comedy
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Rumpledforeskin by Burns Well
Rumpledforeskin is an adult parody of the popular fairy tale “Rumpelstiltskin.” This story is not meant to be read by humans or those of you who are offended by anything. Do not try this at home. The author takes absolutely no responsibility for the contents of this book.
How To Choose A Sweetheart by Nigel Bird @amouseandaman
“She came into the bookshop. That was it. That was the beginning.”
This isn’t the first romantic story to feature a balcony, nor is it likely to be the last. Even so, what takes place in ‘How To Choose A Sweetheart’ is a modern, fresh take on an old-fashioned tale.
Max is a bookseller. Since his relationship with Jazz ended, he’s struggling to find purpose in life. That all changes when a beautiful woman, Cath, walks into his shop and pins up and advert asking for a piano teacher for her daughter, Alice.
It’s almost perfect. Max takes down the details and gets in touch immediately. Within a short space of time he manages to secure the position as Alice’s piano teacher and establish that Cath’s a single mother. What could be better?
Well, he might be able to play the piano for a start.
Or his newly acquired piano teacher might not be an old, alcoholic wreck.
Or he might be completely over his ex-girlfriend.
And he might not be forced into a position where he needs to come up with a composition of his own to woo the new lady in his life.
It’s a tangled web we weave and Max seems to be sticking in the threads like a spider in a web.
A topsy-turvy romantic comedy that will warm your cockles and split your sides.
Grace the Maid by Micki Street
In Sandton, South Africa, the Melja housing estate is abuzz with gossip. Grace’s longtime employer, Bonnie Beaufort, is finally pregnant, but before she can share the wonderful news with her husband of eight years, she discovers he’s left her for his pregnant secretary.
Grace embarks on a self-imposed mission to find Bonnie a suitable husband before her baby is born, while Bonnie is just trying to get through her divorce. Grace confabs with the other maids in the complex to divine a secretive plan to secure Clive Winterton, Bonnie’s handsome neighbour.
But Grace’s best-laid plans often go astray…
Normal for Norfolk (The Thelonious T. Bear Chronicles) by Mitzi Szereto (co-authored with Teddy Tedaloo)
Pub landlords are being murdered in Norfolk!
Thelonious T. Bear, ursine photojournalist, leaves behind the big city life of London to take an assignment in the Norfolk countryside, where he hopes to find the real England. Instead he stumbles upon gastro-pubs, crazed Audi drivers and murder. As the hapless Thelonious keeps ending up in the wrong place at the wrong time, he attracts the attention of Detective Chief Inspector Horatio Sidebottom of Norfolk Constabulary CID, who’s determined to tie Thelonious to the crimes. Add in a pair of hoods from London’s East End, celebrity TV chef Paolo Louis Black, and plenty of oddball local characters and it all adds up to a madcap journey through England’s most quirky county, where everything is normal (for Norfolk)!
