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Three Short Stories
Allyson Abbott
其他書名
Romance Lives On
出版CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017-02-08
主題Fiction / Family Life / General
ISBN15429782979781542978293
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nrG3tAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋#1 International Best Selling British Author who loves to write about real life and interesting characters with humour and within situations that will make you smile, laugh or possibly shed a tear or two. Three sweet easy reads, to make you feel cozy insideFind out about Marie and her blunders in Countdown, Pam and her encounter with a salsa wolf, or Rose, In An English Rose, who realises at 85yrs old that life is for living and sets out on new adventures.Inspirational humorous stories that delve into the mind of the reader through voicing common desires, dreams and wishful thinking, albeit cemented in reality. Allyson creates believable characters who are easy to relate to and could well be you or your neighbour. Written for women who understands women and life!Salsa or DieThis memorable romantic tale expresses the beauty and angst of growing old. Pam, a middle aged, loving woman still remains healthy and full of life. The problem is that a magazine article makes her realize her mortality. With old age around the corner, years of boredom is not an option for her. She wants the best and welcomes those days when her husband Jeff was a randy sod and spontaneous.An English RoseRose loves her garden and her kitchen where she spend hours thinking about her youth and years gone by. Her grown daughters have full lives, and now Rose worries if she's a burden to them as her usefulness and independence shrink. After meeting Bill, a spark of laughter and purpose comes flooding back into her routine, especially when her happy healthy family reveal a few cracks and turn to her for advice and support. And Rose blossoms, opening her heart to accept new challenges.Countdown to LoveWhen Project Manager, Marie, realises that it's been way too long since having any kind of a date, a kiss or a relationship, she decides action is needed. Using her professional training and organisational management skills, she sets about on a new sex project: Countdown to Love, using the forthcoming Valentine's Day as her deadline; hoping for some Valentines romance. As an empathiser of being lonely, she also includes her gay neighbour Richard into her project to help give his boring and quiet life a boost. Little does she know that fifty-one year old Richard also has his own project on the boards and she blithely ignores his world, while focusing on her mission to find them both dates / sex / love before the Valentine Day deadline. A short read mature romance / senior romcom book. Allyson R Abbott, a British Romance author, who will make you laugh out loud at Marie's strong woman antics and straightforward ways, in this clean romantic comedy, with a little innuendo. The way she manipulates Richard, completely unaware of the boundaries of her neighbors sexuality, is humorous and funny and sometimes cringe-worthy.