Half a lifetime ago, Mary Cooper used to be inseparable from the most breathtaking girl in the entire state of Texas, running wild and raising trouble. Now a wife and a mother of three, Mary has long buried the memories of the vibrant Jeanie-or so she tells herself. When her teenage son knocks up his girlfriend, Mary is fired from her job at the church and finds herself shunned by the community she'd served so selflessly for years. Just when she thinks she can't handle any more, her husband casually drops the staggering news that Jeanie Lucas is back in town. Folks say Jeanie dates women now. Not like Mary didn't see that one coming. ✮✻✮✻✮✻✮✻✮✻ While this is a Young Sheldon fanfic, it's entirely possible to read this when you've never seen the show. I don't own any of the characters, except for the lovely Jeanie Lucas.

(Book 1 of 7) *complete* I fell for Alberta Anderson when I was a teenager, she was my childhood best friend. It was a slow and steep descent into an all-encompassing love. To be Allies favourite person in the world, and yet to yearn for more...to dare to yearn for more. It was torturous, and before I would ever get to confess it, another came along who dared to be braver than me and fell in love with her and all that she was too, my older brother Ben. Ben was sensible enough to propose and claim her for eternity with a band of gold and a seal in our temple, all at the tender age of eighteen. Our church, you know that infamous one in Utah? Yeah that one. Their wedding day would mark the day I left Utah, the church and my family, the month I announced I was gay and was sent away... there was no room for gay here...and in turn no room for me. Allie wouldn't understand, my absence, or my silence...and five years would pass...painfully for us both. Allie had a child, I went to college, feelings got left buried, but thoughts were daily, and she never left my mind...not for a day, and what I didn't know was that she was in that same place...lost and waiting for me to return. And I would return... one christmas five years later... and with me every feeling and emotion resurrected. Our teens were only the beginning because the journey to Alberta was about to span through our twenties and into our thirties. A journey home. *** Willa Jameson. When I hear that name in church one Sunday afternoon, it is five years later, five years I've not seen her but the name stirs a pain inside of me still. My life starts and ends with Willa Jameson and she has no idea. Mature content marked in chapters with a * *Completed March 2022. The first of seven novels* *I DO NOT GIVE PERMISSION FOR THIS BOOK TO BE COPIED, OR ADAPTED ON THIS PLATFORM, OR ANY OTHER, BY ANYONE ELSE*

Jessie Kawecki desperately needs a break. Her girlfriend broke up with her, she's sleeping on her brother's couch, and she's got maybe about forty dollars in her wallet. Still, when she gets offered the position of nanny to the three cheeky daughters of single mother Elizabeth Canfield, she hesitates. Closed-off and cold, Elizabeth is harder to handle than all of her kids together, and Jessie has no idea how long she can manage to put up with her. But she could really use the money, and she probably won't see that much of Elizabeth anyway. Why else would she need a nanny? Started: December 16, 2020

Rowan Barlowe hated her job. It wasn't the people-it was the pay, and there was no way that she'd be able to save up for college while only being paid $12 an hour, as she had other expenses that she needed to spend her money on. In crashed Georgia West-well-more like one of Georgia's sons, when he fell off of a dirt bike while Rowan was working. When Georgia saw how well Rowan worked with kids while Rowan patched her son up, she offered her a babysitting job, a job that paid her more than she'd make in a month in a couple of hours. Over time, the two women bonded, and Rowan could feel herself falling for her. The problems were that: 1. Georgia's Married. With kids. 2. Rowan's ex wants her back 3. Did she mention that Georgia was married? Read and see if Rowan can win the woman over, or if she will always be considered 'The Babysitter' ***REVISED VERSION***

Olivia Williams is a hardworking part time student who is about to get kicked out of her studio apartment for barely making enough to cover her rent and bills. A last minute interview lands her a challenging but fruitful job at Amelia Gallagher's mansion and immediately, intimidation sets in. An unpredictable spark of passion intertwines her with the Queen of the Gallagher palace, Amelia Gallagher herself, and an incredible journey of destructive passion and a secret love affair changes her entire life, opening her up to a dangerous world of blackmail, manipulation, heartbreak and most of all, vast wealth. Copyright © 2015 by Kerry Belchambers All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Morgan Whitley has hardly returned to her small hometown of Maple Springs for the last fifteen years. Her plans of becoming a doctor at a thriving hospital in the city and settling down with her long term girlfriend were all shattered when she was unable to find a job and her girlfriend broke up with her. Forced to move back home for the holidays, she runs into her high school nemesis, Arden Parker, who doesn't seem to have changed a bit. When Morgan finds out about her town's new tradition of hosting a Christmas Olympics competition, she's more than eager to join the competition to prove once and for all that she is undoubtedly better than Arden Parker.

Love was a term coined by the movement for equality beginning in the 1960's. Love was something that Rebecca Hayes never thought she would find. A young, introverted college graduate, Rebecca is commission to be a French tutor to the youngest children of the wealthy Donnelley family. In the summer of 1964, Rebecca is uprooted from her quiet life in the suburbs of New Orleans and settles in with the Donnelleys in Los Angeles, California. During this internment, Rebecca finds experience. She finds friends. She finds purpose. What she did not expect to find, was love. And the last place she ever thought she would find it was in the eldest Donnelley daughter, Joanne. Now an old woman, Rebecca recounts the passionate love affair that is still just as picturesque as it was 59 years ago, during a time when this kind of love was considered something entirely opposite.

Tessa, 21, is a college dropout and doesn't know what to do with her life. After having had a full gap year basically doing nothing, her parents give her an ultimatum: find work/go to college or get kicked out of the house. Tessa comes across an advertisement to be a nanny for two lovely kids. And when reading that she is expected to live there for an entire year, it is truly a win-win for her. A year of personal growth is awaiting Tessa, and maybe it was just what she needed in life to be able to enjoy it again. Especially since it might bring Tessa experiences she could have never foreseen. __________________ [Started: oct 2021] [Finished: dec 2021] [Edited: april 2023]

2019 WATTY AWARD WINNER | TO BE PUBLISHED BY 'W BY WATTPAD' IN FALL 2024 Jessie is a twenty first century kinda gal stuck in the Regency Era. Armed with a new university degree and a plane ticket to Paris, the plan was to celebrate graduation in the City of Love, kissing as many drunk French girls (or boys, she's not picky) as she can. Only, she never makes it. Mid-Atlantic, a mysterious accident sends Jessie hurtling to what should be a watery grave. Rescued from the ocean, Jessie is lucky to be alive. Only problem? The crew of the ship she's on is convinced it's a sailing vessel that just narrowly missed out on participating in the Battle of Trafalgar. Stuck in Regency-era England, Jessie is left with no choice but to enter into the services of as a maid and companion in return for what shelter her new employer can provide, and resign herself to a life of quiet servitude and forever hiding her sexuality. What she didn't count on was that her new boss would be Margaret Goodenough - the world famous authoress whose yet-to-be-completed novel was the first lesbian kiss in the history of British Literature, and a clever woman. Clever enough to know her new servant has a secret. Now Jessie is caught. Margaret's own perception of her place in society is transforming, the text of her novel is slowly changing, and Margaret herself is finally unafraid to embrace her own Sapphic desires. Margaret - and her main characters - are turning into irresistibly headstrong and modern women. Jessie must tread the tenuous line between finding her own happiness in a world where she is alone, and accidentally changing the course of history. Should Jessie suppress the manuscript, or is her duty to the woman she's learning to love? What is a twenty first century gal to do? * Cover Photo: Jenn LeBlanc & Getty Images Original Cover by: @RodneyVSmith