Expat Stories

Sarah pushed edit on the text message that read 'I can't wait to see you' and swiftly wrote, "I'm sorry to have invited you, but honestly, I don't want to get married again." Meet Sarah - just a girl from Philly who is also a survivor, a mother and, once upon a time, a man's wife. However, in Sarah's coming of age story, she is a blogger, a best-selling author and a book coach. Nearing forty, and post two failed marriages, Sarah recognizes her journey's struggles, yet her focus rests upon the future. With no time for looking back, or feeling sorry for herself, Sarah is living her dream and focused on her goals. However, consistent marriage proposals try to divert her, guiding her back toward marital status. Sarah can't help but ask herself and her recently divorced friends, is it a diversion, or is marriage what they need? Should they attempt marriage again, or be content with the life they built for themselves? Is genuine happiness even achievable when love is absent? This novel will answer the trending question for women of the current age: single life or dutiful wife? Indulge in this unique trilogy, starting with Sarah's initial tragic love story, her newly discovered empowerment and finally Sarah's Wedding.

Paul Masters is a troubled and irresponsible young man who doesn't much care about himself or his future until he crashes into the elderly Mrs. Halston one morning while rushing to school. He nearly kills her and, as a result, faces the harsh reality of severe legal jeopardy if she dies. His relationship with his girlfriend Sandy is also on the rocks and everything in his life seems to be spiraling out of control until Mrs. Halston recovers and appears in court on his behalf, rescuing him from a lengthy jail term and a doomed perspective on life as well. Following the brutal accident caused by Masters' impatience and carelessness, Mrs. Halston is taken to the hospital with her life hanging by a thread. He witnesses her carted away and realizes his life is changed forever by one careless act. Ironically, he fails to realize that what seems like a tragic event ending only in misery for him is really the most fortunate and life-altering moment of his life. Bad luck turns into the best possible luck for Paul Masters. Sandy, the love of his life, is equally a mess who hasn't a clue what she wants from life. She parties too much, hangs out with destructive, immature friends and considers Paul a crimp on her unrestrained lifestyle. She only wants to dump him after the accident and possible jail sentence because she can't deal with the tragedy of it all and, unknown to her, the even greater tragedy of losing him. Reconciliation is hard won for both after a rather rocky break up but, when they start talking openly for the first time because the pressure's off them both, they find they have more in common than they realized which draws them closer together...to a greater appreciation for each other and a more profound love after Mrs. Halston rescues Paul from prison.

Dilemmas of a self-conscious polyglot who lives in China and speaks no Chinese.

Originally started writing in 2011/12, continued in 2019, set in 2010. For the Japanese football club Urawa Red Diamonds, the 2010 season brings potential, with new faces; newly-signed young Japanese star Kyo Yagami, out to prove that he's one of the best footballers not just in Japan, but all of Asia; Rahul Tendulkar, an Indian footballer from Mumbai with Bollywood good looks and talent to match; Scott McCarthy, a budding American superstar from Chicago, frustrated with his former MLS side, and looking for a chance to make the move to a major European club. And since it's a World Cup year, expectations are already high. If only the two young stars, Kyo and Scott, weren't on bad terms.

Secrets, deception, lies, murder and blackmail. The village of Happy Endings a once abandoned place has been purchased by wealthy British man Mark Ross. But the amount of people attracted to the village in such a short time, and the success it has had, has drawn some attention to international press . However Mark Ross has declined any interviews. Lydia Spalding is a award winning journalist, working for a major newspaper in London. She has been offered an opportunity for a scoop to try to interview Mark Ross, for a new supplement which she begrudgingly accepts. Heading to Bulgaria she looks to go undercover as a travel blogger, as she meets the people in the village where she discovers a dark secret so big about the village, that it would be on the headline of every major paper in the world

Six months into their Turkish affair, Jack and Liam, a gay couple from London, took lodgings in the oldest ward of Bodrum Town. If they wanted to shy away from the curtain-twitchers, they couldn't have chosen a worse position. Their terrace overlooked Turkey Street like the balcony of Buckingham Palace and the middle-aged infidels stuck out like a couple of drunks at a temperance meeting. Against all the odds, the boys from the Smoke were welcomed into the fold by a feisty mix of eccentric locals and a select group of trailblazing expats, irresistible ladies with racy pasts and plucky presents. Hop aboard Jack's rainbow gulet as he navigates the choppy waters of a town on the march and a national resurgence not seen since Suleiman the Magnificent was at the gates of Vienna. Grab your deckchair for a whirlwind tour of love and duty, passion and betrayal, broken hearts and broken bones, dirty politics and the dawn of a new Ottoman era. ********************** Turkey Street, the much-anticipated sequel to Perking the Pansies, Jack and Liam move to Turkey was published on Springtime Books in paperback and e-book on 18th May 2015. Turkey Street was runner up (LGBT Biographies and Memoirs) in the Rainbow Awards 2015. More information at www.jackscott.info.