A young man without money or job and whose wife has kicked him out meets up with a lady from the past. She ensourages him to return to those days to wreak vengeance on a man who had done them both wrong
The time is 1941. The place is England. The main character is Honey Weston. A female with posh roots and base instincts. A family history of German connections and petty criminal activities. Honey is ready to take the stage with her mixture of class and crude. She wants to be good but can't help being bad.
While clearing out his late mother’s attic, a retired medical researcher discovers a surgical chest once owned by his ancestor—a respected nineteenth-century surgeon known for his skill and discipline. But the chest tells another story. Inside are clues—subtle, then unmistakable—that suggest the man wasn’t just a healer. He may have been something far more sinister. It was a secret the family buried over a century ago. Until now.
Harper Valley is a roiling hotbed of secrets. Now those secrets are slopping over onto a widow and her daughter. See the history and how she reacts. This is my retelling of the hit country song. Enjoy! / (Reviews)
Another story set in post-World War Two Britain. One man's journey from the Highlands of Scotland to...well, you'll just have to read it to find out! / (Reviews)
A War's End Story It's the end of the War in Germany. Russian soldiers and their British allies glare uneasily across the boundary of their occupation zones. This is the story of a Russian officer and a British WRAC and their brief affair across the divide between East and West.
For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the knight was lost, for want of a knight the battle was lost, for want of a battle the kingdom was lost. So a kingdom was lost-all for want of a nail. Sometimes a minor thing can have great consequences. The death of the eldest son of James I of England allowed his brother Charles to take the throne and civil war ensued. Not a story as such but a timeline of what might have been...