When Dallas Royal is caught in a dangerous struggle with a drunk at the western dancehall where she bartends, handsome Texas cowboy, Cash Powers, rescues her. Though she hasn't dated in years, the sexy Cash sets her pulse racing, and she accepts his invitation to dinner. Dallas, a single mother, grew up poor. Unable to finish college due to her pregnancy, she yearns to finish her law degree, keeping her nose to the grindstone for years. Her weekend bar tending job funds her education account. Ethan Keys, a good-looking lawyer at the firm where she works, finally entices her out on a date after years of failed attempts. Each man is aware that she's seeing the other, and competition is fierce. Will Dallas choose the wealthy, man-of-the-world lawyer or the strong, straightforward, caring cowboy? As one date follows the next, and emotions deepen, will Dallas's inability to choose one over the other cause her to lose both?... Views: 40
An Observer, New Statesman, Financial Times, Irish Times and Scotsman 2021 Non-Fiction Highlight'Well written, often entertaining and occasionally deeply moving; an unmissable account of a year we will all try too hard to forget.' The Times'Inspiring. I can't recommend it too strongly. You will learn a lot from it, and you will find much more that is encouraging.' Allan Massie, ScotsmanIntensive Care is about how coronavirus emerged, spread across the world and changed all of our lives forever. But it's not, perhaps, the story you expect. Gavin Francis is a GP who works in both urban and rural communities, splitting his time between Edinburgh and the islands of Orkney. When the pandemic arrived in our society he saw how it affected every walk of life: the anxious teenager, the isolated care home resident, the struggling furloughed worker and homeless ex-prisoner, all united by their... Views: 40
In this alluring, melancholic novel—Peter Stamm at his best—a writer haunted by his double blurs the line between past and present, fiction and reality, in his attempt to outrun the unknown."Please come to Skogskyrkogården tomorrow at 2. I have a story I want to tell you." Lena agrees to Christoph's out-of-the-blue request, though the two have never met. In Stockholm's Woodland Cemetery, he tells her his story, which is also somehow hers. Twenty years before, he loved a woman named Magdalena—an actress like Lena, with her looks, her personality, her past. Their breakup inspired him to write his first novel, about the time they were together, and in its scenes Lena recognizes the uncanny, intimate details of her own relationship with an aspiring writer, Chris. Is it possible that she and Chris are living the same lives as Magdalena and Christoph two decades apart? Are they headed towards the same scripted separation? Or, in the... Views: 40
