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The enchanted story of an unusual romance in a very normal time. San Francisco. 1947. The war is over and the boys are home. Nick Williams, a native of the City, served in the Navy during the war. Now he lives with his lover Jeffery Klein, Esq., in Jeffery's house. He knows he needs to move on, but he can't. Not yet at least. Carter Jones, a transplant from south Georgia, stayed home during the war. His draft board said his job as a fireman was more important. He's living with his best friend and former lover, Henry Winters, who spends most nights across the Bay in Oakland with his current beau. As hard as Carter works on his body and at his job, the lonely nights are empty. Two handsome men in one beautiful city. Can they find each other? Across a crowded room? An Enchanted Beginning is the complete back story of this wonderful love affair. Starting in 1947, this book is composed of several parts that move the reader gently through an unusual love that starts during a time when everything and everyone was supposed to be getting back to normal. From 1947 through 1950 and beyond, Nick & Carter's love is anything but normal. If you're a fan of true romance and love to see it blossom in the most unusual of times, this is the book for you. These stories are a prequel to the Nick Williams Mystery series of books, which start in 1953 with The Unexpected Heiress. * * * This is a novel that runs to about 71K words.

You're invited to the wedding of 1954! Dr. Parnell Robert Williams, M.D., invites you to attend the ceremony at Grace Cathedral on Nob Hill at 2 p.m. on Saturday, the 17th of April. There he will wed Leticia Rose Wilson and she will be his beloved bride. Or maybe not... Comes Thursday, the 8th, and with only nine days to go, Lettie (the bride-to-be) is having wedding jitters. She begs her soon-to-be husband to skip all the pomp and circumstance and elope to Las Vegas. With the church cancelled and the reception at the Pacific Union Club called off-it looks like the nuptials will be a quickie at the Western Stars Wedding Chapel on Fremont Street in downtown Vegas. Unless Lettie changes her mind... Which she does... Can Nick, Carter, and Marnie pull together a wedding in just three days? They just might be able to do so with some help from the private dicks at Consolidated Security, a pair of lady couples from Eureka Valley, and a couple of female illusionists from the Tenderloin. Maybe the social event of the season just might turn out to be a success after all... Fingers crossed! * * * This is a novella that runs to about 26K words.

Thursday, July 22, 1954 Marnie Wilson, age 34, has finally been asked for her hand in marriage by a man she truly and deeply loves: the tall, handsome, and dashing Alex LeBeau. They've been seeing each other for a while and, last night, he got down on bended knee and asked the question. Marnie squealed a little and then happily exclaimed, "Yes!" Now, over lunch, she's telling her mother, Mrs. Leticia Williams, all about it. Upon hearing what should be wonderful news, Marnie's mother (a recent bride herself) is suddenly not hungry and doesn't finish her luncheon meal of scallops and creamed spinach, even though it's her favorite. What, exactly, could be the matter? Little does Marnie know that the announcement of her upcoming nuptials might very well coincide with the uncovering of a scandal, long buried and mostly forgotten. When news gets out about this hidden truth, their nemesis, George Hearst of the San Francisco Examiner, will likely be dining out on the revelations until he's dead and buried! Will wedding bells ring? Will Marnie keep her promise to her beloved? And what about the honeymoon? All this, and more, are waiting to be discovered within the pages of The Bride Wore White: A Wedding Novel! * * * This novel runs to be about 46K words.