When Henry converts his string of high class brothels into top of the range retirement homes, he uses his 'girls' as carers, employing others with equally damaged lives. His death at 90 - expected but sudden - leaves his grand nephew ill-prepared to take command. The story is set in Scotland, a great wee country well worth a visit!
Andrew, an English inventor, uses a bachelor party to escape his job and adulterous wife. Maria, formerly a top escort whose career ended when her face was horrifically slashed by a knife. They fan the spark when they meet into warm blaze. This tribute to Oscar Wilde is my attempt to bring some of his ideas into he twenty-first century.
When the United States entered the Great War in 1916, it was at a crossroads. Europe urgently needed wheat and anarchists sought to attack the crops to foil the federal desire to help. A bureau (later to become the FBI) was formed to combat criminals with the powers to cross state boundaries. This is the fictional account of a young American who landed on Ellis Island from Scotland in 1902 aged 16.
When Marc Lavalliere hands him a basket of lemons, Jim makes prize-winning lemonade. His ex-wife Linda discovers that karma can be at her most cruel when she gives you what you think you want.
Cheating doesn't just affect the husband. When Anne Butler plans an affair, her husband Chris enlists the help of her mother and father as well as her boss at work. The result is humiliating for Anne but offers a chance of reconciliation.
After thirty years Bob and Helen find it hard to adjust to an empty nest. Dramatic events on a reconciliation holiday bring matters to a head. Is a new relationship better than a factory recondition existing marriage?
When his wife's response to her empty nest is a cliched affair with her younger boss, Bill's response is to choose a more imaginative cliche of his own.
