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Sean is a hot alpha millionaire, who is recovering from cancer. I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a good contemporary read. Reviewed by Shannon Ferguson. When his father asks him to come home to consider his options, he reluctantly leaves his high-powered job in Los Angeles and heads to Emerald Springs, determined to help his father make the transition to retirement and quickly get back to his own life. Jeff and Susan Long had a charmed life for years. Separated by ten years in age, they found an uncommon love and built a love story that lasted for over 28 years.

Bipolar Disorder, and Breast cancer together in this poignant story of how we all can find love in the strangest of places—like the bowling alley; a picture is painted of true love that is meant to last Forever and For Always. Torn between an ambition to be an influential figure in a big city and being an honor-bound son, Adam Whitman is a relatable character leaving his sleepy hometown to live the life of a high-powered broker in Los Angeles. His high school sweetheart, Zoe Miller, comes into the picture.

The narration attempts to spark a romance between Adam and Zoe but the embers fizzle never transitioning their relationship into an engrossing affair. Zoe and Adam each display independent spirits capable of living without the other. Forever and for Always is a real-life type of romance with all the problems that all real life romances have. Stuteville coordinates the voices well and the story is seamless in its telling. Each narrator tells their part of the story as it affects them and the parts add up well. I was taken with the portrayal of mental illness and its effects on the characters.

The entire family suffers and the author has communicated this extremely well. It takes fifty years to find the real Jeff. Forever and For Always is a good choice for those looking for a sentimental love story to remind them of their own. Here I am, As if to confound myself, Just as I ever was. Seemingly little more Than an excited dervish, Forever chasing shadows, Knowing that, Come what may, Beauty will continue To throng around me, Till I am no more.

What was it I never told you? And we can but wonder As, flawless, Early morning moisture, Stranded on a leaf, Glints in the sunshine. The world watches And waits for us, it seems… As if to suggest tis best To have an unquiet response To the nature of things. So drink deep of your sorrows, Drink deep of your joy And then love and live restlessly For as long as the charged ache In your spirit allows. Alfie felt himself blushing but pretended not to hear the antique dealer. He continued to amble along The Place, checking dumpsters and likely looking garbage cans.

Then he would wander vaguely down the street as though he had no fixed destination. He always wore the shabby tweed jacket with grease stains on the sleeves and trousers that bagged permanently at the seat and knees. His only shirt, of indeterminate hue, had at last disintegrated. His face would have looked vacant if not for his slightly pained expression. He looked as though his feet hurt him, which, in fact, they did; it was rare he could find shoes big enough to fit him at Goodwill.

He always managed to look as though he had shaved the day before but not that morning. He was forty-one, but gaunt; most people would guess nearer fifty. The change in the neighborhood bewildered Alfie. He knew The Place had once been fashionable, but that was back at the turn of the twentieth century. During the Depression, the area had dwindled to boarding houses. Restoration Now, The Place had been rediscovered. Alfie saw signs of this now as he passed dwelling after dwelling. The house Madge owned had the first floor restored—the shop and a few rooms in back; the rest was uninhabitable.

Joe, the schoolteacher-turnedantique-dealer, had replaced the roof of his building and done the tuck-pointing, whatever that meant thought Alfie. He had heard them all—the dealers, young married couples—talking restoration and raving over things like dormer windows, mansard roofs, and marble mantels.

Alfie belonged to that remnant of the old neighborhood which had survived the new influx and increase in real estate value. Steve was the only friend Alfie had among the new residents. Not like that Gertrude Steve he was talking to now. She looked like a sweet little old blue-haired lady from the Historical Society.

But when Gertrude opened her mouth any resemblance to a sweet little old lady or even to a sweet anything disappeared. She demonstrated her superiority to Alfie now by giving a snort, turning on her heel, and heading back to her own shop. Alfie stood diffidently, first on one foot, then the other, waiting for Steve to speak. He straightened the sign that hung on his door.

He muttered something about being embarrassed for his colleagues. She looks down her nose at all the rest of us because her specialty is Royal Doulton china. He was pleased that Steve called her a lady. Caught a bad cold and living in that old carriage house. Alfie continued along The Place until he came to a boulevard. There he turned right and went for several blocks until he came to an alley. Alfie turned down the alley and walked toward the gate with the honeysuckle growing over it. It was here in this alley that he and Miss Harriet had met, he recalled. Alfie had been gleaning the garbage cans, as was his custom.

Miss Harriet, in the act of emptying her trash, had helpfully pointed out promising trash bins. He repaid her by running errands for her. When she died, Alfie felt as if he should Do Something, so he mortgaged his shop and bought her estate. None of the antique dealers would have touched it. They would consider it beneath them, just as they did Alfie. The bank was only too glad to mortgage a piece of property that was increasing in value. Theirs had been an outdoor relationship.

Miss Harriet had been a lady. The carriage house swallowed up her meager possessions, but what few pieces she had reflected better days. Alfie noted the quilt on the neatly made bed. He had seen it once hanging on the line to air. He fingered it gently. It was made of odd-shaped pieces of velvet, stitched together with no apparent pattern. He walked to the center of the room and inspected the round oak table; it shone under its new layer of dust. As his eyes roamed the room, they fell on the old wardrobe in the corner. A huge thing, it reached almost to the ceiling.

The daylight that filtered through the curtains enabled him to see that it was elaborately carved. The wood was a hue unfamiliar to him—reddish with a faint purple cast to it. Its glow seemed to come from within. Now Alfie knew nothing about antiques, but he knew his junk. He stroked his chin.

He would have to think about this awhile. Did people really live like this? So surrounded by beautiful things. Alfie had never encountered anything in real life to match the beauty of the pictures. A hand fell on his shoulder. Not allowed in here with no shirt. Go to the mission if you need to get out of the cold.

Alfie found himself once more outside the library in the cold. He gave himself over to the swaying of the bus. The bus lurched as it pulled away from a stop; it jerked Alfie back to his surroundings. He noticed the bus was now full.

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He half rose in his seat to offer his place to an older woman who was burdened with packages. She averted her eyes, and, gathering her skirts closer around her, moved away slightly toward the front of the bus. Alfie felt himself blushing for the second time that day. He looked quickly around to see if anyone had seen. Bland faces met his gaze. He pulled the cord and left the bus two blocks before his stop. He entered the library with the intention of seeing what he could find about the wardrobe. He had no idea where to begin, but he knew he was in the right place.

He knew he would have to ask someone. He picked out an older lady seated behind a desk in the Reference Room. Alfie liked the way her hair waved back into a bun with wisps escaping here and there around her face. She reminded him of a Sunday School teacher he had once had in his dimly remembered past. Alfie breathed with a deep sigh as she smiled at him and got up briskly to find what he wanted. He had come to the right person. He pulled his tweed jacket closer around him. Alfie sat in his dark shop, absently rocking from side to side in his swivel chair.

A bare light bulb hung from the ceiling and seemed to be in motion; it cast weird shadows on the walls and inventory. Unidentifiable pieces of metal jostled with doorknobs, rusty hinges, sinks, wooden posts, and old keys. A thick layer of dust covered this conglomeration. Duke lay on the floor; he gnawed at a raw spot on his left hind leg. Alfie came out of his reverie, reached down, and patted the dog.

How had he never noticed that he had drifted downward—just like the neighborhood? Which world did he belong in? Not the new one—with Gertrude, Joe, and Madge. He lived on the third floor and used the second for storage. Alfie shifted his feet. I think I might just have something. If you could take a look. The teasing look Alfie had noted a moment ago had vanished. He looked businesslike and enormously capable to Alfie. Steve had gone back to his own shop, reappearing in a moment with several lamps and three antique books: Alfie traced the lettering in Victorian Furniture.

The same book he had been turning the pages of when the security guard threw him out of the library. Steve placed lamps strategically in the background. He began a minute inspection of the piece of furniture. Steve was 76 btsemag. He opened the doors, tested the fit. He took out drawers and ran his hands lovingly over the scrollwork. Steve glanced quickly at Alfie. Look at the detailing. See the figures in the carving? The Victorians practically razed the rosewood forests for furniture. By John Henry Belter himself.

Belter was probably the most famous cabinetmaker of the last century, and he specialized in chairs. This could be a rare find. His confidence had not been misplaced. If he had shown the piece to any of the other dealers, he would have been cheated. Steve would never get rich at the antique game. Alfie surveyed his shop silently. He had straightened up as best he could; he had swept the floor, even dusted off several chairs for his guests to sit on.

There was Coke in the icebox, and he had bought a box of chocolate chip cookies. He wished things looked better but hoped maybe the poor lighting would hide the dinginess. As he fidgeted around the shop, he noticed Duke, too, pacing the floor beside him. Except for the occasional down-and-outer who slept on the floor when it got cold nights. The expected knock fell on the door.

Smoothing his hair with spit, Alfie opened the door for his guests. On the sidewalk stood Steve and three other antique. Joe, Madge, and Gertrude. Those three wore sour expressions, Alfie noted. Alfie bowed to his guests with old-world courtesy and ushered them into the room. Madge and Gertrude huddled together. Alfie heard Gertrude give a short crack of laughter as he bustled around setting out chairs. His eyes silently pleaded with Alfie to ignore their rudeness. Alfie held out a chair for Gertrude. Steve whipped the sheets off with a flourish. Like a magician, thought Alfie.

Alfie heard Joe suck in his breath. Gertrude moved forward and with a trembling hand, stroked the side. She sounded as if the words choked her. Gertrude and Madge backed away; they gathered their coats around them snugly. They turned to Steve. He still inspected the armoire as if he were trying to memorize the carving. Gertrude tugged at his sleeve. He turned reluctantly to go. Steve remained behind after the others had left. No one had thumped Alfie on the back and congratulated him on his find. News of the find electrified the antique world.

Alfie found himself courted by different factions. He was offered money—a lot of money. The rest of the dealers held themselves aloof from these proceedings. They seemed to have no desire to share vicariously in the find. All except for Steve. Steve was having a great time fanning the flames, Alfie noticed with amusement one night at the pub. He listened to Steve as he expounded 77 btsemag. There was a moment of silence. It just galls me that that scroungy little man is the one who found it! What was it that made them so damn superior? When he could do so, Alfie slipped quietly away.

He pondered off and on for several days. The net result of his reflections was a round of the antique stores on The Place. Alfie ignored the startled glances of the dealers. He had never before presumed to enter their shops. He made no comments. Alfie came back to his shop and surveyed his stock. What he had seen in those other antique shops was unidentifiable pieces of metal, old keys, doorknobs, rusty hinges, and wooden posts. Alfie strode down The Place toward his shop.

He slowed momentarily as he spied Madge, Gertrude, and Joe peering in his window. Steve had said their curiosity would overcome them, and he was right. All three dealers jumped in unison. They turned to face Alfie and stared. Alfie, feeling a little self-conscious, tugged at the collar of his brand new JCPenney shirt. He wore a new pair of slacks, too. The old tweed jacket was the same, but it had made a trip to the dry cleaners.

Duke greeted his master affectionately; he looked spruce, too, with his new collar and shining coat. He bristled somewhat when he saw the others behind his master. Alfie watched them go and then turned to the window of his shop. There, gleaming from its new polish, stood the armoire. Alfie read the sign Steve had helped him with: By John Henry Belter, circa His eyes traveled to the brand new lettering on the door.

With a smile, Alfie entered his shop. Soon the bell over the door rang, heralding a customer. Pedestal sinks, stained glass, gas lighting fixtures, ceiling moldings. Leslie and her husband, Luke, have two children: Leslie and Luke have lived in Titusville, Florida, for forty-five years. Purchase links can be found on her website: Historical Holidays My favorite time of the year is Christmas.

I love watching the year turn, midwinter come, and the sun begin to return on the solstice. These traditions have been celebrated in England and France for millennia in many different ways. The Hot Hunks of History Today, we celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday, but we have held onto some of the historic traditions of the Celtic people.

One of these is the Yule log. Soon, every Christmas Eve, people of wealth were tying presents for the children to the evergreen tree in their drawing room, along with tinsel, colored ribbons, and candles for light. To my modern eyes, this version of the Christmas tree looks like a fire hazard, but no doubt it was also a great joy to the children and to the whole family on Christmas Day. In medieval France and England, during the twelve days of Christmas, a great log would be brought into the keep, and it would stay burning throughout the festivities.

In France, a chocolate pastry, the Buche de Noel, is still consumed in honor of this. Whatever your own holiday traditions, I hope you have a wonderful holiday season and a blessed New Year. Another tradition at the holidays from old England is the gathering of mistletoe.

These clusters of berries and greenery remind us even in the depth of winter that spring is coming, and that life is renewed. During the Victorian period, and even now, when we hang. So what, you may ask, does all this have to do with the Hot Hunks of History? Which brings me once again to Victorian England, and the introduction of the Christmas tree. Christy English is happiest when she is dreaming.

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