Sheila Mills came from a sheltered middle class upbringing before she joined the WRNS in 1940. The working life of a women's naval officer in the Second World War was a hard one. The discipline and trials of living and working as a 'Wren' plunged her head first into a life of bed bugs, last minute travel, secrecy and huge responsibility. But while Sheila met with hard and exciting work during one of the world's most dangerous conflicts, she also found love, friendship, fun and the human spirit. Her fascinating encounters, assignments, events and, of course, the many loves she found or lost, are all seen through her eyes in this lively collection of letters home. A unique insight into the coming of age of a young girl in the 1940s, Sheila's letters will have readers laughing - and crying - at the extraordinary life of a young girl who travelled all over the world and witnessed key events in the War. Views: 12
Amy uses the second chance she had hardly dared dream of to make up for the wasted years. But a familiar face from long ago makes an unwelcome reappearance, threatening her new-found happiness. Payback has more than one meaning, and sometimes people get what they deserve. A Second Chance is the sequel to the three-volume work Promises to Keep Views: 12
Past Sins Cast a Long ShadowDallas Phillips refuses to believe her father committed suicide, even though things were tough on his farm and he was deeply in debt. When she hears he'd told a neighbor about an upcoming windfall, she grows suspicious, and her suspicion only deepens when she realizes someone is lurking in the nearby mountains after dark.For help, she turns to Trey Jakes, local police chief—and her former lover. As they begin to investigate, another mystery comes to light. Trey's mother is beginning to remember events from thirty years ago, something shadowy that happened in the mountains, and Dallas's father was there, too. Is what happened that night connected to his "suicide"? As they search for the truth, Trey and Dallas struggle to fight their attraction, but they may not be able to fend off another force—a killer who's more than willing to kill again to make sure old secrets stay buried. Views: 12
At precisely the cultural moment you were hoping for, a dream team of smart, sexy, brunette, West Coast poets of Italian descent has passionately co-authored an intelligent collection of poetry that both celebrates and capsizes the romantic comedy.From the origin of the genre (It Happened One Night) to its contemporary expressions (Love Actually), the poems in Rom Com trace the attempt to deconstruct as well as engage in dialogue with romantic comedy films and the pop culture, celebrities, and tropes that have come to be associated with them. These irreverent, playful, weird, and comedic poems come in a variety of forms, fully engaging in pop culture, without a judgmental tone. They see your frumpy expectations and raise you issues of sexuality, consent, sexism, homophobia, race, and class. They explore the highs and lows of romantic relationships and the expectations and realities of love, tackling real emotional worlds through the lens of film.Two... Views: 12
Dontae Sheppard is a lone wolf in the city he loves. All three of his packmates have lost their hearts to women. Dontae will not suffer this fate. Women can’t be trusted. They lie. They cheat. They’re the devil in a dress aching to take down the male gender, crush him with their high heels, hot kisses, and empty promises.
He will not suffer this fate.
Not again.
Not after what Catherine did to him.
Catherine Zenith is about to marry the man she left Dontae for years ago. He’s solid. Her parents love him. She loves him. Sort of. So why is the phone in her hands, and why are her shaking fingers dialing Dontae’s number?
She has no idea that he hates her guts.
She’s about to find out.
A Stand-Alone, Hot Werewolf/Shifter Romance series. Each city/state, its own pack. Each wolf, his own story.
NEW YORK:
Nathaniel - The Savior
Eli - The Gift For Smiles
Darik - The One Born Human
Dontae - The Last To Fall
CHICAGO:
Curragh - The Beast (Curr-ahg)
Howard - The Underdog
Xavier - The Hero
CALIFORNIA:
Calt vs. Red - The War Over One Woman (Erotica and Ménage situations)
**From the Author
This is the story where Dontae shows up why he's been such a dick about the female sex, and his reasons are valid. How when we are damaged by love, we become hard to it. Who could crash through that wall, I wondered? Maybe the one who helped erect it. xx, Faleena
About the Author
"The first book I ever wrote I tied with yarn, illustrated with crayon, and sold to my parents for a buck. I was about five years old. Ever since, stories of love and redemption have always struck a cord in me." She's an actress and director, too, and currently lives in Atlanta, GA, where she loves the unpredictable weather patterns after living in Los Angeles for twenty years. "Last night a thunder storm, today 75 degrees, tomorrow snowflakes drifting in the night sky. Can't beat it." Views: 12
*** INTRODUCTORY OFFER PRICE ***While her mother is at home giving birth, eleven-year-old Isa must look after her younger siblings, but when her little sister is killed in an accident on a trainline she carries the guilt through the rest of her life.As Isa grows up, more tragedy strikes: her mother dies of a broken heart after giving birth to a stillborn son, and her father finds solace in heavy drinking. Though Isa finds satisfaction in domestic service for an aristocratic family in London, when her father returns home from the First World War paralysed and suffering memory loss, she must return home to take care of her family once more.Yet there is only so much Isa can endure over the years, and discovering her husband's affair is the final straw. Believing she has failed as a sister, a daughter, a wife and a mother, she makes an irrevocable decision... but will she realise in time that her troubled past can also give her the strength to carry on?A tale of family... Views: 12
He needs her help. She wants his heart. Both will get more than they bargained for. SWIRL is a steamy New Adult story about a girl in love with a guy who's off limits at a time in her life where things are very much outside of her control. After a handsome jerk publicly humiliates her because of her weight, 24-year-old Brianna “Bri” Davis hits an all-time low. With no career, no place to live, and no self-confidence to speak of, Bri has reached rock bottom. The only stable thing in her crumbling life is the Drip Drop Coffee Shop, where she drowns her sorrows in danishes and mugs of delicious coffee, served by an equally delicious barista. 28-year-old Jayce offers Bri a job, but it comes with strings attached: Bri must help him recapture the heart of his ex-girlfriend. She will remake him into a most irresistible specimen so that his ex has no choice but to take him back. Excited to finally have an income, Bri jumps at the opportunity, especially if working next to Jayce all day is part of the deal. Who cares if the man she's been pining away for has the hots for someone else? And the ex he's trying to win back? She's more interested in what he can buy her than a real relationship. Why can't Jayce see there's a more deserving woman right in front of him? Bri can't take any more disappointment. So, going after Jayce is probably a bad idea. But then everything changes, and soon, the steam in Jayce's lingering stare is hotter than the coffee they swirl. Views: 12
