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Edward

Edward

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Annie's fate becomes entwied with the wealthy Clark family's abusive history. Her first love is inturrupted at the end of a New England sumer when her handsome, sweet boyfriend's family falls apart and she is the target of destruction. She is drawn back into the Clarks' orbit years later. Violence and dark family secrets return after the birth of her second child and a devastating post partum psychosis. EDWARD, a contemporary novel, explores whether love can prevail against the force of generational violence and taboos.…

Peaks Island

Peaks Island

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(Featured Story September 2017) Allison is spending the summer on picturesque Peaks Island, Maine where she is the caretaker for her Aunt Meredith's exquisite beach house. While her intention is to hide-away in the small caretaker's cottage and write her first novel, she begins a relationship with a sweet ferry operator named Kevin. Kevin's rugged New England manner appeals to Allison just as a remote culture appeals to an anthropologist. Allison has grown to love the easy lifestyle and the natural beauty of the rocky coastal island. Things change when a handsome, confident New Englander named Greg Marshall inquires about renting the house. She finds herself completely flustered by his looks and smooth manner. Yet as her attraction for him grows, her life on Peak's Island begins to fall apart. First Allison almost drowns at their private beach. Then her personal journal goes missing and she begins receiving threatening texts. She senses she's being watched and a series of coincidences seem to confirm that she, in fact, may be in danger. Peaks Island is a romantic and humorous love story with a hint of suspense.…

Exuberance Is Beauty (Book 1)

Exuberance Is Beauty (Book 1)

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(Featured Story 2016 & 2017) Oregon, 1940s: Eve Miller, a young war widow, rebels against the ordinariness of womanhood in the post-war era. Eve is enlightened as she succumbs to the sensual temptation of an adulterous affair. In its aftermath, Eve Miller's life unravels and leads to unexpected violence and moral isolation. Exuberance Is Beauty, is a contemporary interpretation of Adam and Eve's biblical allegory and Eve's fall into desolation. The story examines the consequence of erotic obsession and the repentance the female protagonist must pay for her sins of the flesh.Exuberance Is Beauty has been described as "an intense psychological thriller," "hauntingly beautiful," and "terrifying." WHAT WATTPADERS ARE SAYING ABOUT JEFF: * controlling, heartless, psychopath man! * I really don't like Jeff, he's a bully and controlling her life. * Manipulation then seduction, a typical narcissist. Poor Eve. * Jeff is such an evil narcissistic...I bet he does mistreat his wife...physically and threatening to dump her if she doesn't back his projects and that he has had affairs regularly...It will all come out eventually. I just loathe him WHAT WATTPADERS ARE SAYING ABOUT EVE: *Why do I feel Jeff will ruin her chance of happiness? * I am trying to understand Eve but to be sincere I just cant. Jeff's behaviour is disgusting but it was wrong for her to follow him to his bed. I understand that she feels she now has control over her life but I just have this bizarre fear that she'd go back to him again, it seem as if they are obsessed and dats not love * I felt bad for her knowing that the only reason for all of this is a man- a controlling, heartless, psychopath man! * She didn't deserve any of this * What a frightening life this character led. I only hope some of the women that were tortured during this time frame were able to recover to some degree…

Atropa Belladonna (Book 2)

Atropa Belladonna (Book 2)

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Atropa Belladonna Book SummaryEve has recovered from the devastating aftermath of an obsessive affair. She appears to have established a new life with a loving, surrogate family where she can raise her lover Jeff's illegitimate son and secure her reputation. As she embarks on an independent life, Jeff writes to tell her he's been recently widowed and asks Eve to marry him. After tragedy strikes again, Eve is drawn back into his orbit. She moves to Chicago and begins a new life as his wife. Before long she finds herself trapped by his violence. Fearing the worst, she devises a plan to save herself and her children. Atropa Belladonna poetically illustrates the complexities of love, marriage and abuse in the context of the 1950s family. ***Atropa Belladonna is a sequel to Exuberance Is Beauty, my historical novel set in the late 1940s. While Atropa Belladonna is a stand alone novel, it does reveal the plot details and the ending of Exuberance Is Beauty very early in the book.…

Marvelous Error (Book 3)

Marvelous Error (Book 3)

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Marvelous Error opens in 1955 in the aftermath of a near fatal act of domestic violence. Jeff and Eve navigate the last few months of their marriage. This is a time of reprieve during which Eve embarks on a personal journey towards self discovery and empowerment. Part 2 begins eight years later. Jeff and Eve have lived completely separate lives following their divorce but that changes when a ghost from Jeff's past returns to haunt their 18 year old daughter Clara. Jeff and Eve are forced to interact and old patterns resurface. As with the other books in the series, Marvelous Error portrays family drama and the female experience in the context of social and cultural change. Marvelous Error is the third in a five book saga chronicling the life of Eve Lambert and her family. It can be read as a stand alone novel.…

Alchemy (Book 4)

Alchemy (Book 4)

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Alchemy -- Christmas 1972 Alchemy is told in alternating points of view. Both Jeffery, Eve's youngest son and Eve recount the events leading up to a family drama that plays out over the Christmas Holiday. This will be the first time all of the children have been home together in a very long time. More than anything Eve wants to make the holiday special for everyone. That proves an impossible task as problems in Eve and Jeff's marriage escalate out of control. Neither Eve nor Jeff have insight into how these family patterns effect their children's' lives. Jeffery provides a contrasting point of view as he navigates the choices he makes in his own life.Alchemy is the fourth of five books exploring the lives of Eve and Jeff Lambert.…

Intentional Fallacy (Book 5)

Intentional Fallacy (Book 5)

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When Eve finds a hidden set of journals kept by Jeff's first wife Margaret, she gains insight into the extent of his violent personality. Margaret's writing is haunting, schizophrenic and yet poetic. It reveals certain truths about Jeff that Eve has denied for so long. Eve becomes obsessed with comparing Margaret's life story with her own. As Eve's own narrative turns less reliable, Jeff insists she relinquish the diaries, but she refuses. When Margaret begins addressing Eve by name in her psychotic prose, Eve becomes terrified and descends into emotional self-destruction.Eve begins to believe she is in imminent danger. In an attempt to escape harm, she recreates a traumatic experience from early on in her marriage to Jeff.Intentional Fallacy is the last in the five book series chronicling the relationship between Eve and Jeff Lambert.…

If There Are Any Heavens

If There Are Any Heavens

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If There are Any Heavens is the story of Rose Miller, a WWII widow living in Oregon in 1943. Grief stricken, Rose walks through her life, a ghost of her former self. She is a locally renowned gardener and despite her despair, she continues with her small business creating floral arrangements for local events. She is stirred when handsome art professor Ed O'Neil, commissions her to design the flowers for his mother's funeral. After a few coincidental meetings, his intense attraction to her becomes known. When he makes an advance towards her, Rose accepts and they begin a love affair. While her feelings are intensely passionate, it's not long before Rose begins to realize that their arrangement is morally corrupt and deceitful. Rose breaks things off with Ed but as his love letters pour in she finds herself wanting him again. When tragedy strikes, Rose turns to Ed and he is unable to help her.…

The Diarist - Podcast Fan Book

The Diarist - Podcast Fan Book

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The Diarist Fan Book takes you inside the making of The Diarist Podcast. Author Donna Barrow-Green shares behind the scenes moment with cast and crew, original scripts, writing secrets, and more!Only available on wattpad for a short time!…

rue destiny

rue destiny

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"Make no mistake. Women, you will sacrifice your life to save your species!"In this futuristic dystopian novella, society is divided into two factions: humans and altmen. Altmen are genetically engineered warriors. Altmen are bred for strength and they possess intellectual superiority, making them keen warriors. Their superior intelligence allows them insight, empathy, and compassion. Despite their enlightenment they have been enslaved by the government. The males warriors are forbidden beyond the war zones. The Altmen women are hidden from society. To preserve the bloodline of the warriors and maintain the military might, contact between the Altmen and humans is forbidden by the government. Any human woman caught associating with an Altman is brutally executed.…

Words and Pictures: Interviews with Memoirists and  Creative Nonfiction Writers

Words and Pictures: Interviews with Memoirists and Creative Nonfiction Writers

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A collection of articles, essays, and interviews offering a glimpse into the lives of authors of memoir and creative nonfiction. I use a variety of interview formats to help writers uniquely and reflectively discuss their lives and their projects.…

Candlelight Moon

Candlelight Moon

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CANDLELIGHT MOON is both unsettling and sweet. Readers are voyeurs into the unique and often troubled psychology of the characters. In 'Circle K,' terror races through the mind of a convenience store employee during a hold up. 'Fortune Cookies' offers sweet romantic tension as feelings grow between two twenty-something office workers. In 'Candlelight Moon' a middle-aged woman's thoughts cross briefly into a past intimate friendship and what could have been. Witty, unforgettable, off putting and tender, Rose Gluck's stories offer a rare look into the complexities of the human experience in this collection of short stories.…

Broken: A Love Story & Other Short fiction

Broken: A Love Story & Other Short fiction

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A collection of stories about unusual love affairs. A woman mourns losing memoires of true love after her husband turns violent. A vampire couple engage in a game of cat and mouse with their attraction for one another. A young woman is suspended between her marriage and a burgeoning affair. Ongoing. I will continue to add stories to the book.…

Book Trailers Rose Gluck

Book Trailers Rose Gluck

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Book trailers and related content for Rose Gluck's works.…