Lonely Men

Tell Sackett had fought his share of Indians and managed to take something of value from his battles: a deep and abiding respect. But that respect is lost when Apache braves kidnap his nephew, forcing Tell to cross the border into the Sierra Madres to bring the boy back. What troubles Tell more, though, is the boy’s mother: Could she possibly be inventing a rescue mission to deliver her husband’s brother into an ambush?

Sloane Parker lives a small, contained life as a librarian in her small, contained town. She never thinks of herself as lonely...but still she looks forward to that time every day when old curmudgeon Arthur McLachlan comes to browse the shelves and cheerfully insult her. Their sparring is such a highlight of Sloane's day that when Arthur doesn't show up one morning, she's instantly concerned. And then another day passes, and another.

In the summer of 1976, recently widowed and childless, Ora Lee Beckworth hires a homeless old black man to mow her lawn. The neighborhood children call him the Pee-can Man; their mothers call them inside whenever he appears. When the police chief's son is found stabbed to death near his camp, the man Ora knows as Eddie is arrested and charged with murder. Twenty-five years later, Ora sets out to tell the truth about the Pecan Man.

When I used to ask my father how he was doing he would always say, “Getting old, but it beats the alternative.” But he never talked about what it is like to get old. Now that I’m doing it, I know, and it ain’t pretty. This is a fictional story about a seventy year old man who lost his wife to cancer, contact with his children due to misinformation, is feeling all the ills of being older, and is left alone in the world without a support system other than his dog. But mostly it is a story about what it’s like to be an old man. It’s about all the things my father didn’t talk ...

A stolen kiss… Luke Fuller was a dead man – and he knew it the moment their secret was out. It was scary enough as it was to tell his father, but he knew he was going to need someone to have his back the moment that Nicolette’s father, Valkyrie, found out. A secret love… Nicolette Saxon fell for Luke the moment he gave her that shy, tender smile… and fell hard. He had always been there, growing as friends, until that summer afternoon when she saw him truly for the first time. Now life was about to change for the secret couple… significantly! What was she going to do… And how ...

Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader rumored to have a small army in a Taliban stronghold. Five days later, only one of those Navy SEALS made it out alive. This is the story of the only survivor of Operation Redwing, SEAL team leader Marcus Luttrell, and the extraordinary firefight that led to the largest loss of life in American Navy SEAL history.

Robert is a struggling writer living in Berlin with his wife and two young daughters. One night he meets Patrick, an enigmatic stranger with a sensational story to tell: a ghostwriter for a Russian oligarch - recently found hanged - who is now being followed. But is he really in danger? Patrick's life strikes Robert as a fabrication, but one that comes to obsess him. He decides to use the other man, and his story....

On the night of her wedding, Anna Frances gets the surprise of her life. Her new husband, Lord Shelton, has no intention of consummating their marriage on that night. Even more shocking, he has no intention of consummating their marriage—ever. The next day, when Anna searches for her husband, she is surprised yet again. Her husband has fled, leaving her alone in an otherwise empty manor. Lord Shelton is a man with secrets, and Anna will eventually unravel them. Abandoned by her husband, Anna finds herself in the company of another man... a man who is as charming as he is unexpected.

Jack, Emma, and the gang from the Lonely Heart Attack Club (Isle of Man branch) are back.... For their next challenge, how will they surpass a World Record attempt? Get their members to compete in an Olympic Games for the elderly, of course! The Wrinkly Olympics is a feel-good, heart-warming story that’s sublimely funny.

Pushing Limits An older lonely man gets seduced by a young guy. We’ve all been there—not having a SO but tired of the meat marketsomeone comes along to fill the void, we remember what it was like to feel a warm touch in just the right places. If it comes at the right time, it makes all the difference in the world. Warning: for mature readers. This book depicts graphic scenes of sex including anal, oral, fingering and other things too risqué to mention in this write-out. 20 pages

When the inner circle of President John F. Kennedy conspires to assassinate him, they turn to organized crime and the very powerful New York City based LaCasa crime family to get the job done. Irish/Italian mobster Jimmy Fallen came out of World War Two a disillusioned man and followed the career path of his father as a hit man for organized crime. Scarred by years of fighting in the war, Fallen’s existence is bleak and lonely. However, his professional services are highly sought after and he lands the prize of contracted hits when Tommy LaCasa hands him the assassination of President ...

When a hockey coach's flirty move meets a curvy girl's bold play, it's game on for a heartwarming Christmas romance that no one saw coming. Hockey Coach Mike Côte is used to game-winning plays, but when he locks eyes with Brandi, he’s completely unprepared for the wild, heart-racing rush that follows. One flirtatious smile, a few slick moves, and suddenly he’s caught up in a whirlwind he never saw coming. Brandi’s been crushing on Coach from the safety of her TV for as long as she can remember. She never imagined she'd actually get the chance to meet him, let alone flirt with him. ...

Loneliness ruled my life. I never had friends, so it shouldn't be a surprise to find out I've never been in love. I couldn't make plans. There was no future for me. I couldn't decide what to do, or what not to do. Life was too hard. When I got the chance to become friends with Ambrose, I did something most people wouldn't. I was desperate. I wanted someone special in my life. This is our story. This is what happened during the Fall of the Crimson Leaves. When readers want and need more; Read a Rossi.

Enter a world of darkness and desolation, of delusion and destruction, of daring and death. Enter the personal hell of Christopher Irving in the thrilling novel, "This Side of Midnight" by David Halk. Christopher, a recluse and a failure, collects corpses for company and the dead become better friends for him than the living. But a mysterious voice threatening his own death puts Christopher on a mission of violence and murder as the only way to save himself. The line between the living and the dead becomes blurred with deadly consequences in this dark psychological thriller.

Have you ever considered what it would be like to lose someone you loved the most? Think of witnessing your loved one with another person. How would that feel? How much additional agony would it add if you knew you were to blame for this loss? This is the story of a lonely man who merely desires change. The man received the desired amount of change only to discover that he was gradually losing who he was.

I'm so close to getting what I want—that lonely, muscular rancher—when that brat Lacey interferes. Well, great minds think alike and together we become unstoppable. Irresistible... Join THE RANCHER'S HAREM The Lonely Rancher The First Wife Summer Fun with the Brat Training the Brat Practice for the Brat Ready for the Rancher Watching the Wedding Night The First Wife's Turn The Brat Has Her Period Our Little Secret The Brat Wants Hers The Brat Gets Hers Forced Labor Look What He Did So Swollen Because of Him His Special Brat In His Milking Shed Riding Lessons Rough Between Cowboys Coming...

Randall Perry was tired of war, death, and seeing destruction around him… and was grasping at the unexpected hand of friendship extended to him. Life seemed to be full of chances, but he never expected finding one in Gretchen. Who was this stranger writing him an email? Gretchen Koch was a busy woman for a reason. Taking on multiple jobs to fill the empty spaces in her heart, she was still struggling silently. She desperately needed comfort, friendship, someone who could understand what she was going through after losing her brother. … And the wounded soldier’s innocent request came ...

Small Towns Never Forget Forty years ago, four children from Glen Allen Falls went missing, only to return, dazed and confused, unable to tell anyone what had happened. Their kidnapper was never caught, and the only clue they could provide was seeing green and white lights dancing atop a house. The kids grew up, moved away, and the lights were never seen, again. Until now. Audrey Lemonovsky is hired in by the last person she’d expect to help solve the mystery of the lights, but there is more afoot in the Falls than the potential return of a 40-year old nightmare no one wants to think ...

A satire of small-town southern mores featuring Paul Tatum (Ray's cousin), introduced in Blue Ridge. Ebook formatting by R.L. Parker for the best possible electronic reading experience.

This, a prequel to the trilogy "Angry Buddha, Making Peace With Paradox," chronicles the period in Wyatt's life when he took the "infamous" est training and fell suddenly from vice president of a bi-coastal talent management company to shift driver of yellow cabs in NYC. Robbed three times, he also encounters in his travels Joe Namath, Ivana Trump and Divine, "The Drag Queen of the 20th Century."