Rags-to-Riches Stories

How Carol and Barry became lovers from their competitive natures and producing the heir to the fortunes.

If you've read 'The Lost Child' this will make more sense, since it's Robin's story, from her point of view of being found by Charlie on the lake's rock bank two days after the boat crash. It will make sense if read first, however. Enjoy, please.

A university graduate girl buys a ring, the ring is the mind/spirit of a person, who is related to a god. She agrees to do his bidding in return for pleasure. With her ability in assisting the destroyer of evil she is transformed into wealth. This is a book of fiction, It does contain some scene that are current. This is just for setting and events, as far as the writer knows, this did not occur, I think... Notes: Shiva is the "destroyer of evil and the transformer"

A Story in the Life in the Suburbs Universe
A teen boy is taken out to die during a storm, but things don't go as planned. He and his life are very dramatically changed. He sets himself up as modern patriarch with a harem of concubines. He also gets his revenge on his enemies. Some activities relate to his school, home, and work place. Some graphic sex scenes involving heterosexual and homosexual activities are present, and there are some religious discussions. Set in Australia. Sex scenes with characters between 16 and 18 years of age.

Life changing story about Dan going from a virgin nerd to a powerful business person.

A Time Scope Story (2)
Jeb and Alicia met in Chicago. It was a whirlwind romance that started one morning and ended the same day with them deciding to get married. Two days later, they and the Time Scope Jeb had inherited returned to Seattle. They very quickly came to realize that the Time Scope was far more than what Granddad had explained in his letter. They quickly became the center of an intergalactic drama, which reshaped their lives and gave them an unexpected future.

A young man becomes the friend of an old man sitting on a bench in the park who he sees when he jogs past every day. The old man had a hidden life and it is only discovered after he passes away leaving the young man to mourn his passing. [No sex.]

A drunken encounter leads Josh to failing upwards in increasingly unlikely and serendipitous events. This story is a humorous take on non-con stories where the MC is well-meaning, but truly oblivious (and will remain so) to his impact on those around him.

I'm not sure if you would call this a "Rags To Riches" story, depends on how you look at it. But, I did try to make it that way.

Things were a lot different then.