First Stories

Diedre is trying to keep the ranch going in the absence of her husband, and that means breeding horses. With the help of her Brother-In-Law and nephew, along with her own son and daughter, she thinks they can manage, but none of them have any experience at breeding. For a bunch of amateurs they succeed beyond anyone's expectations. / (Reviews)

Diedre's husband is gone and it's breeding season at the ranch, so she needs help getting that done. With the help of her sister's family, and her own children, they manage to pull it off... so to speak. It turns out to be the most successful breeding season on record. / (Reviews)

Jeff Dugan's life is drastically changed after a Friday night high school football game. He's at the wrong place at the wrong time or is it the right place at the right time? Some violence toward the beginning of the story, but nothing extremely graphical.

A Blues Story
Bob hires Megan to help him paint his house. She's been his cute little tomboy neighbor for years. But Megan has grown up some, and what she wants for payment isn't what he had in mind. At first, anyway.

Ethan was born and raised from birth to be a man of action, capable of handling any situation. This is the story of how be became that man...

Now, who the heck would be giving me an old clipping about someone I don't know? Not to mention a photo. I unfolded the letter, expecting an explanation. I got more questions, instead. The date at the top of the page was Nineteen Sixteen!

A Life in Paradise Story
Kyle Martin has to follow in his valedictorian, class president, year book editor older brother, Will Henry's very large footsteps. Kyle works on finding a way to meet the lofty expectations at school, make a name for himself in football, deal with the adulation and girls his on-field success brings and finding love with his friend and neighbor Penny Edwards. / (Reviews)

Sister Juliet is the nice nun all former Catholic school kids remember, the one who tried to protect you from the ones who wielded their rulers like swords. So when she finds a boy trapped in her room at the convent late one night, naturally she doesn't turn him in. Naturally, she tries to make him feel at ease. Naturally, things just keep going from there. (Celeste's No. 3 story for all of 1997!) / (Reviews)