A man purchases a series of self-hypnosis recordings to help him become more assertive. (This novel has been read more than 70,000 times on other sites, and joined the Mind Control Hall of Fame upon it's conclusion in Oct. 2019.)
Brian is a simple man, who does a simple job very well, although he cannot read the manuals. He looked after his mother for years but now she is in a care home. Brian married late in life and is finding it hard to reason with his wife. He is proud of each of the three cars he has owned, one after the other, clearly regards the car as a 'she', and appears to believe he converses with it through the voice of the SatNav.
Satou is arranged to be married to the daughter of a neighboring landowner, but when he stumbles across a mysterious woman in the forest, he must find a way to balance the expectations of his family with his burgeoning desires.
He's a socially awkward college nerd with no romantic prospects. She's a jilted gamer girl with serious trust issues. No way would they ever find a connection with each other, right? Unless, of course, they managed to bond over their shared love of Pokémon...
Brad's six weeks away from a painful divorce. His sister Becky's husband succumbed to cancer six months before. Both are kind of introverted. Neither of them has a social life. It's coming up on Thanksgiving and Brad can get a cabin.
Jeff Jameson is devastated by the death of his wife of over forty years. His son, Gerry, persuades him to sail to Orkney, a place Jeff had long wished to visit, on board Anitra, Gerry's yacht, hoping that the experience would help Jeff deal with his loss. It does - but not quite the way Gerry intended.
I had no idea that my wife was cheating on me. When I found out, I was hurt. Then I was drugged and had sex had sex with the one woman that I should never have touched.
