Once Upon a Time in Jamaica - Part 1

This book sheds light on important issues of the time, delving into the brutality of humanity and the consequences of violence in society. Readers will find the issues raised in this book both alarming and thought-provoking. The author examines the dark side of the human race and how some individuals are forever bent on mayhem and destruction.

However, the book also shows that even the most difficult adversity can be overcome with a little cooperation. The author highlights the power of collaboration and the need to root out bad influences before they become too strong to control.

Through powerful storytelling, the book highlights the harsh reality of Shakespeare’s famous words, that the “evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.” The author provides insights into the merciless actions of those without sympathy for their fellow human beings.

In conclusion, this book urges readers not to sit back and watch as the ears of wheat and tears of humanity grow together until the day of harvest. Instead, the author advocates for immediate action to root out the bad influences in society and promote positive change. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the darker side of human nature and how we can work together to overcome it.

One Chance

The story revolves round a girl named June, her everyday ups and downs, her romance and how tragedy changed her life forever. June, raised from a very young age by her grandparents, lived a sheltered life, abandoned by her mother, who had tried to make contact down through the years, only to be ignored by June’s grandmother, who had held a grudge from days gone by. Meeting Matt brought her such joy, the seas that brought them together would one day divide them. Exhilarating joy…only to end in tragedy. Why didn’t she grasp her opportunity with both hands? What was it that was holding her in this place?

One Journey Tells a Thousand Stories

This book is filled with poems that will speak to the individual’s soul. Words coming from experiences that many have been through. From a person’s darkest times to their brightest days, their lowest moments to their highest points – a book of truth that’s refreshing to the mind. A book that shows courage, strength and spirit from each story that is hidden between the lines of every poem that is read. From tales of love to the fights a person is forced to face, the wars inside a person’s mind to the friendships formed along each journey, a troubled past to the future that can and needs to be, a child in its first days on this earth to the time that child is ripped away.

A relatable collection that will take your mind to its most vulnerable points and open your eyes to feelings that many have felt but have never understood. 

One Mind Two Hearts

Life can take you to amazing places, it can take you to sad and lonely places, but love always brings you home. Follow your heart, your dreams, never dwell on failure and sadness. Your inner strength will guide you on the right path and you will never be alone.

One of Us

Police officer Ava’s world is turned upside down when she is forced to face her feelings for Kate at a school reunion. Simultaneously, one murder after another pulls her back home to assist in solving a case involving her team members.

Ava experiences an internal struggle as she attempts to rekindle a lifelong yearning for a relationship with Kate. Whilst her profession requires her attention as Forensic Psychologist to find a killer.

One gruesome murder after the other forces her to find the commonality, and the only link she can identify… is Kate.

Will she be able to win over the heart she thought was lost to her forever? Will her work bring the relationship to an end before it has even started? And will she survive long enough to even have a chance at love?

One Step Away

John Kenton, a young man caught between limiting parental guidance and an imagination fired by hidden meaning, is killed one evening by a lorry as he cycles home from school along the icy roads of his West Yorkshire village.

Death provides a choice to go with a catcher to his next stage in life in the afterworld or remain ‘between worlds’, closer to his home and his reality. This is a world of denial and conflict, populated by those fearing judgement of their lives on Earth, the Leaves. Before going with the catcher, an ancient link forges a connection between him and one such Leaf, Simon, kindling a quest that he must somehow free him from his own misjudgement.

Embarking on a journey of self-discovery, he learns how the afterworld is structured and organised and meets others like him. This reunites him with his partner, who like him is descended from an apparently extinct and mythical bloodline. She awakens him to their love and journeys together, spanning almost five hundred years.

Past life times and true identity revealed, he and his friends are brought into conflict with the Leaves who hold Simon and torment his family still living on Earth.

One Week in 1952

The story is set in June 1952 and describes one week of action between Tom, 8 years old, and his Aunt Siobhan, 18 years old, who looks after him while his parents are forced to leave home. An unexpected event enables them to holiday in Kent, where exciting adventures befall them both. Throughout the book there is a surprising comparison between the way of life in the 1950s, much of it based on historical fact, and that of the modern-day world.

One Year on My Hundred

In the vibrancy of nature’s year, the author dances through fields of flowers in his wondrous relationship, ever-thinking to be married. Smiles and fast pace leave little time to pause and to just be. After the death of his father, he realises that the very things that make him so happy have become scars to his thoughts.

His mind’s comfort zone throughout is under the protective canopy of the trees. Every day, the changing skies affect his well-being, and by looking upwards, he wonders of the liberty of flying and what lies beyond. Maybe there is a heaven.

Set to the backdrop of Hazlemere and the Buckinghamshire landscape, the book allows the reader to realise the beauty of life; however, each person needs an angel, whether religious or not.

While in Barbados, he walks happily on beaches, yet the sands hold the sadness of the death.

Sewn through the pages are ribbons that are his show of emotion and pride.

This is a book where each poetic piece is complete in its own right but it needs to be read from page one to the end to appreciate how the common themes pass through.

Only Eternity Is Forever

There are many ways when sitting quietly whereby our emotions may be stirred. By pictures, static or moving, by sound, recorded or natural, by smell and even touch. However, the medium by which our minds have most latitude to wander is the written word. This can be in many forms but the one which arguably makes the lasting impression is poetry.

Circumstances may change but the memories live on.

Only If

As much Charlene shows her beauty with the elegance of dress and fame, Sadhana shows her beauty with simplicity and self-pride. Indeed, both deserve to have captured one common heart – that of Bali’s – but sadly, only one is to keep it. In love, to sacrifice for peace and humility, is a true love in itself – a captivating story, internationally set, brings the climax of joy, anguish, sentiment, and sacrifice in this true love scenario of the three people. An interesting read and immensely enjoyable.

Onvoy: A Tale of Pain

A tale of a world at the brink of falling apart being abruptly thrust into a new beginning – life changes forever. Our hero finds a mysterious and powerful sword, something that amplifies his own emotions immensely, engaging them into physical manifests of a devastating heat that scorches everything, even himself. With so much hate, loss and sorrow on his shoulders, our hero must contain himself and not let go of his emotions lest they become too much and send what’s left of his world crumbling to ashes.

Life might never be the same again but that doesn’t mean it’s the end – only an opportunity. An opportunity for what? That is the decision of the holder. Where others not know what to do, feeling lost and hopeless, our hero has a purpose – to learn more about this mysterious power and sword which has entered his life, find his family and take back the apocalypse no matter the pain.

Operation Take Down

Shawnna, a veteran Navy Seal determined young lady who stops at nothing to complete her mission of capturing a notorious terrorist for a 10-million-dollar reward. Teaming up with Shawnna are two of her best friends, Doretha Hollaway along with Evelyn Staford join in this mission. First, they must learn the Muslim religion before going abroad. Infiltrating Iraq becomes a daunting task while trying to blend in without being caught. Having prior tactical skills Shawnna has taught her friends how to defend themselves. Things do not appear as Evelyn had thought as she has a change of heart during the mission. Doretha continues to focus on getting back home alive. High in the mountains Shawnna, Doretha and Evelyn must try to survive in order to find out Maurad’s next move. Terrorist Maraud Yogasolfa sets his plan in motion with his destructive evil ways, wanting to attack and destroy America, not knowing he is up for a battle because someone must live, and someone must die.