Welcome to Willow Falls. The town young Matthew Bannister ran away from fifteen years before. Now famed U.S. Deputy Marshal Matt Bannister is coming home to reconcile with his family. He prayed he wouldn’t see his ex-best friend Tom Smith nor the only girl he ever loved, Tom’s wife, Elizabeth. However, old feuds unsettled never die and spark a powder keg of action when the desperate Moskin Gang kidnap Elizabeth and leave a murderous trail behind them. In anguish, Tom, the Willow Falls sheriff, turns to his despised old-friend to help get the woman they both love back alive, if they can. Sometimes God’s greatest blessing is unanswered prayer.

Billy’s War by Tony Whelpton had me hooked instantly, and young Billy stole my heart… What can being at war mean to a nine-year-old? Not much, you might think, but if the boy in question is a war orphan…The date was Thursday 8 May 1941. Britain had been at war with Nazi Germany for 19 months. Billy Frecknall was only nine years old, but what a character he turned out to be! Like many boys of his age, Billy to all intents and purposes no longer had a Dad, because his father had enlisted in the army in the early days of the war, and Billy and his Mum didn’t even know where he was. But that night saw the biggest air raid Billy’s home town of Nottingham had experienced – an air raid which the author experienced personally and recalls vividly – and there were many casualties, including Billy’s Mum. Billy was fortunate to survive, but life as an orphan, especially an orphan being brought up in an apparently hostile family, left a lot to be desired.What could a little boy in that situation do? Grin and bear it? That would be the only option for many. But what if the little boy in question is resilient, resourceful, intelligent and, above all, driven? Driven by a desire which becomes an obsession, and aided by the innocence of a child of his time, which meant that he trusted everyone until he had reason to think otherwise, he sets off to find his Dad.In the course of his quest he faces up to many obstacles that would have caused a less resourceful boy to blanch and give up, but he doesn’t – and he is blessed also with a charisma that makes most people he encounters take his side without hesitation.If you read his story, you’ll quickly see why Billy captures so many hearts and, with all the odds apparently stacked against him, wins his war.The sequel to Billy’s War, called There’s No Pride In Prejudice, was published in 2016, and is also available on Amazon! Why not buy both? It won’t break the bank, and you’ll be enthralled by both books!

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s masterpiece: A searing portrait of sin and redemption in Puritan New England When Hester Prynne, a young Puritan woman in seventeenth-century Boston, becomes pregnant out of wedlock, the unforgiving society in which she lives judges her harshly. Sentenced to wear a scarlet A emblazoned on her dress, Hester raises her daughter, Pearl, on the outskirts of town—an exile meant to cause her shame for the remainder of her life. In refusing to name Pearl’s father, Hester seeks to protect the minister Arthur Dimmesdale from sharing her fate. As the years pass, Dimmesdale grows weaker, eroded by his guilt, while Hester finds renewal in a defiant reclamation of her strength and identity. Their diverging paths lead to a searing final scene that stands among the most powerful in American literature. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

A loveless marriage, a dangerous affair, and a shocking secret… Heloise MacAskill finds herself fatherless and betrayed within the same day. And she suspects that her mother is behind her father’s death. However, the worst comes when it is announced that Heloise must marry a much older Laird. If that’s not enough, her childhood love arrives with him, and she has to face those stunning eyes once again. Aidam is a notorious womanizer and a walking temptation for any young lass. Orphaned as an infant, he was raised by his uncle, Laird Sinclair, who is newly betrothed to Lady Heloise. But this engagement will turn blood against blood because Aidam’s hate and love for the same woman drives him crazy. Heloise and Aidam feel desire, too lustful to resist, and they are caught up in a forbidden affair that may bring destruction to their clans. With the walls closing in, they have to find a way to be together. As a shocking truth about their families is revealed, they will realise that their whole life has been a lie, and now they must risk everything to save their cursed love. They pretended to hate each other, till they could pretend no more…