This story is based on an old English folk song. It takes place during the Napoleonic wars, and although the characters are fictitious, the dates, places, and flavor of the story ate accurate. It is the story of how a misfit youth who tried to fit into the harsh world around him.
A Jacqueline de Belleville Story April 1808. Jacqueline must adapt to life as a plantation slave on the island of Martinique in the Caribbean. The Ladybird plantation has unusual owners, meaning that there's no shortage of opportunities for sex along with the hard work demanded of her and the other slaves. While she's there a special surprise awaits Jacqueline which changes the direction of her life.
Just an American Army soldier POW trying to make a living in the Philippines after escaping and being rescued by 6 beautiful Philipinas and adopted by a barangay (village).
In a world where magic and industry collide, a reborn man finds a mysterious Black Stone glowing with forbidden golden light. Armed with modern knowledge, he turns coins into weapons, laundromats into empires, and federal agents into pawns. He doesn’t want to rule the world. He wants the world to need him. The only sin is playing small.
A Indian Fighters Story Our young (14) hero in West Texas in 1862 is forced to take on the responsibilities of an adult when Comanches kill his parents. He vows to wipe out the Comanche tribe, and he starts out with the group that killed his parents. Along the way, he takes up bounty hunting as a way to make a living. He also picks up some wives and other interesting things. / (Reviews)
In 1931, as the Great Slump threatens their elegant Swanage guesthouse, Lakmé Crawford hatches a scandalous plan: offer private “educational holidays” to bashful young gentlemen of means. With her husband’s reluctant blessing, the confident 51-year-old becomes tutor in the arts of pleasure. Business flourishes — until a powerful client arrives with demands of his own. Witty, steamy, and deliciously improper.
This is the story of John Edwards, a fighter pilot in WW1, his combat experiences, and his romance with Connie Butler, a Red Cross worker. Most of the story involves a little-known, but very important, battle against the German observation balloons. John's favorite method of attack came from my imagination, but it could have worked and made a difference in the war. Every infantryman in WW1 had nothing but praise for the guts of the balloon busters.