Afton Feltham Author
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~Bloom of the Desert Rose~
Marie Bensworth has been married now for ten long years, living in the Wyoming plains' beautiful empty spaces with her husband, Lewis. Childless and lonely, it seems her life is faced with replaying the same hot, long days again and again. That is until an outcast stranger moves to town. In the weeks to follow, thoughts and feelings arise within her, she never knew she had, pushing and guiding her to this new and mysterious man. When their worlds abruptly collide, their attraction, at first ignored, becomes something much more powerful, stirring deeply within each of them. Now, as the golden band on her left hand sets her life, she must decide if this man is worth the cost of her reputation and marriage. But when Lewis becomes suspicious, Marie will be faced with the choice to stand firm or fall into the strong arms of a man she was destined to love.
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~Sacrifice~
World War II rages across Europe, spreading fear and terror. In the cold northwest of Russia, a small military camp resides, hidden by a great forest. Boris Vlastimil a young soldier is ready to fight for his country, but when the camp is turned into a prison, leading to a large explosion, Boris awakes to find his fellow soldiers have fled. Leaving behind a wanted prisoner.
Mira Juska is alone, torn from her family in Latvia in their flight from capture. Waking in the rubble of the aftermath of the explosion and face-to-face with her enemy. Now they are each faced with a choice, to live or die with or without pride. With no language between them, Boris and Mira travel south for help. Cold and hungry, Boris begins choosing kindness over brutality. Mira resists, her past leaving a mark he couldn't see, but as gestures and moments grow, the kindness in him reveals itself. Now scarred by their places in the war, they will have to decide if their love is worth their lives.
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~Verge~
James "Jimmy" Hendson is only thirteen when he witnesses a UFO landing in the woods near his home. After a brief encounter, Jimmy is left with only a memory of what happened that night, as the rest of the world brushed his imaginative mind aside. He spends his life in search of an answer, coming to look upon his thirty-eighth birthday lost in a fantasy. But as a call comes in on the radio, Jimmy finds himself standing before the same ship he saw as a child. In an instant, Jimmy is placed in a world he could never have imagined, and soon his life will become something he only dared to dream about. With the help of his crew and their spaceship 'Verge' Jimmy, and Captian Athera will be faced with the challenge to save Earth, as well as each other.
~Head Above Water~
What happens when you let your past shape your future? Joseph Laneau would have the answer. As a young man, with his life ahead of him, fate's ugly hand rolls the dice, altering his future and that of his dearly betrothed. For years Joseph sat by and watched as the woman he loved went on with her life, marrying and having children. Now the spring of 1915, in the isolated Canadian North, Mrs. Minnie Pierson has suddenly become a widow with two children to look after. The doors slowly open for them as the harsh realities of living a life in the north, push them together. But grief and guilt hold them back, even as their battle over desires and shame grow. Can Joseph learn to let go of the past and will Minnie allow love in her life again.
~Weight~
(In Progress)
On the East Coast on the island of Cape Breton, the lives of the small town Angel Port continue after the end of the Great War, most altered by it. As a new teacher joins the community, he knows he is an outcast, but negotiations of the heart run their own path. A War Widow is just as surprised when her feelings line with his. But the things of the past linger, some far too real to be ignored, and with the eyes of this small town upon them, will burden and fear hold them back from having a second chance at life.