Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
135
Language
English
Published
Jul 8, 2015
Publisher
Pennine Valley Books
Description
Female British Author Chris Cutts releases CATCH 8, the second book in a series of short stories designed to be read on the fly for commuting, lunch breaks, holidays or just enjoy reading something new..!
Each story completely unique from the next, absorbing and often ending with a twist...set across a broad range of moods including romance, mystery, history and fantasy...
Titles & Synopsis
HIDDEN ROOTS
A dream began it all. John Edward Jennings wakes one morning thinking about Austria, the land of his birth. Everything he does that day seems to include Austria. Why is he being led to search for his roots?
THE PURSUIT
A man is being pursued. He is trying to reach a house to rescue a woman. But will he reach her before his pursuers catch him?
MAKING AMENDS
Harry wakes up to the sound of a loud knock on the door. He’s slept in on the day he was supposed to be attending the funeral of his brother’s father-in-law. Will he ever live it down?
FOLLOWING DAD’S DREAM
Pete like his dad is a keen mountaineer. When his dad loses his life trying to climb a difficult mountain, Pete decides to take on the mountain and achieve his dad’s dream. But will he win or lose his life in the attempt?
PEACE AND QUIET
1656 A time when Cromwell’s forces were seeking out royalists. John Danby risks his life when his friend Robert Jameson an ardent royalist calls at his home seeking shelter. Has he put his own life at risk by aiding his friend or will live to see another day?
THE LONER
Sam, a man with a disfigured face, lived alone in an old hut in the woods. Afraid of daylight, he went out only at night until one night a voice from the past found him collapsed near his hut.
MEMORIES
Christina looks back over a life of mixed memories.
SHAN
Africa about 25,000 BC Ayesha has lived alone at the oasis since a child. Her only friends are birds and animals who have become her family, and Shan, a young lion, who protects her. Then one day a stranger arrives asking for water and collapses at her feet.
Each story completely unique from the next, absorbing and often ending with a twist...set across a broad range of moods including romance, mystery, history and fantasy...
Titles & Synopsis
HIDDEN ROOTS
A dream began it all. John Edward Jennings wakes one morning thinking about Austria, the land of his birth. Everything he does that day seems to include Austria. Why is he being led to search for his roots?
THE PURSUIT
A man is being pursued. He is trying to reach a house to rescue a woman. But will he reach her before his pursuers catch him?
MAKING AMENDS
Harry wakes up to the sound of a loud knock on the door. He’s slept in on the day he was supposed to be attending the funeral of his brother’s father-in-law. Will he ever live it down?
FOLLOWING DAD’S DREAM
Pete like his dad is a keen mountaineer. When his dad loses his life trying to climb a difficult mountain, Pete decides to take on the mountain and achieve his dad’s dream. But will he win or lose his life in the attempt?
PEACE AND QUIET
1656 A time when Cromwell’s forces were seeking out royalists. John Danby risks his life when his friend Robert Jameson an ardent royalist calls at his home seeking shelter. Has he put his own life at risk by aiding his friend or will live to see another day?
THE LONER
Sam, a man with a disfigured face, lived alone in an old hut in the woods. Afraid of daylight, he went out only at night until one night a voice from the past found him collapsed near his hut.
MEMORIES
Christina looks back over a life of mixed memories.
SHAN
Africa about 25,000 BC Ayesha has lived alone at the oasis since a child. Her only friends are birds and animals who have become her family, and Shan, a young lion, who protects her. Then one day a stranger arrives asking for water and collapses at her feet.