Apple Books - Summer Solstice
November/28/2023 11:39 AM Filed: Apple Books
An eclectic collection of thirty short stories, SUMMER SOLSTICE offers the reader a glimpse into the paranormal and the unknown workings of the human mind in love. From preordained relationships to hauntings and self-discoveries, every selection portrays a woman at a critical moment or turning point in her life. These windows to hidden realms within the psyche delve into the past, the present, and the future, illustrating the emotional power of romance as it influences and motivates. To be taken in bits and pieces... but not to be taken lightly. Available December 26, 2023, on Apple Books.
- Beverly Hills Perfume: Like a contemporary version of the “Lady in Black” legend, Colleen seeks contact with Rudolph Valentino’s ghost.
- Crystal and Satin: Patricia reunites with a former lover twenty years her senior to experience the joy of his touch once again, but must settle for his memory.
- Deception: Lucinda has an affair without her husband’s knowledge and succumbs to the ultimate deception of her lover.
- The Diary: Fawn rents her former lover’s apartment and learns about the man who dumped her by reading his discarded diary, written Valentino-style.
- At Dusk: A private investigator turned bodyguard protects Leigh from a jealous, stalking boyfriend.
- Encore: Peg renews her friendship with a former English professor and becomes his lover once again.
- Encounter: A voyeur in her own beach house, Demi falls for the epitome of nude male perfection and experiences the thrill of a lifetime when she dates him.
- An Englishman: Rachel’s heart-rending love for a British soccer player changes the course of her life.
- Eternal Flame: A recovering alcoholic ends her marriage, making supernatural contact with the rock star she idolized as a teenager.
- The Guardian: A stranger who appears to have burned in a car wreck rescues Darlene from an abusive husband.
- A Haunting: Alisha receives a silk shirt from the 1920s and finds it haunted by the ghost of Rudy Valentino.
- Interlude: Tess is romanced by the ghost of a dead musician and warned of an impending sexual assault.
- Joshua, My Love: Reunited with a Jewish minister and former lover, Dari forces the man to make the most difficult choice of his life.
- Last Dance: After an earth-moving, one-night stand, Angela longs for her Italian fantasy, until she discovers years later that the company she works for has intercepted his messages, a disclosure that brings them together again.
- Leather Delusions: Hit by a car, Casey falls in love with the driver after he takes her to the hospital.
- Legacy: Cara meets a famous writer’s descendant, while fighting off the effects of a cursed book.
- The Love Letter: After sending a love letter to a songwriter, Sheena discovers she’s made telepathic contact with the sensitive man.
- Melody: Keri, an ordinary farm wife, buys a haunted, autographed photo of an entertainer she loved, then leaves her family for the wealth and glamour and danger of Hollywood.
- Memphis Blues: A London reporter picks up Trish, a young woman with a strange fascination for Elvis Presley’s grave.
- Oliver’s Passion: Messina encounters a perceptive monk with a personal agenda.
- The Orchid: An orchid with mysterious powers reunites Stef with the Australian heartthrob who married her for a green card.
- Rendezvous: Emailed love letters from a strange man bring cynical Christi into the arms of a male romance writer during a once-in-a-lifetime date in Paris.
- Rhapsody: Diane grieves for her lover on the streets of Memphis, a pilot killed in an air crash that could have been prevented.
- A Rose in Paris: Picked up on the Champs Elysees in Paris, Cloe marries a desperate businessman to get him into the United States.
- Soldier of the Natchez: Toria encounters a sexy ghost after laying a violet on a Confederate grave.
- Starlight: An unexpected meeting with her first love at her engagement party forces Naomi to call off her wedding.
- Stranger in Paradise: An overpowering attraction to a tourist changes Kelly’s outlook on life when they land in the dangerous maelstrom of the Bermuda Triangle off the shores of Key West.
- Summer Solstice: Dedication to a haunting musician of ages past.
- The Troubadour: Sue meets a striking British gentleman at an online café and arranges their first face-to-face encounter.
- The Vagabond: Infatuated with a Native American who arouses her passion and takes away her pain, Amber travels south with the healing protector in a motor home.