Willow Run
When the “greatest generation” came home from World War II,
many of the men returned to college on the GI Bill, a saga that has been the
subject of numerous books and movies. But the story of their wives, also part
of that greatest generation, has seldom been told.
Kate McIntosh, the young mother of a toddler and a newborn,
struggles with the challenges of being isolated in barracks-like World War II
housing in Willow Run Village, with no car, little money, and a mostly absent
husband., Mark, her husband, attends classes at the university during the day
and works on the assembly line at the nearby auto plant at night. He is rarely
home. When she and Mark meet with other graduate students, Kate feels awkward
and excluded, with nothing to talk about but diapers and pureed carrots.
Kate is determined to find ways to reach beyond the confines
of her life. She befriends her rural Tennessee neighbors, teaching the
illiterate mother and son to read; gets involved in the Adlai Stevenson
presidential campaign; creates a garden in the weedy field behind their building;
and finds new strength and talents she didn’t know she had. At the same time,
she attempts to quell her rising anxiety about what might be going on between
Mark and a fellow graduate student, Amanda. Things come to a head when Mark is
seriously injured in an accident and Kate has new challenges to face.
Genres
Women's Fiction Historical
Heat Level: 0
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Fall to Domum contains adult content.
Castle - Book One
by J. H. Wear
Jon McKinney is nothing but an ordinary Boston university
student on the path toward a career in computer science, but he's spent his
life feeling like he should be more than he is. When he inherits a castle in
Ireland from his presumably drowned Uncle Gordon, he leaves behind his
education and his girlfriend to see what awaits him on the other side of the
world.
Once there, he meets the fascinating and beautiful Liz
O’Doul and discovers a strange crystal he mistakenly believes is merely a good
luck charm. Liz tells him Miller Castle has a long and colourful history of
strange creatures lurking about its stone walls, but Jon doesn't believe
it...until Liz catches a dwarf named Gilbert trying to steal unmentionables
from her suitcase. Jon pursues the creature up the steep staircases of the
castle. But, just as he catches Gilbert, the two of them tumble out the window
and through a magical gateway.
Genres
Fantasy
Heat Level: 2 Simmering
Some love scenes.
These are more sensual then graphic.
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The Dragon Within
Threat of the Crowns
by Arrendle
Eshney lives in Wazari Eren, a peaceful world with a secret
past.
When a mythical dragon named Char comes to confer with her
father about an ancient crown stolen from the dragon’s lair, Eshney’s world is
changed forever.
She soon learns of an ancient battle that split her world,
of fantastical realms existing in isolation, and of magical crowns capable of
enslaving all of dragon kind.
Now, Eshney, Char, and her father, Aubra, must embark on a
perilous journey through unknown realms to recover the stolen crown and save
the dragons of the world.
Genres
Fantasy
Heat Level: 0
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The Perpetual Penitent
An Adam Fraley Mystery
A grieving father goes missing following the gruesome death
of his three-year-old daughter in an accident directly attributable to his own
negligence. For reasons both personal and professional, private investigator
Adam Fraley takes on the task of tracking down the father at the request of the
dead child’s older sibling. In a case fraught with intrigue, danger, and the
overhanging threat of family disintegration. Fraley’s search ultimately takes
him to remote regions of Haiti where he discovers he is not the only one in
search of the father. Soon, he finds himself entangled in the tentacles of a
lucrative international insurance scam involving the falsification of death
records. Fraley’s probing is viewed by the scheme’s masterminds as a serious
threat to their continued existence, leading its operatives to mark the private
investigator for elimination before he exposes them.
Genres
Mystery
Heat Level: 0
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