In a time when position and status are fixed and immutable, Stuart Allen finds himself pulling a barge across a river. Ferrying others to and fro while he collects tiny sums for all his efforts. One day, something happens, something that changes everything for him. How will he handle such a change?
A Young Wife Discovers Her Neighbours Big, Dark Secret. Emma was a newlywed — young, loyal, and eager to please… until she saw what her older neighbour had to offer. What started as curiosity turned to comparison and fixation. A story about size, temptation, and the slow, aching unravel of a woman who didn’t know how ready she was to be torn open and discovered.
What's a girl to do? She needs to feel sorry for herself, wants to be alone. But then a guy turns up with even bigger problems. Damn, it's Girl Scout to the rescue.
Blue Ridge Mountaineers
Howard Randolph returns home to Virginia after the War Between the States. A former Confederate Officer deals with the loss of his parents, the disappearance of his sister and the loss of his humanity. Period language and extreme violence.
A The Wanting Series Story Cora inherited exactly one thing from her mother: a flat voice that delivers devastating news without a flicker. So when Ellen turns up with one of the scattered candles on her mantel, Cora knows lying to her is hopeless — and that her mother has already clocked that her daughters are hiding something. She races across town braced for catastrophe, only to walk into Ellen's kitchen and find her mother and a nine-hundred-year-old incubus sharing the good teacups.