Истории May-december

Troy Walker has lived on Trenton Island all of his life. He has seen many things on his little slice of paradise. Losing his mother, his half-brother Zeke get discovered, he has even seen the rise and decline of his marriage, and once he even found love. Scarlett was a quiet teenager after moving and being rejected by her mother and her new husband, Scar finds solace in a summer job at Troy's Place a staple on the small island of Trenton. She is immediately taken by the owner despite him being twice her age and with a playboy reputation. Sparks fly leading into the a summer of deep passions. When Troy decided to let Scarlett go, it was hard but it was what he felt was needed for her to live her dreams. He never expected she'd be back, engaged to a man who wanted the one thing that he loved as much as her. His restaurant, all for a over-priced resort that would ruin the small community of Trenton forever. Troy decides to fight for his little town, but his feeling for Scarlett might just be the one thing to bring down his guard and lose his little slice of paradise, forever.

FINALLY SEEN Chicago Elite Series Victoria Dantes-Rigg, eighteen, has never needed anyone's attention. The youngest daughter of Chicago's most powerful legal couple, Zachary and Nadia Dantes-Rigg (Dance with Me) she is bold, outspoken, and magnificently unbothered by the elite world she was born into. She says what everyone else is too careful to say. She has never lost sleep over any man. Diego Tuazon-Jimenez, twenty-eight, has spent a decade making himself unreachable. The only son of billionaires Richard and Cassandra Tuazon-Jimenez (The Billionaire's Secret), he is controlled, calculated, and deliberately closed. He has moved through the same elite circles as Victoria for years. He has never once noticed her. Until one night at a Chicago gala, on a balcony above Lake Michigan, she says something that makes it impossible not to. What follows pulls them across cities, from Chicago to Manila to Tokyo, as two people from the same world, the same culture, the same circles, slowly and stubbornly discover each other. He thinks she is too young, too real, too dangerous for the life he has built. She thinks he is just another powerful man who will eventually look through her. They are both wrong. And when someone else decides to pursue Victoria openly, Diego realizes that control, like all carefully built walls, has exactly one weakness. Finally Seen is a story about pride, legacy, and two people who were always in the same room but never truly in the same moment. Until now.

Written in my heart are songs of love, depth, genuinely immaculate love. But I have no words to speak, I find myself tongue-tied when you're near. Know this, if I cannot say, I love you. I do. To quote the dearly loved bride of Solomon, 'His mouth is full of sweetness, and he is wholly desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.' Our love is pure, my darling. For you have touched me in the deepest way, yet, you dared not to hold me near. You have sung a song of pure delight of the way you treasure me, yet, our words are minced not to awaken the torrents of sweet love from the Lord above. These words are true, know that I love you. Truly. Love, Claudia. - This is the story of a reformed Biker and a silent Poet finding friendship and love. - Book one of the Song of Solomon Collection, a Christian romance collection with love, pure intimacy, and Christ. A clean read for all to enjoy, no language, no sex, only love. This story is inspired by Song of Solomon 5:9, "His mouth is full of sweetness, and he is wholly desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.'" Published: May 23, 2022 Completed: August 3, 2022

What if mental illness isn't actually an illness? What if it's a marker-- a signal to anyone who understands what to look for? What if it makes you more powerful than you can imagine? Willow has panic attacks. Alastair is manic depressive. Mari hears voices in her head. None of them are what they seem. A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: "What if he wasn't sick, what if he was special?" Two years ago on the anniversary of my brother's death, I asked myself this question. I was sad and missing him and I suppose the side of me that's still a little girl, liked to imagine a world where my brother was invincible instead of a seventeen year old paranoid schizophrenic. His illness would eventually drive him to take his own life and even twenty years later, his losing battle with mental illness it is a defining part of my life. The idea for this story is outlandish-- what if being mentally ill actually made you a sort of superhero-- and it's NOTHING like my traditionally published books or my social media persona. In fact, when I finished this last year I filed it away and never really planned to put it out because it's so different. But then I realized that even if it was weird, I kind of loved the weirdness and since it's never been read by anyone or edited (yikes!) there doesn't feel like a ton of pressure for perfection. So this is it, an oddball idea that feels pretty special to me. I hope you don't think it's too terrible. ;)

Everything about Mr. Wright couldn't be more wrong. He's a massive asshole. I mean, I've never met someone so unpleasant. He's incapable of apologizing. Like actually physically incapable of saying the words. If it wasn't for his paintings, I would question his ability to feel emotions. He's my teacher. Always pushing past the boundaries I've set in ways no one else can. We're so wrong for each other. And yet, I've found myself in this impossible position. Somewhere along the way I fell for him. I'm not sure I can get out of this one. I'm not even sure if I want to get out of it.

[COMPLETED] When life gives you a second chance at love, can you really walk away? Even if he's half your age... Remington, almost fifty, is settled in his life. He has experienced true love in the past and lost it. He has given up on finding love like that again. Yet, when he meets art student, Matthew, feelings Remington thought were long gone begin to resurface. His orderly world is thrown into chaos and Remington is not sure what to do about it. One thing he does know, now that he has found Matthew, he is not willing to pass up the opportunity to spend some time with the young man. cover created by: @meha-k

Liam Clarke and Hajar Gharsallah could not be more different: Different Generations, Different Religions, Different Cultures they are oil and water but they must work together to clear ten innocent people accused of a terrorist attack in the City of San Antonio. But there are forces at work in the halls of power that are determined to stop them. Can they work together before Texas explodes, and can they navigate the tangled web of emotion that are leading them from conflict to love.

Roxy is the unwanted child of Isadora Reid, a beautiful, intelligent woman beset with manic depression. Isadora's neuroses lead to ever more risky behavior, exacerbated by drug addiction. Roxy clings to her mother's rare displays of affection to tide her over long periods of gruesome abuse and neglect. Still a child, she falls into the orbit of Nick Dredd, a rising gang leader and drug dealer. He becomes her mentor, lovingly shaping her in his own image. However, Roxy has ideas of her own, a deep-seated desire to escape from the wretched world of her birth to one of peace and safety "where people use their brains, not their fists". Opportunity comes in the form of James Hancock, a geeky slightly naïve banker. A wealthy man with all the outward signs of success, he still yearns for the romance that's missing in his life. Roxy enters his life like a bolt of lightning, showing him in an instant how cold and sterile his life has been. She knows exactly what she wants from him, but schemes rarely work as planned when human emotions are involved.

Eula Kazuya is a girl with an intuition that any NCIS agent would kill for, and the self-esteem of a hikkikomori. These make her the perfect match for her open-source intelligence job at the Philippines' Department of Security and Defense. She's talented, and some people are starting to notice. The General is a sociable, esteemed man with a painful past, who sees Eula's talent for picking important things out of thin air. He decides to take advantage, but he realizes he's gotten more than what he bargained for. Odd couple. National intrigue. Serious romance... and heroism. Do I have your attention yet? Then read on.

University student Delena Crane had worked with an actor-director turn teacher name Boone Doyle who helped her professionally years back. Their was more than work involved. She told the story to two famous authors, one of them published the story. Even though fictitiously, half of it was still true of course. Appalled by the way it was told she wasn't sure Boone would ever want see nor speak to her again. But boy she was in for quite a surprise.

I am a college professor, and have considered for a while the trust put in men who are surrounded by young, attractive college women. It's a tenuous relationship that could be tested under the right circumstances.

Raven Andrews finds himself with the job of his dreams. He gets to search through an entire manor looking for treasures. The only problem is that the owner wants to sell it all, discard each and every item to the wind, or possibly to the highest bidder. Lord Ashleigh Demalier does not want to be a lord. His inheritance and the title that comes with it couldn't have been bestowed on a less willing subject. History means nothing, the future is everything, and his life in London far away from the old manor in Gloucestershire is far more tempting. But then, old records and letters appear, indicating that something might be hidden inside the estate. Something thought to have been lost for centuries. Ash, as he likes to be called, starts to find Raven's passionate attitude refreshing during the hunt, and perhaps, there's more to history than he first thought.

A chance to love and be loved again

Toby and Marielle were head over heels in love.....and then something happened that will forever change their lives. Lies, secrets, and pasts abound. How will they deal?

Just releasing my pent up thoughts about a guy I like at work.

Love starts between Erika and Aniki as they stayed next to each other. Throw in a lustful mother, Aniki's little girl and an all-knowing landlady and watch as chaos arise in their budding relationship.

Becca Novak is building a new life at 40 years old after too long in a stale marriage and an unfulfilling career. Her new apartment is small but one of several in a renovated Victorian hotel near downtown Tallahassee, F.L., charming if noisy and quirky. She's got hipster neighbors downstairs and a crazy cat lady next door...and a dreamboat blond Adonis who lives across the hall and is only 28. Becca's pretty sure she can't stand younger men, and Dreamboat has a different girlfriend at the start of every month. It's all cool, though. It's great. Becca's just happy to have a chance to live her own life. Alone. It's awesome, really. Totally super. ----------------- **AUTHORIA** This was originally published under a pseudonym with the title "Becca's Front Door." Encouraged by friends, I pulled it down and am re-posting it under my own name.

SB19 is rising to stardom. A call for volunteers sparked the one, random, chance encounter between two unlikely individuals. Oneshot featuring SB19 Josh and an OC. Warning: PG13 languange