Amaranth Glyn's comfortable life comes to an end when the church funds disappear. Her father, the church treasurer who drew out the money, is also missing, to be followed shortly by her mother. The disgrace this brings on the family means Amaranth's marriage plans are cancelled. Amaranth is a competent artist and moves away with her young brother to try to earn a living."It seems, Miss, your father drew out that money yesterday, and took it all out in gold. The Rector happened to be in the Bank at the time, but was on his way to town, and could not stop to talk to your father just then, though he wondered to hear him say he had come to draw out everything, as treasurer of the fund." Amaranth Glyn's comfortable life comes to an end when the church funds disappear. Her father, the church treasurer who drew out the money, is also missing, to be followed shortly by her mother. The disgrace this brings on the family means Amaranth's marriage plans are cancelled. Amaranth is a competent artist and moves away with her young brother to try to earn a living. There are rumours that her parents are in France and even in Peru. Caring for her sick brother, Amaranth wants life to be as it was before the financial scandal forced her to leave her family home and the garden she loved. Views: 467
Brandon Gilbert has spent years in hiding, but he’s finally accomplished his dream of working as a public school teacher. When offered the chance to help bullied children, there was no way he could say no. Not to mention that meeting Dr. Tash Weber, the psychiatrist who helps them, a sad yet sexy older man, ignited a spark inside Brandon he’d never had before.Though five years have passed since the death of his lover, Dr. Sebastian "Tash" Weber has no interest in relationships or love. But young, enigmatic Brandon awakens his heart and his desire. Despite Tash’s best efforts to push him away, Brandon unlocks the passion for life Tash thought he’d lost forever. Falling in love wasn’t part of the plan for either Brandon or Tash, but neither family disapproval nor self-doubts can stop them from embracing the fire that burns between them. And when Brandon returns home to fight for a future he never imagined possible, he and... Views: 467
Desperate not to end up just like his father, a felon struggles with what may turn out to be the worst decision of his life. This story was my second round entry in NYC Midnight‘s 2017 Short Story Challenge. The writing prompts in my brief were: Historical Fiction | A Tunnel | A New Father.Desperate not to end up just like his father, a felon struggles with what may turn out to be the worst decision of his life.This story was my second round entry in NYC Midnight‘s 2017 Short Story Challenge. The writing prompts in my brief were: Historical Fiction | A Tunnel | A New Father. Views: 467
Everyday we all have many emotions and hundreds of emotional thoughts running through our bodies. Kennie tried to conjure them up with words. This is what he got.A collection of three previously published short stories about Alcandhor, one of the main characters of the novel Sword's Edge: "Alternate Path" originally published in Deep Magic, July 2005"Bitter Storm" originally published in Deep Magic, January 2004Deep Magic's December 2003 cover, "Bitter Chivalry," by Todd Lockwood , provided the inspiration for this writing-challenge winner."Petition" originally published in Residential Aliens, November 2010 Views: 467
"I loved being so close to all that wildlife. That was until I learned what else lurked in the woods behind our house..."That summer should have been filled with laughter, with slip n’ slides in the yard, lazy afternoons lying watching ice cream clouds swirling through the blue sky, melting in slow motion. I watched a plane rising high above our house. From the ground it looked completely still, as if it hung suspended in the air, a model on a string. I wished I was on it, I wished I could escape. I was seven and that was the summer death stalked our home.It began with the offerings... Views: 467
Addicted to You (1–4) (Crave, Adore, Shatter, Claim) Views: 467
Thomas Fallgrout always thought of himself as a regular kid until the day he accidentally creates a little big of magic using his grandpa's old potions. Suddenly, he's pulled from public school and enrolled in Pennybaker Academy for the Uniquely Gifted, where kids are busy perfecting their chainsaw juggling, unicycling feats, and didgeridoo playing.
Pennybaker is full of spirit thanks to its most beloved teacher: the late, great Helen Heirmauser. The school has even erected a statue of her head on a pedestal. Then, life is uprooted when the statue goes missing -- and everyone thinks Thomas is behind its disappearance. Now his head is on the line. As his new friends turn on him, Thomas finds himself pairing up with the only person who will associate with him: his oddball next door neighbor Chip Mason. Together they work to hunt down the missing statue . . . only to discover that maybe what they've both needed to find all along was true friendship.
Featuring black-and-white illustrations, this wildly fun first book kicks off a hilarious new middle-grade series from acclaimed author Jennifer Brown. Views: 467
She's not the woman I thought ... but dammit, she's the woman I want. I never thought of myself as cynical, but getting dumped at the altar changes a man. Now, I'm all about my job. About building my business and getting on with my life. Don't get me wrong; I still love women. I love the way they look. The way they smell. The way they feel. Especially the way they feel. And I've pretty much made it my mission to give each and every woman who shares my bed the ride of her life. But getting close? Getting serious? Giving a woman my trust again? Yeah, that's not going to happen. Or so I thought. Then I met her. It's funny how things can change in a heartbeat. How one case of mistaken identity can change everything. But there she was, all business and completely uninterested in me. And damned if I didn't want her. Crave her. Most of all, I wanted to help her. To keep her and her sister safe. But the... Views: 467
When Gina Temple decides to go Christmas shopping for her girlfriend, Detective Sergeant Kate Brannon, in the Norfolk town of King's Lynn, it seems like an easy enough task.If only life were that simple.A split-second event, months in the planning, tips their safe world upside-down.In this twisting lesbian thriller, Kate's subsequent investigation leads her down the rabbit hole, where innocent people are targets, and has repercussions that will reverberate for a long, long time.Meanwhile, as the two women grow closer, things get even more complicated. Life seems determined to throw obstacles in their path.Will things ever feel normal again? Views: 467
Kalinda Marsh, the toast of the internet, soon found out how quickly web based fame can become a nasty reality.
Needing a fresh start, she answered an ad for a mail order bride for an Oregonian Outfitter in need of a wife with internet marketing skills.
Paul, a member of an old Oregonian family, but he wants no part of the deforestation Darton Industries is about to embark upon in an unspoiled area. An untouched 20,000 acres in the corner of Eastern Oregon is where he decides to make a stand, but it is lonely. He needs a wife who can see his vision and help him fight to keep the beautiful wide open spaces for future generations to enjoy.
Kalinda Marsh agreed to be his wife and help him build new paths. Together, the trails of Oregon weren't the only things they set ablaze. Views: 467
A rebellion is brewing in the world of the Lake of Sins while Hugh Truent sits in prison days away from his execution.After taking his findings about the genetic similarities between the classes to the Supreme Almighty and the Council, Hugh had been arrested for treason and all his evidence had vanished as if made from smoke.To protect his family, he cut off all contact with the outside world while he sat in prison for over four years waiting for his execution. He has no idea that some of his reports were leaked to the other classes and that civil war looms on the horizon.Trinity and her friends have no hope of winning the war unless they can unite the classes. In order to do that, they need someone everyone will follow. They need the one person all the classes trust and believe in. They need Hugh. That means they have to break him out of a maximum security prison and convince him to lead their army, but that won’t... Views: 466
