Publisher: Bu Classics Books
In the aftermath of the Great War, a group of veterans find solace and understanding through the shared stories of their service and its lingering scars. These narratives explore the themes of healing, loyalty, and the difficult transition back to a world that has moved on. It is a poignant reflection on the enduring bonds formed in the face of absolute chaos.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "This enjoyable book will pull you in and keep you wanting more!" Fans of Jojo Moyes and Caitlin Crews will love this small-town, feel-good romance! Chocolate wars brew when 44-year-old, fledgling Montana-based chocolate maker Susie Sweet receives a cease-and-desist from Italian confectionary baron Raffaello Ferrero. If you love later in life, opposites attract, enemies to lovers, romance, you'll enjoy Susie and Raffaello’s bitter-sweet journey to love. Enjoy the prequel today! ALSO BY MOLLIE MATHEWS All of Mollie’s series are linked. If you find a character you love, they could be in another novel! MONTANA HEARTS SWEET SHORT STORIES Her Billionaire Cowboy Fake Fiancé (Jack and Lizzie) For The Love of Chocolate (Raffaelo and Susie) For The Love of Lipstick ( Ethan and Poppy) PASSION DOWN UNDER SASSY SHORT STORIES: Twist of Fate (Jonathon and Danni) Love Me Forever (Joey and Tomasso) Forever and Always (Lily and Leonardo) Love Me As I Am (Kiri and Benotti) The Lightkeeper's Lover (Lucy and Andrew) Finding a Husband (Julie and Oliver) NOVELS BY MOLLIE MATHEWS TRUE LOVE STORIES: Love In Venice (Mauro and Maggie) Love in Mexico (Oliver and Ruby) Love In Sicily (Kate and Gianni) Love in Montana (Lizzie and Jack)...coming soon THE SHEIKHS UNTAMED BRIDES: Claimed by the Sheikh (Tariq and Melanie) Stolen By The Sheikh (Anwar and Lucy) Bought By The Sheikh (Fazza and Grace)Show book
After returning home to the Florida Keys, Jesse moves on to Fort Myers, his hometown on the Southwest Florida coast. There is much work to be done, and Jesse is no stranger to hard work. On a kayak outing with friends, Jesse's daughter finds and rescues a manatee suffering from respiratory problems. The red tide has returned, and fish are dying by the thousands, along with dolphins, manatees, and sea birds. The algal bloom is a naturally occurring phenomenon, but this time it's much worse. Theories abound; it's something left over from the previous spring's coronavirus outbreak, it's caused by pollution, someone is intentionally creating a super-algae.... But there's something far more sinister at work, and it's up to Jesse to find out what it is and put a stop to it.Show book
A Highwayman ravages the countryside, robbing the unsuspecting traveler. He promises to come at midnight for Bess, the landlord’s daughter. But when the redcoats come, and lay a trap for the Highwayman at the inn, Bess warns her lover in a method and manner never to be forgotten.Show book
"The Gift of the Magi" is a short story by O. Henry first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been popular for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time. The plot and its twist ending are well-known, and the ending is generally considered an example of comic irony. It was allegedly written at Pete's Tavern on Irving Place in New York City.The story was initially published in The New York Sunday World under the title "Gifts of the Magi". It was first published in book form in the O. Henry Anthology The Four Million in April 1906.Among the most significant works O. Henry: "The Duplicity of Hargraves", "A Retrieved Reformation", "The Cop and the Anthem", "The Gift of the Magi", "The Skylight Room", "After Twenty Years", "Conscience in Art", "The Caballero's Way", "The Last Leaf", "The Third Ingredient", "The Ransom of Red Chief", "Makes the Whole World Kin".Show book
Buckle Up for a Deliriously Uncanny Literary Ride Have you ever wondered about the deep-sea depths of unorthodox, unclassifiable stories that most ghostwriters take to their graves unseen? The kind of tales that straddle realities and make you second-guess the line between fact and fabulist fiction? If so, "Mnemonic Phantasms" is the deliciously twisted tell-all you've been waiting for. In this daring anthology, an anonymous ghostwriter exposes some of the most bizarre, mind-bending client requests they've encountered over decades of sculpting prose in the shadows. From crafting alien abduction memoirs and decoding subterranean civilisation epics to channelling celebrity afterlife autobiographies and exorcising cult leader manifestos - no paranormal subject, interdimensional whisper, or eccentric megalomania is off limits. With dizzying narrative dexterity and a masterful command of speculative psychosphere violation, "Ava Silica" (a soigné nom de plume) brings readers along for a wild ride. It's a no-holds-barred immersion into the most uncharted, unchartable territories where few ghostwriters dare to tread. Part memoir, part uncategorisable omnibus, this one-of-a-kind volume boldly unveils every ghostwriter's darkest secret—that the most unbelievable assignments are also often the most demanding. Thanks to Silica's decision to shatter the civility cloaks of confidentiality, you, the reader, get to experience the delicious, disturbing psilocybin trip of sheer WTF?! First-hand.Show book
Katherine O'Flaherty was born on the 8th February 1850 in St Louis, Missouri to parents of French and Irish descent. At age 5, she was sent to the Sacred Heart Academy and, apart from a 2 year period at home when her father died, remained there until graduating in 1868. Whilst there she began writing and became an avid reader of almost anything that crossed her path. Kate married Oscar Chopin in 1870 and the couple moved to New Orleans, and later to the rural setting of Cloutierville, Louisiana to raise their 6 children. In 1882 her husband died leaving her in a deep trench of debt. Despite her best efforts to turn the businesses around they were sold, and she moved the family back to St Louis and the financial help of her mother. Sadly, her mother died within the year. Kate, now struggling with depression, pushed herself to write and gained a local reputation as a writer of short stories that captured the local color and vibrancy of her surroundings. By the early 1890’s her short stories were published nationally. With this widespread audience also came negative reviews, controversy, and cries of immorality as themes such as interracial relationships, the rights of women and other burning issues of the day were written about. Despite the criticism, which unnerved her, she continued to write though in the main her works, around 100 short stories and two novels, were not attributed with any literary worth. Kate Chopin died from a brain haemorrhage in St Louis Missouri on the 22nd of August 1904. She was 54. For much of the 20th Century her work was forgotten and out of print. It was only in early 1970’s, with the rise of feminism and the call for a more just society that she was given the status her works had long described and shone a literary light at. She is now safely revered as one of America’s great authors.Show book
