Stories for Dads and Moms who Need a Laugh

Dads and Moms, no doubt, had a plan earlier in their lives. Maybe they were able to stick with it, maybe an unforeseen event caused a detour. this detour may have led them to a different destination, or maybe it was just a temporary detour before they get back on their original track. There are a number of things that can cause these detours. It can be a gap year in college. It can be going back to your hometown to tie up loose ends after the death of a loved one. It could be a business trip, maybe trying to land a new client or checking up on a satellite office. Whatever the reason, there are issues that will pop up in life that will require attention and sometimes it will be something that cannot wait. "Murder and Manuscripts" Murder & Manuscripts Isabel Fleming is a woman who is faced with a detour. Isabel is the main character of Nora Bardin's "Murder & Manuscripts" . She is an editor based in New York who inherits her Aunt Louise's bookstore in...

I have written about some books on this site. Most of them have been children's books. Books are great for adults to read with their kids, but what happens when the kids are gone, and you finally have a couple of moments to yourself? Do you want to read another children's book, or are you ready to read something that is geared more towards adults? "Stolen Secrets" by Denise Diana Huddle Denise Diana Huddle has worked as an oil landman and then as a private investigator specializing in the oil and gas industry. She has taken her experience in both careers to create a story about an environmentalist ranch manager, Sarah Chandler, who has her hands full with a chauvinistic tool pusher and a fire on the land she's in charge of. Her book, "Stolen Secrets" , is the first of her "Deadly Secrets Texas Trilogy". Ranch manager Chandler begrudgingly works with Ethan Tanner, a retired special forces officer working as landman for the White Stag Oil Compan...