A The Chronicles of Dan Hayward Story Dan, the family and friends have a very satisfying Christmas. Brad has a special surprise for Scott and his dad. Scott has a question for Vicky. Brad and Abby exchange gifts...Scott opened the small box, parting the folded tissue paper. He looked at the contents then started uncontrollable laughter. One by one he took out five plastic cows and five goats.
So, after I had been double-crossed by Arthur Jacobs, my late father's steward, and his gang of friends I found myself onboard a ship heading to the Americas. I had no idea what would happen now..
Simone's mom couldn't help the way that her body reacted to her daughter's blossoming sexuality, especially when she was so careless with her clothing, as she so often was. She knew that it was wrong, but it wasn't as if she'd ever let anything happen between them. Then one day she made a careless mistake.
1880 Philippines. Mia, a merchant's daughter, marries into a brutal plantation dynasty. Alana, an Indio concubine, is given to her husband as property. Expected to be rivals, they choose alliance instead—then love. When violence destroys the patriarchs who owned them, these two women seize an empire through strategy, not rebellion. Pregnant and widowed, they negotiate a hostile takeover that leaves them controlling everything: the land, the shipping, the future. Lock, stock, and barrel