'I know the truth about Henry.' That single sentence in the mysterious letter delivered by hand, tilted Gwen Campbell's world and changed the lives of the residents of Merryvale Village.
A Lockdown Production Sassy, audacious and independent, Portia DeLysle's impulse to help in any situation stirs up a troubling mix of guns, gangsters, gals, booze and money. Enjoy some jazz from the era as well
What they found, arriving at the planet was the entire research team, except for one terrified doctor, had been wiped out by a deadly organism and rescuing her cost the supply ship its crew. The Commander, his Executive Officer and the survivor were the only people who managed to escape back to Earth. But getting hom...
A switch that goes wrong causing a couple to reluctantly join forces to elude bumbling P.I.s., and vicious gangsters. They join up with an impressionist, sexy ladies and finish with a bang up finale. lyttlejoe/2007
Retiring from his adventure film career for a brief return to his roots on the Broadway stage before retiring altogether, Ratty delivers stunning performances from famous past musical plays in a series of one night stands. NOTICE: 6 nights only! © 2018 - lyttlejoe
Richard Carstairs was twenty-two, impressionable, and eager to embrace the interest the Agency had shown in him and it was not long before they had him following the sugar path they so adroitly laid down. The offer was one of romance, adventure and important service to the country. That was the promise, the lure-the l...
Found this in my file drawer - long forgotten so I thought I would dig it out and maybe have some fun. It's another young children's story about a cat spy parody of James Bond. © 2002 - lyttlejoe
Straight from their smash hit, From Keswick with Love, the two stars are together again in a rousing adventure battling villainous gangs, natives and the elements as they seek the famous Ivory Mask.
Ratty Kat discovers that working with others can pay off. Discovered on old floppies while cleaning house - the first of the Ratty Kat series for my grandkids © 2001 - lyttlejoe
BREAKING NEWS! BREAKING NEWS! BREAKING NEWS! Coaxed out of retirement for a last time, one time performance, Ratty Kat, live on stage at the Oomph Theatre, with his adaptation of an old favourite. Ratty's career began back in the late 20th century with the production of cartoon books for tots. The last of th...
Galen Helliwell, an aimless traveller with a personal ethic of always trying to do the right thing.
A small bedroom community/tourist town rocked by its first homicide, the brutal murder of an unpopular recluse. An unemployed ex military policeman, hired as the only law in the town, attempts to discover the truth when all the clues point to someone in the town.
When miners and prospectors visit the town during a yearly celebration in order to meet the government assayer, a notorious land grabber starts preparing to obtain a claim from an elderly prospector who has finally struck it rich. The sheriff and his deputy have other ideas. Bits of fun, humour, and romance sprinkle...
The setting is New Zealand in the 1860s, when gold miners poured into the fledgling settlement of Dunedin. Rose is unhappy in the household of her fanatical uncle, but Thomas, a young merchant from Canada, offers a glimpse of another possible life, if she is brave enough to reach for it. (Short story)
Marriage had always been my dream but not to a man about whom I know nothing. The moment my father fixed an alliance of me to a Prince without even telling or asking me, all the dreams I thought of a beautiful escape from reality, called marriage shattered into the pieces. Never in my thoughts, had I imagined that I w...
The bold theft of casino funds by a disgruntled employee and his cohorts, leads to murder and betrayal among a group of bus passengers. When an unexpected accident occurs, their lives change.dramatically. Pursued by the victim's men, each struggle to hide their own story and secrets.
Deadly St. Louis epidemics of cholera and typhoid in the mid 1800s had taken her father and changed Harriet's life. With a lot of patience and courage, she left home to establish a library in a small western town. The excitement and adventure she imagined soon met an ugly reality. "I was a victim, not the avenging kil...
*** FIRST PLACE WINNER UIC2023 *** 12 chapter contest based on specific weekly prompts. An assassin realizes something isn't right about the new target they've been given. They switch sides to save the person they were meant to kill.
〚FEATURED〛 ⭒⭒⭒⭒⭒ "My pick-up lines are great." "Yeah, and I have a pet llama." "You do??" "No, idiot." ⭒⭒⭒⭒⭒ Arc-en-ciel (n.): Rainbow He's the perfect example of a thundercloud. He's rude, grumbly, and frightening to most- ready to harshly rain down on anyone in his way. She's a human sunbeam, at best. She's the kin...
SHE IS DIFFERENT... Sophia owes her life to none but one man: Marcus Durley. After saving her from hell, he took her to Rock'oles, the most affluent and sophisticated brothel in the Town, where women are given more freedom, a far cry from the brothel slum Marcus rescued her from. But unlike the others, her role is...
Never get lost in the mountains when winter settles in. Not when the wolves are hungry.
Six couples receive mysterious invitations for an all-expenses- paid stay at the private island resort of a notorious billionaire, with only the names and a few vague ideas of whom the other guests are. Why they were all chosen, and for what purpose, they would have to accept to see. The one commonality they do have...
The Napoleonic Wars have kept Captain Luke Cassidy away from home, and away from his wife and son, for three years. There was nothing more in his life that Luke wanted than to see his son for the first time. There was nothing more in his life that Luke wanted than to reunite with his family after three long years apa...
She woke up on the 999th floor of the Skyworld's richest tower to luxury, affection, and the perfect life. The problem is that Sasha - if that is really her name - can't remember if any of it is real. Vaughn Scio, the powerful regent who claims to be her lover, is certainly hiding something. (a dark dystopian love sto...
Grace Anderson was certain her future was secure when she accepted the proposal of Jonathan Sinclair. When he dies unexpectedly, she is devastated, and even after five years, she has found no man who can equal the man she was to have married. Her mother has introduced uncountable bachelors to her, but she could not e...
Cassandra knew her life was over the moment her parents told her she was to marry the Duke of Thornton. She had heard horrible stories about him that made ice cold fear run down her spine. He's a gorgeous man, but rude and insulting at every turn. Cassandra tries to make the best of her marriage but it's quite hard t...
All Barbara Spence had to do was meet the courier at the airport and deliver him to the hotel. Murder, a handsome detective, and the theft of an ancient scroll from a French crime lord, sends ripples across the ocean, where she is swept up in the killing of the courier, and an international hunt.
Part black. Part Irish. Part Lumbee Indian. Wholly determined to protect her family. Naomi Jackson made a mistake. Born in the tumultuous years following the American Revolution, she embraced change, excitement, and adventure. So when the Devil Bill Williams swaggered into town, she launched into his arms, determined...
Kyla has been trapped in an abusive relationship and has finally decided its time to break free. But how will she do that? In the most unexpected way possible. She'll change her world completely, by creating an entirely new one. A place where she can always do what she wants, a place where the laws of this world can...
[Book I of the Gilmore Legacy Series] When Jonathan Gilmore, a pessimistic and cynical young man from a powerful 19th century English family, meets Helene Hoffman, a golden haired immigrant girl from Germany, there's no way that either of them can know the effect they will one day have on one another.