Broken Hearts
A moment of clarity is that moment in which you see your life and the truth of it clearly, perhaps for the first time. And afterwards, nothing is ever the same. A husband has a moment in which he realizes thetruth about his dying marriage. This is one of those stories where nobody win.
Fourteen-year-old Ayo flees forced marriage and joins Dahomey's legendary Agojie warriors. The initiation wall takes her breasts. Training takes her innocence. War takes her humanity.
She rises through the ranks through brilliance and brutality. Falls in love with a fellow warrior. Learns that in this system, caring means losing.
And discovers the strongest prison is the one we build ourselves.
Four Interlocking Stories of Women and their Men. A widower and a divorcee meet and the sparks immediately fly. He's handsome, well-off, and talented. She's a Viking goddess, barely starting her designing career.
As part of a scam a girl falsely accuses a man of rape. He is convicted and spends years in prison thinking only of revenge. And then he is released. He soon discovers that there is more to life than hate.
A Story in the Wendy's Worlds Universe
Wendy must make a major decision. Very major. After her rescue, in 1964, she meets the man of her dream. Man? Boy. In 2001 she journeys to New York to confer with her broker and...well...
A Story in the Brother & Sister Love Universe
I was inspired to write this after seeing, the unintentionally incestuous sounding coffee commercial on TV, where the little sister puts a ribbon on her brother and says, "You're my Christmas Present!"
A young citizen soldier makes and keeps three major promises in his life. He dumps a cheating fiance, moves to his grandfather's old farm and lives a simple life. His life only gets better after he makes his three major promises.