This is a short story about a man who has a pretty good life, you might even say a rich life. He has things and yet he is lonely. Like most of us he doesn't realize that he is missing something. This is also a story about a young woman who is also missing something in her life. Well to say more would be to give you too much information.
Sam ate breakfast at Thelma's Diner five mornings a week for nine years. Then in the course of a single daythey found out although they were acquainted, they never knew one another. All it took was a special steak sandwich...
Harry Gladstone just wanted to expand his family’s bed and Breakfast into an upscale Inn. He had the plans and the funds. His father, Mayor Hal Gladstone, wanted him to follow in his footsteps as the next leader of Gladstone, Colorado. The problem was, Harry was in love with Glenna Schumacher who also wants to be the next mayor of Gladstone. Harry would give anything to let her be mayor and just chase his own dream, but becoming mayor is expected of him. Wanting the enemy isn’t.
Is it possible for a woman to cheat on her husband without ever having sex with another man? A former Navy officer and marine researcher discovers the answer, when his wife and her Navy boyfriend show an unhealthy interest in his invention. Years later she returns into his life informing him that his invention may be the only means of finding that same Navy officer alive. An odd unconventional sort of Cheating Wife story with no sex.
This story is my take on what the words for the Rolling Stones great song might mean. Sad and dark at the beginning but bright and sunny at the end. Follow Jim as he deals with his loss and gives up on love.
A Magic at War Story
Con is back in Iraq and Shameera is being posted to the Pentagon to keep her out of harm's way. On her way to DC, Shameera decides to stop by her soon-to-be in-law's for a long talk with her love's sister about a cryptic comment Con made about why he ran so hard from her. What happened in Con's past that true love spooked him so? Is it something that will threaten his hastily bonded relationship with Shameera? She has decided she has to know the secret and only Maeve can enlighten her.