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Is Darren Bates a dead man walking, or is Anne Clark delusional, going mad? The death of Darren Bates, an ex-convict, was shrouded in mystery. Who was the man who posed as his brother, identified his body at the morgue, and arranged his funeral? Anne is determined to find out. As an OPV official prison visitor, she had befriended the man in life, so she is determined not to let him down in death... if he is really dead.
Tommy is a boy who died at the beginning of World War Two, and has returned to look for his parents. Wayne, Jason’s best friend, takes some convincing that Tommy is a ghost, as he seems so normal. But the appearances and disappearances soon convince Wayne. The problem is: how can they tell Tommy that he is dead?
What is the mystery surrounding LOT 13, why would someone go out of their way to bid for something at an auction then days later sell it at a considerable loss? Samantha is determined to find out, but the deeper she digs the more confused she becomes; she’s been dealt a hand she doesn’t know how to play. Is the man she thinks is behind it all a conman out to fleece a vulnerable old woman, or has Samantha got it all wrong?
Poppy Berisford has everything going for her: a loving family, more pocket money than the average teenager and much more than her fair share of good looks. So why does she give it all up to go on the run with a boy who has nothing to offer her but toil, sweat and tears? A boy who hasn’t even started to shave and like Poppy is under the impression money grows on trees. Is this a story of true love between two teenagers, or just a case of juveniles playing at being grown ups, willing to get their fingers burnt? Only time will tell.
Peggy Rose is a woman of low self esteem, and in this knowledge her so-called friends set her up, arrange a meeting with a man who is looking for a wife in name only. Peggy Rose is the perfect choice. A loveless marriage, stepmother to an undisciplined ten-year-old, isn't something she would have agreed to if she had known. However, when she finds out she has been set up, she fights tooth and nail to turn things to her own advantage.
Collingwood Manor drew Emma like a magnet; after her first visit she couldn't keep away. She wasn't afraid of ghosts, and until she'd spent a night on her own in the Manor house, she'd have argued they didn't exist. However, after coming face to face with a troubled spirit, and feeling the evil presence of another, she soon changes her mind. The Manor house has a dark secret, and Emma is determined to find out what it ss. Befriending one fragile little spirit and facing the hostile wrath of another was her intention. But now she has, she can't and won't, back down.
Adrian had never doubted his sexuality, he had a live-in partner, and now the law had changed they planned to get married. First however, he had to break the news to the family; therein lay the problem. His mother refused to accept the fact her son was homosexual and Liam O’Donall his Irish Catholic grandfather put it down to a phase he was going through. A chance meeting with a beautiful, flirtatious girl gave him pause for thought; who was right, them or him? Was finding that special someone and marrying for love, no more than an improbable dream? It was up to him to find out.
Michael O’Leary, a mouse with a larger than average size tail, is a story teller who can hold audiences spellbound with his tales of daring and adventure. Michael, along with his two friends Patrick and Guido, lives on a farm in a remote corner of the Emerald Isle, and it is here he holds his story telling evenings. Some of his yarns are so graphic, small rodents have been known to suffer attacks of panic, faint clear away and have to be dragged outside. Guido, however, is a different case; his stories, although they always contain a grain of truth, need to be taken with a large pinch of salt, but they are entertaining. As for Patrick, well at times he finds it just too much trouble to compete, so he doesn’t bother.
Gordon Paxton is a hard man with a soft centre. Born and raised in the Gorbels in Glasgow he had known how to use his fists from an early age. By the age of fourteen he had street cred, nobody messed with him. He was a gang member tottering down the slippery path of crime. Caught in the act of petty pilfering; if a certain community PC hadn't stepped in, he would have been summonsed, given a record: an act of criminal occurrences. But that hadn't happened. PC Duckworth had befriended him, saved him from himself, put his feet on the right path. He had a lot to thank the man for.
Samantha, with her fair hair, green-flecked eyes and perfect figure, was at the front of the queue when good looks were handed out. She only has one flaw: she is a woman who can’t take no for an answer. A battle of wits between two like-minded people occurs when she goes after a cottage that isn’t for sale. Rumours circulating it is haunted don’t deter her; she wants it and is determined to have it. The owner is equally determined he isn’t going to sell. A compromise is struck that is acceptable to both sides. But the outcome is bizarre and unpredictable.