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One Minute…There comes a moment in everyone’s life when everything finally makes sense. You know that where you are is exactly where you’re supposed to be. When the final domino falls, Jackson is staring at the clock, with time being his ultimate nemesis.

A wolf whistle at a construction site leads two people into what seems to be a perfect relationship. Rhea and Ray feel as if the universe brought them together and their love affair blossoms into marriage. Now, as a family they view Christmas as their favorite holiday and they celebrate it with gusto and enthusiasm. When tragedy occurs they hope and pray for a Christmas miracle to happen in order to save their idyllic marriage...

After years of owning an iconic Chicago barbershop, Charlie has sold it and is facing the prospect of his last day. Clinging to the past will not help him as he bravely faces the end of all he has ever known.

A long married couple, Frank and Nina, reflect on things that led them to enjoy a long-lasting love affair with life and one another.

As an avid gardener, Rosalie has always impressed on her children and grandchildren how much she loves the roses which she grows in her garden. Pink, purple, and red roses grow abundantly, watered with love and Rosalie's tender hand.

From Tennessee to Arkansas to Texas, Purse goes from a boy looking for hope and dreaming of a better life, to a man wondering if redemption is still possible. He believes that if he teaches his sons to do the right thing, then maybe his sins might fade away... unless he does something even worse, a thing from which there is no returning.

In a small Southern town, two teenagers find themselves falling into a once-in-a-lifetime love affair, while the people around them watch with hope or despair. Flora Jean is a young Black girl who daydreams of leaving the segregated caste system of Mississippi far behind her. She's being raised by her single mother, Lily, a no-nonsense woman who is willing to do whatever is necessary to raise her daughter to be smart and independent. Bobby Jr. is the oldest son of the richest family in the region. He has learned at an early age that money does not buy happiness, nor does it guarantee love.

When Paul is asked by a friend to go on a blind date, his immediate thought is it will be a catastrophe. His misgivings are allayed when he meets his blind date Rosa. Paul finds himself in a whirlwind of new and unfamiliar emotions. There's much more to his new love interest, Rosa, than he could have even imagined...

Sippin' Life at Lucky's Bar and Grill is a fictional collection of a poem and stories about an idealized, magical bar. The whiskey flows, and the stories flow right along with it. Whimsical, charming, and thought-provoking, this collection aims straight for the heart. Inspirational stories, love stories, and glimpses of the supernatural all take place at Lucky's, the perfect bar. Fourteen stories that will tug at the heartstrings, leave mouths open in amazement, and make listeners wish there was a Lucky's Bar and Grill in their lives.

Ex-cons Steve Wilson and Eddie Jones are struggling to make it in Los Angeles, two-strike losers dodging a third and life in the slammer...until the phone call that changes everything for them. Eddie's brother back in Jersey has brain cancer, and no insurance. In the wisdom imparted by smoking some righteous bud, the bungling pair concoct a plan to travel across the nation from L.A. to Atlantic City, robbing stores along the way to get the cash for Jimmy's operation. All they have to do is avoid the law and get the money to Atlantic City and Eddie's Uncle Vinnie.