News & reviews for the fiction lover in us all!
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In this novella set of three stories, we begin with “The New Countess” in which a vacation to the seaside turns upside down for Diane and her children when her husband, surprises her with a visit. Stumbling through a new marriage arranged out of convenience, both Diane and Michael must figure out their relationship outside expectations and explore new possibilities.
Miranda Porter is retired, and learned who she is without her career is daunting. Preferring to control as much of her life as possible, she takes a trip to Portugal. Her trip is meant to help her figure out a new direction in life and give her adult children room to grow the business without her. However, when so much of her life has involved her career who is Miranda without it?
Does one remarry for love or security when the first and true love of their heart is dead…. And almost gone? 1775 and Felicia Hawkings is the new widow, after her beloved husband, Major Thomas Hawkings, is killed in a raid. Their lives had been perfect, and they were expecting their first child. Now, the musket’s fire stole her one and only away.
A coming-of-age story based on the true-life events of Annika (Iris) Wolter, from age 15, to her whirlwind romance to Phillip, lieutenant in the Army, through the WW II years that separated them and sent Annika and her mother to a Japanese internment camp, and finally to her post-war reunion with her husband, Phillip.
In the first story, Chico Burnside despairs of getting fitted for a tuxedo for his wedding to Andy Wells in Konigsburg, Texas. Chico isn’t a formal kind of guy, but in order to appease his mother—who has turned into a control freak with the wedding preparations—he goes along with it. Andy also is depressed; she wants to marry Chico, but doesn’t know if she can handle too much more.
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