Tales From The Bookcase

After the Reprisals had ended everyone needed to start over.The Dalton family was no different. Four women all had to re-discover themselves.Connie Dalton is home after twenty years in the Australian Army. The last eight as a member of the Australian Peacekeeping Force during the global atrocities that had become known as the Reprisals.Her 182cm height and matching stature was an asset in the army. At home not so much. She could look after herself but having a protector would be welcomed.She wanted to slow down and relax. Stop and read a lot of her favourite BBW Romances. Except that she couldn't find any.So she did what her army training had taught her to do. If you can't find one...then make one.Then she found another thing she hadn't known she was looking for. Making her life even more perfect.When Millie Dalton's eldest daughter Constance offered her a job at her bookstore, Millie took it as a way to get out more.Little did she realise that making that decision would change her life forever.Veronica Dalton worked in the Bookcase for her big sister Constance. Everything was good ...The Reprisals were over and things were starting to settle down again. Mostly. Unless you were a third child.Veronica was the different sister. Flighty, perhaps. depending on who you asked.But even she eventually finished her Journalism Degree. Now she was expected to use it. She knew how...She'd write books about plus sized, curvy women like her. Women like her and her sisters...Easy. She only needed a muse...Then HE came along. Her perfect hero.... her perfect match. Him liking her stories was the big bonus.Alyssa Dalton is the baby of the family. She is the studious sister. Until she tired of being called the fat chick.When she took action to improve her style surprising things happened.Including meeting...him!These four short (around 12,000 words each) stories are perfect for reading on the way to work or over a leisurely lunch in the coffee shop. Or park.They are all set in the 2050's so they might all happen.. Bronn Francis is an empty nester who lives with her husband and spoiled moggy cat in the Eastern part of the State of Victoria in Australia. When Covid 19 came and made everyone do things differently, Bronn and a couple of friends decided that they would stop being just readers and try their our hands at being authors too. One of their small group had been playing at creating a world for his stories to be located in. When Bronn asked to be allowed to use the world her friend has created, she was told to "go for it". As long as she agreed to let the others in the group use her characters in cameo roles. Bronn agreed in a flash. Bronn is a woman of a certain age, as they say in books. Bronn and the other group members wanted to publish as many books as possible which led to a group decision to focus on writing short stories.That way Bronn and her friends could get more stories written and published for you to read. Maybe some novellas will appear over time.. Bronn loves to read romances with a HEA so she's sticking to writing them for a while. When she's not writing Bronn loves to go and photograph interesting places in the bush. Then try painting them. Some are recognisable. If you enjoy Bronn's stories, do please tell your friends. If you don't, Please tell Bronn. So she can learn from her mistakes.

With the Reprisals finally ended, Isabel had focused her attention on her career. Since her marriage appeared to be doomed. When her husband had his lawyer serve her with separation papers she decided to fight back. And win. Then she went to visit her sister and lick her wounds. Only to find what she had definitely not been looking for!. What a glorious surprise that was. Particularly when it came with one bonus that would completely change her life. This story is set in the 2050's so it could happen

In the years following the Reprisals, things were being remade.When Beatrix was pink-slipped by email she knew that she had big decisions to make.Give up? Or start over.After a chat with her aunt and watching a movie, Beatrix decided to relocate and start over.What happened next brought her a new zest for living. A new business opportunity.And a man she hadn't ever even dreamed of.This book is set in the 2050's.So it could happen.

In the years following the Reprisals, Colleen knew that being an orphan wasn't all that uncommon. But being that big girl as well made life doubly hard. But she was made of stern stuff, She knew that making her life a success was going to be all down to her.Standing on the stage after collecting her two Degree certificates, Colleen was feeling pretty lonely in a sea of surging humanity. Until she saw her aunt frantically waving at her from the audience. An aunt accompanied by family and friends. But how did she find out that Colleen's graduation was today?Then Aunt Dee gave her an even bigger surprise. One she didn't see coming.One that was accompanied by the opportunity to meet the one man she hadn't even known she was looking for.This story is set in the 2050's so it could happen.