Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
Jack had recently lost his wife, he was lonely. But for him loneliness was not an option. His neighbour believed he had the answer. Or did he?
A trip away was just what I needed to get over my divorce. Switzerland was beautiful, but not as beautiful as the sight of my friend’s son Ethan, slipping out of his towel and joining me in our private sauna.I can’t help but touch him, and when I noticed he’s getting aroused I end up touching him a whole lot more. Listen as we surrender to sin in this sweaty, sexy encounter that sees him finish inside me, like any good man should. I somehow manage to make him come twice!Show book
Dan Ainslie, a brilliant doctor working with the miners of his native Cape Breton Island, is forty-two and deeply in love with his wife. Longing for the son he can never have, he comes to love the young Alan MacNeil, whose father deserted him and his mother several years before. Alan's father's return brings tragedy to those around him.Show book
When a college girl's world is shattered by her mother's tragic demise, her newly developed insomnia unleashes a nightmare beyond comprehension. Haunted by hallucinations and plagued by sleepwalking, she stumbles upon the sinister secrets lurking within the shadows of Michigan State University's campus. With an increasingly loosening grip on reality, she seeks solace in the arms of a mysterious stranger, only to discover a darkness lurking within herself that mirrors her mother's descent into madness. Bound by a legacy of terror, she uncovers a chilling truth: her mother's fate was sealed by a pact with a malevolent Lovecraftian entity, and now, she too is marked for the same tragic destiny. In a race against time and sanity, she confronts the horrors of her past and the looming darkness threatening her future. "Slumber" is a psychological roller coaster, a tale of sleepless nights where reality fractures and nightmares become waking life. Will our protagonist escape the clutches of the evil force, or will she succumb to the same unholy fate as her mother and seep into that sweet sleep forever?Show book
Christine Beckett is faced with some home truths when her best friend, suffering from dementia, decides after a lifetime to be honest with her; Olivia Fletcher has an epiphany at a vaccination centre about a man who has loved her for decades; Bernard Travers revisits an unlikely romantic interlude with the mother of his teenage pen pal that has sustained him for 40 years. Twenty-Twenty Vision is a collection of interlinked short stories about hindsight and late middle-age regret subtly framed within the first year of the pandemic. It's also a portrait, an emotional map of the 1950s generation moving into the third age with a mixture of apprehension and regret. The characters make chastening discoveries – one finds after a lifetime that she's a bullying victim, another draws up a curriculum vitae of her emotional life when there are no jobs left to apply for. The work focuses on a handful of characters – Christine, Olivia, Bernard, Freddie, Triona and Eva – as they revisit their past and grapple with late-life perspectives. The overarching narrative is connected by character and situation, and united in theme, to form a tapestry of late middle-age reckoning.Show book
The third and last novel of the By Design Trilogy continues the journey of Anne and Brad as they make their way through the many complications, heartaches, and joys of life. Inevitably, they begin to think of their own mortality as the years move forward. Anne thinks of her mother a lot these days. Even though her mother's life had ended way too soon, Gretchen had managed to prepare her daughter well--she left a legacy to be envied. Now, after so many years, that legacy has the daunting task of seeing Anne through. Will life be gentle with Anne? Or will it present a costly bill? Her mother's promise from so long ago may be her only hope.Show book
The quiet and solitude found in the back country and wetlands of south Florida has been shattered. Someone is using explosives to fish the ecologically fragile patch reefs in the shallow waters of Florida Bay, north of the Keys. Retired Marine Jesse McDermitt doesn't like explosions in his backyard. Knowing his penchant for inserting himself in matters best left to the authorities, his friends withhold information from him about the destruction to the delicate, living corals. Jesse doesn't much like this, either. He discovers that a vicious Miami street gang is involved when he and his daughter witness a gruesome double murder on remote Cape Sable. Ignoring his friends advice, he digs for the truth. Why does a gang that deals strictly in lead, kilos, and large bricks of cash want to steal cheap boats in the Keys, just to poach a few bucks worth of gamefish? What Jesse uncovers is far more sinister than he bargained for. A twisted psychopath is in control of the gang and trying to lure him out in the open. Jesse's instinct and training compel him to attack, but conflicts with his newfound parental need to protect. Jesse and the ones he cares for most are caught in the cross-hairs. It's just another day in paradise in this sixth installment of the Jesse McDermitt series.Show book
