Jay Cantrell: Stories

Jorgarn Elmwood’s only goal was to avoid the life of a priest. He would have settled for becoming a sailor, a soldier or possibly even a thief. So how does he manage to woo and lose a Princess, destroy a would-be empire, raise a new country, avert a civil war and wed a Queen? It’s all his stepmother’s fault.

A story of a man and woman from different worlds. Their interaction, and the lessons they teach and learn over 20 years, lead each to an intersection in their lives.

Michael McPherson is a decent man in a brutal business. His life doesn't lend itself to companionship but he longs for an end to his loneliness. Is it possible to find a person who can fit into his unorthodox life? [The "violence" code does not reflect sexual content.]

Adam Walters is a 19-year-old farm boy going to college in the big city. Reeling from the deaths of his parents and struggling with the financial hardship those deaths bring, he takes the advice of a friend and enters the porn world. With the aid of his pals - and some exceptional young women - Adam helps to transform a business known for wicked excess and questionable integrity into a stable, profitable enterprise. Note: Codes represent only physical acts between main characters

Bryant Hawkins was a good cop with a bad run of luck. At the lowest point of his life, he leaves his job and his home for a shot at paradise - and winds up in a bigger mess than he left behind. [Note: Codes are not reflective of character interactions. They represent thematic elements only. Readers are urged to view the Author's Note before beginning the story.]

David and Julie loved one another but couldn't co-exist as husband and wife. It's been 5 years since their divorce and their lives have changed dramatically. Is it too late for a second chance?

A man finds himself torn between falling in love with his neighbor's niece or staying true to his beliefs.

Mike Cavenaugh is facing 40 with an ex-wife he can't stand and a teen-aged daughter he can't begin to understand. The lone bright spot in his life is his son. Then he meets Carrie Walton in one of the unlikeliest of places.

A Brock Miller Story
It’s been six years since Brock Miller and his friends left his adopted hometown. The angry boy has become a young adult, and life has taken him in a direction that none of them could have foreseen. But the scars from his troubled teens are deep – maybe too deep to allow him to find the most elusive of goals: a place to call home. [Sequel to "The Outsider."]

Jeff is tired of his wife spending more time at work than at home and he is tired of the distance between them when they are together. But sometimes a person has to step away before he can see what he's left behind.