our Day Will Come - Author: Jim Corbin
There was a time not so long ago, a time before Hendrix, pot, acid and free love, when doors were left unlocked, and neighbors knew and took care of each other. A little naďve? Maybe.
Our Day Will Come is a tale of teenage friends, but more than that, it’s a reflection of that time—innocence tempered with love, laughter, heartache and sorrow.
Growing up in rural New England in 1963 might not seem like much of a challenge in this new century. After all, the most pressing issues of the era were concerned with if the weather would hold until harvest time, or if the local high school football team would make the playoffs. But as the kids of Pine Valley looked forward to vacation, the winds of change were blowing. Little did they know that this particular summer would be a primer for the rest of their lives.
Veiled Souls - Authors: Katrin Kassiri & Reza Safarnijad
In 1976 Iran is a peaceful, prosperous and westernized country. Katrin is an eight-year-old girl growing up in Northern Iran in a family who follows a minority religion known as the Bahai religion. Katrin’s seventeen-year-old sister, Nassrin, commits suicide when Katrin’s father disapproves of Nassrin’s relationship with Hossein, who came from a Moslem family. As the family works through their grief, Iran’s political situation destabilizes when various political factions such as pro-democracy students and Islamic fundamentalists vie to overthrow the government through a violent revolution. The bloody revolution is followed by a full-scale war with Iraq, as Iran’s government cracks down on the civil rights of its citizens and openly discriminates against Bahais. Katrin, who sees no future for herself in Iran, decides to leave for the United States, but she has to brave a trip through the desert of Eastern Iran into Pakistan with the aid of drug traffickers.
Bearkiller - Halo- Author: D.J. Stephens
Do you believe in reincarnation? On a solo elk hunt in the Rocky Mountains, Jeff Barkil discovers something very peculiar. Although he’s never even seen this place before, he seems to know all the landmarks. Somehow he’s able to guess exactly what is in the next valley or over the next hill. Dismissing these amazing perceptions as a fluke, he carries on with his hunt — until he is attacked by a vicious grizzly. Using a great deal of natural skill and determination, Barkil manages to kill the bear and survive. But he is badly injured; he feels close to death. While he is trying to clear his head, he discovers that he has traveled two hundred years back in time and a hunting party of Blackfoot Indians has taken him to their village to honor him for his bravery. Soon he is regarded as a splendid warrior and is given the name Bearkiller. In the boy’s subsequent adventures, stealing horses, and waging war against the Shoshone and the Sioux, he encounters and learns the landmarks he will recognize over two hundred years later as Jeff Barkil. The life of an Indian in the 1780’s was often brief. One day in a fierce battle, the old grizzly wounds are reopened and he is defeated. With blood pouring out of his body, Bearkiller lies down to die and wakes up in a Forest Service rescue helicopter as Jeff Barkil. As the events of his life as an Indian slip rapidly from his mind, Jeff Barkil wonders if what he experienced was real. Was he dreaming? Or was he reliving a past life? What will always remain clear is the image of a great grizzly standing over him, looking down at him as if from the top of a mountain, seeming to know his soul, somehow communicating to him without saying the words: “Until we meet again, Bearkiller.”
HALO is a military acronym for High Altitude Low Opening referring to military free-falling. It is an insertion technique used for clandestine insertion into denied areas of interest. The operative exits an aircraft from twenty thousand feet or higher and free-falls to about one thousand feet before opening their parachute. Jeffery Barkil is a young soldier who, after completing his training as an airborne Ranger, is recruited by the CIA, after which he spends six months training to run “black operations” in Southeast Asia. The story takes place between the years 1958 and 1961, a period between the French surrender and expulsion from Vietnam, and the U.S. admitting they had troops in the country. Sergeant Barkil takes you on eleven harrowing missions including his time as a prisoner of the Viet Cong. You are taken from one mission to the next as Sergeant Barkil comes to terms with being a hired assassin while at the same time carrying out his missions and fighting to stay alive.
Tag-You're Dead - Author: Ken K Chartrand
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| Bill Tandy and his nine-year-old daughter Elan experience an unnerving adventure when a body is found near their building’s parkade. While the investigation is going on for this crime, they try to live as normal a life as possible. Bill even is able to fall in love with a new tenant he has just met. Just as the police think they know who did it, more bodies are being found with the same MO. Things heat up when the killer gets a little too close for comfort. Hereinafter, Elan grows up faster than anyone expects when she saves her father’s life. |
The Gopher - Authors: Salil Dhawan & Rebecca Baxter
A newspaper staff digs for clues to the murder of a close friend. However, they soon find no one is above suspicion. A young girl is murdered on her way home from work late one night. The girl’s lifelong friend and editor-in-chief of a local newspaper—Thomas Sakali—is determined to bring the murderer to justice. With the help of his fellow staff members at the newspaper, The Gopher, they dig for clues to the crime. Suspicion is cast on everyone they meet including the lead detective on the case, the detective’s wife, and the city coroner. Soon Thomas realizes he can’t trust anyone, not even his friends at The Gopher.
Children of the Plains Estates - Author: Claudette Milner
On a church camping trip, Debbie reveals that her mom is really in a rehabilitation center and is an alcoholic. Everyone has been led to believe that Mrs. Colbert has been away on business since they moved into Plains Estates. Why now is Debbie sharing this secret with her friends? Her mom is coming home and her family will have to begin to confront not only their lies to the community but also their innermost fears and emotions. The Walkers are faced with the most difficult decision of their life. Should they tell Tammy that she is adopted now that her birth mother wants to meet her? How will this affect their family? Tammy’s birth mother is happily married now and making a good living. Does she really want her child back? Will the return of Tammy’s mother break up the Walker family?
Daddy's Game & Shimmer- Author: A. W. Nutter
Michael Wilson is a man trying to escape his torturous past. Regardless of how far he travels, his dead father continues to draw him back, to play the game, to finish what was started in the beginning. While in prison Michael learns of an individual willing to pay for a child. With money as the driving force, he kidnaps a young boy. Michael soon discovers that this little child has the ability to deliver him from his dead father's grasp. Deciding to keep the boy as his own, Michael takes the boy with him. On the run from the individual he double-crossed, the police, and his dead father, Michael comes to a final dramatic confrontation with all three.
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Shimmer is a classic tale of good versus evil. The story takes place in the early 1950s between two twelve-year-old friends, David Peterson and Tommy Chandler. Their friendship will be put to the test as Zeke Morrison suddenly appears to disrupt their lives. Zeke forces Tommy and David into his world where the boys learn he is not a human. Zeke transforms into a wolflike creature. Tommy and David have been brought into his world as food for his pack. The boys are not the only ones to be surprised as Zeke watches David transform also. The two friends struggle for survival and to maintain their sanity and friendship as they search for a way home. |
Ten Times Guilty - Author: Brenda Hill
Bravery or rage? Tossing on the sweat-soaked cot at three in the morning, Tracy felt nothing but anger. She kept seeing Karr, leaning against the cottonwood tree in the park, arms lazily folded as he watched her. The scene repeated over and over like a warped video. He’d even flipped a cocky little salute as she shot to her feet in terror, mocking her, so sure of himself while she grabbed Ritchie and ran. Bastard, she thought now. She grew so outraged she no longer felt afraid. It was time to stop running. Even with all the precautions of the shelter, he still found her. She and Ritchie would never be safe. There was only one thing to do: she’d get a gun from Holly and meet him in the park. This time, the odds would be in her favor.
Madame Cobilet: The Box - Author: Mary Francis
Madame Cobilet is out and about again. After living alone in her mansion for over twenty years, she has come back out into the world and once again, the famous psychic is in the media eye. Once beautiful and flashy, the old woman, now bent and crippled with arthritis can walk among the public almost unseen to do what she does best; solve mysteries and find the lost.
In "The Box", Margaret Cobilet is searching for the one clue that may help her bring the children home. In 1979, seventeen children on a school bus have disappeared. With no clues and fewer suspects, Margaret can not help. Forced into seclusion by a negative media frenzy, she finds solace in her home on the river, waiting for the one item that may give her the clue she needs. After twenty five years, she comes back in the eye of the public and maybe this time, she can bring the children home.
Bitten & Dew Point: A Weekend in Passionville- Author:Randall Dyck
With Hitler’s Third Reich crumbling, a secret Nazi biological attack is unleashed, releasing over 1000 “weather balloons” with a deadly virus on-board each of them. Now, in modern-day America, the virus is innocently released. After so many years waiting, the virus had mutated into something even the evil doctor of inspiration had not anticipated. The voracious virus promptly infects its human hosts at 100 percent effectiveness with a malady that enhances their core make-up—what they truly are—into a ridiculously bizarre representation of what they were before they became infected, good or evil. The rapid and horrific explosion of metamorphosis is shocking, even if it is sometimes a good thing—a needful thing. The battle between good and evil suddenly erupts as both sides viciously go at each other in a nighttime street battle that sometimes goes hand-to-hand. Some say that good always wins over evil.
Passionville, California is a small upscale community of the nearly-do-well who struggle each day to maintain the façade that their life is great. The truth is that things are not going so well. Many don’t have the means to pay their mortgages, and they certainly don’t have the income to furnish their mansions fittingly.
Enter the relentless heat and humidity and…the Dew Point.
Passionville is over eighty days into the hottest season on record, and the most humid, with dew point readings pushing eighty. Now, combined with mounting debt and relentless calls from creditors, as well as the incessant heat, humidity, and dew point, the people of Passionville quickly change.
They crack.
This phenomenon occurs over a long weekend, and as the temperature goes up, so does the body count.
It’s not the heat or the humidity…it’s the dew point!
Dew Point strums that nasty nerve inside us all. It’s a dormant nerve, awakening quickly for some and later for others…in any case, when rubbed the wrong way, the absolute worst in us comes out.
Readers will encounter some very disturbing scenes that go on and on. Comic relief does come, but your laughter may be nervous.
Arirang: The Bamboo Connection - Author: D.K. Christi
Melani is born in the arms of forbidden love that haunts her very existence long after leaving S. Korea. D. K. Christi writes in first person, present, with Melani narrating her own life's adventure with all its agony and ecstasy, expressed through the tears of youth to the assignation of her senior years. Melani has a dream. She does everything right only for it all to turn out wrong. She learns that while she is planning for something different, life happens. Melani lives life on the edge, abandoned in a German blizzard, trapped in an Iraqi airport without a visa, and facing raging seas aboard the 67 foot yacht, Obsession. She is driven to fill the void in her soul, a restless life without roots, fleeing her humble beginnings for a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. On the way, she finds the rain. She travels and works in Europe, Asia and the Caribbean, described in detail so vivid the reader will look for the passport stamps. She also travels from one end of the United States to the other, living in the diverse cultures of the U.S.A. The reader may experience their own Adventure of a Lifetime through Melani. Welcome aboard
Alliance & Defiance - Author: Harold D. Armstrong
The voluptuous and ambitious Vallerie Renee Royce ascends to great wealth and power. Her success is attributed to her mentor, Mafia kingpin Felix “The Cat” Corbone. A family secret becomes an asset, as well as a liability, for Vallerie. Mr. Corbone has a secret of his own, and it will shatter Vallerie’s world. Rodney Smith is lovesick for Vallerie Royce. He is befriended by Randolph Wilson Slade, who teaches him that satisfaction is in the mind, not the heart. Will Rodney betray his best friend for the woman he loves? Marie Hamilton is a prophetess blessed with a gift and burdened by an uncontrollable weakness. Her faith will be tested as her weakness is exposed. Alliance and Defiance tells the story of high school classmates as they try to maintain their friendships and sanity while attempting to solve a precarious riddle: Does fate determine destiny?
Midnight at Trafalgar Square - Author: Rebecca Buckley
Rachel O’Neill was invited to England by a friend who was in need of her accounting expertise. Of course, Ethan Philip’s ulterior motive was his love for her. He wanted her whether she crunched his numbers or not. Rachel jumped at the invitation for her own frantic reasons, none of which included romance. It was New Year’s Eve at the Ritz in London. Rachel didn’t care about the high-class, snobbish plans Ethan had made for the two of them. She wanted to be in Trafalgar Square with the “real” people at midnight. She wanted to feel Piccadilly and Soho, and experience the excitement at Trafalgar Square at that one incredible moment. After persuading Ethan to take her there, it did quickly become an incredible moment, for she was swept up and kissed passionately by a handsome stranger. At that very instant, her life changed forever.
The Temptress Ariel and Selene's Guiding Light - Author: Greg Bauder
The Temptress Ariel is a unique foray into a modern relationship between a naive and sensitive man, Don, and a streetwise, free-spirited young woman, Ariel, who both suffer from schizophrenia. Don is lovestruck and pursues the moody Ariel after they meet in a psychiatric boarding home, a house in the community which is a recent type of addition to the mental health system. Don and Ariel are both haunted by their past loves so much that their illnesses are influenced into delusions about love. At the heart of the novel is the quest for meaningful relationships in a world where suspicion, manipulation and paranoia create snags that hurt — and are often debilitating to the point of hospitaliztion.
Selene’s Guiding Light sees the grieving Don tumble through the cosmos of psychosis, while clinging to his reality that maybe there is life for him after Ariel’s death. With his guide, the moon-goddess, Selene, he seeks the answers we all search for regarding the meaning of love, life and the mysteries of the universe. With Selene, he unlocks many doors to his life, but only encounters more beyond. Throughout this sequel to The Temptress Ariel, Don is challenged to bring to light the enigma surrounding Ariel’s passing, while dealing with the dragons of his past that have left him in full, deluded schizophrenia—or an awakened consciousness. He awaits a New Earth while he wanders downtown Vancouver’s eastside ghetto, where the two merge into one when justice meets the rogue corporations’ and politicians’ actions, which have literally left the sick and poor out in the cold.
Till Death Do Us Part and Troubled Times - Author: Gay Ingram
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It’s 1856 and the states are on the verge of a civil war, brother against brother, father against son. George Morgan and his friends just want to be left alone. Tired of being harassed because of the color of their skin, this determined group migrates from Kentucky to the free state of Indiana. There they hope to find a place where they can live free from persecution. The way is hard—a river takes a child, they’re threatened by a slave-catcher. But in the wilderness, these hardy souls carve out a new community only to find they haven’t escaped the troubles. With the conflict engaging the whole country, each man must now search his heart to discover what price he’s willing to pay to be free.
A Killer Story - Author: Alvin I. Holsey
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A Killer Story is about four reporters who will do anything to write a killer story. They look for stories and use established and new sources. When there is a potential story, they go after it furiously. They create one if there isn’t one, following no rules except to make it sensational, and woe to anyone in their way. They lie, neglect their families, get into arguments, have fist fights, crash cars, burn down buildings, shoot at people, murder people, cause airplane wrecks, and anything else just to write a killer story. A snitch that all of the reporters know tries to trick them and sell all of them the same information. They don’t like that and they kill him sensationally. They’re seen by Terrence and they go after him. Detective Rivers tries to catch them and end their rampage of chaos just to write a killer story. |
Chasing Memories - Author: Cindy Bauer
