Prince Albert (his mother had a sense of humor) was born in Texas at the time of the War and the Comanche wars. His grandfather taught him to play poker so well that he was a rich man by the time he was an adult. He played poker on ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean and wiped out a gang of pirates in the Mediterranean Sea. That led to being hired to protect shipping from pirates off the coast of China. He was so successful that he wound up owning 10% of a shipping company. 20 chapters.
A Story in the Naked In School Universe
"Freedom" is a romantic coming-of-age story which is set in the “Naked in School” universe. A young teen, emotionally abandoned by her father and harassed by the father’s girlfriend, tries to cope with her life while living essentially on her own. On the day she begins attending her first year in high school, she’s forced to face the school’s new nudity program while trying to cope with memories of her past, the problems of her nonexistent family life and her burgeoning adolescence. Illustrated.
Beautiful Tracy, infant Alicia's new mother, is rescued from a blizzard by lawyer Reina. They become a new family of 3, then 4, then 5, led by a passionate FFM triad. Alicia's BFF, also 10, is adopted after her abusive parents lose custody. After a senseless violent confrontation, both sisters miss their Senior Prom. But instead, each girl has a romantic vacation trip with their beaus. (Offstage mention of child abuse, but no under age 18 sex.)
Zeke Clay receives a mysterious letter when he is down on his luck. He has lost everything but stands to inherit a fortune. If he agrees to a few simple tasks: Solve some clues, break a family curse, and restore true love. What does he know about any of that? Why are their ghosts running around telling him what to do? And why is his three-year-old tattoo suddenly bleeding?
It is 1948 and London is recovering from almost a decade of war and only three years of recovery and rebuilding both the physical destruction and restoring society with new-found optimism for a bright new future. Gertie is 17 , nearly 18 and a bright and pretty hat check girl looking after theatregoers’ hats and coats in a lively West End Theatre. One evening, while everyone is watching the third act, a drunken patron attacks her and a dashing captain rescues her … changing her life forever.
What if you are to inherit a business empire on the death of its surviving elderly founder and learn its startup capital was from Nazi war loot? Then you learn the empire's founders obtained that loot by stealing it from the Nazi Party and they kept a portion of what they stole for themselves to atone for the Nazi Party stealing their families' businesses and executing their families. That is Paul Adler's dilemma.
Lonny found herself between a rock and a hard spot. She had to choose between the lesser of two evils. She had to have the money or she'd be kicked out of her house and she'd be homeless... on the streets. So, reluctantly, she agreed to let her disgusting neighbor have her body. She didn't want to be a hooker, so she said she'd pay him back. But then, as things progressed, he became less disgusting until, impossibly, she fell in love with him.
When the kings and lords of the World become corrupt and vile, when the cries of the desperate and the destitute become too loud to bear, when the world sings out for a savior, the Sun chooses for himself a hero to strike down the wicked and set the World right: The Unconquered. Blessed with unimaginable power, the Unconquered is granted too a sacred marriage to five Lunar wives - each as lovely and powerful as the last, each devoted to him. Hark! The Cycle of the 11th Unconquered begins! / (Reviews)