ebooks: fiction
Our fiction titles includes novels, anthologies of short stories, romance, adventure, Æsop’s Fables modernised, a script, fun and just plain silly tales.
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fiction; 
other
(short anthology or script)
Shira by
Althea Hayton
This fable is an allegory of the spiritual journey. Two brothers, Bara and Bild, race in search of the magical horse Shira. Bara uses wit and intelligence to work out which way to move forward. Bild, who is stronger relies on his strength. The brothers are separated and make their individual journeys alone, but are eventually reunited. In the end their personal resources of foresight and strength are rendered useless. By a process of gradual surrender they eventually find Shira. Only then can they find their way home.
Tommy Comes Home by William Stewart
Tommy, orphaned during the Clydebank blitz, is adopted by his uncle and aunt who are farmers. Tommy’s new-found friends and the animals on the farm all help in the healing of his emotional scars. Living on the edge of the moors he almost dies in a blizzard, but learns some important lessons. A bright boy, Tommy wins a scholarship to a prestigious academy.
Murder
at Northleigh Manor by William Stewart
Hugh Hardie, a hard-hitting investigative journalist, investigates a miscarriage of justice. Brian Chubb, a mentally handicapped man, has been convicted of the rape and murder of Jacqueline Walsh, whose body was found in the Northleigh Manor pond, where she lived. Behind the façade of respectability at Northleigh Manor all is not what it appears to be. Hugh’s mission is to prove that Brian is innocent of the crime. Along the way he makes many friends and finds love.
Enduring
Love by William Stewart
A post-war romance between Lt. Anne Webster, an army nursing sister, and Sergt Colin Dixon, a paraplegic patient. The path of love does not run smoothly for them. Anne doubts if her love for Colin will be strong enough to compensate for all the things they will miss, such as the possibility they cannot have children. Anne survives a near-fatal accident. Colin is thrown into deep depression when his hopes of healing are dashed. The story plays out their respective conflicts and resolution.
Forsaking
All Others by William Stewart
A biographical novel of Catherine Finlayson, reared in wealth, but without love, who meets and marries a man of a different class, incurring the displeasure of her father. The book starts with their return from tragedy in Australia, and deals with their gradual lift from poverty in Scotland to wealth as Catherine inherits her aunt’s estate. Through flashbacks, the reader is taken into Catherine’s traumatic life of neglect and abuse, and healing. A heart-warming story of struggle, survival and triumph.
Double
Treasure by William Stewart
University professor John Grant discovers a hidden compartment in his desk. In it he finds a notebook entitled, Learned Dissertation of the Influence between Astrology and Religion written by treasurer of the Stuart cause John Kinnard of Westerhouse started 1740 ended 1745. John decides to take a year’s sabbatical to hunt for the treasure. The hunt takes him all over Scotland, and several times his life is in danger.
Snatched by
William Stewart
A powerful, impelling and thought provoking story about the kidnapping of a baby by a woman who lost her own child by cot death. The reader is drawn into the lives of the players in this emotive and compelling drama – the deluded woman, her distraught and devoted husband, the anxious family of the kidnapped child and the police who are hunting for the missing child.
Telling
Tales: Æsop’s Morals Modernised by William Stewart
The messages behind Æsop’s Fables are cleverly presented with a modern illustrative story. The stories are liberally illustrated with clip-art images. In two volumes.
- Download Telling Tales vol. 1 for
(369kb
PDF file) - Download Telling Tales vol. 2 for (382kb
PDF file)
Liberation by
William Stewart
A war-time story of Hamish, evacuated from France in October 1944, mute, and thought to be suffering from a schizophrenic breakdown. Hamish’s healing reaches a climax with the end of the war. His memory takes several more months to fully recover, as he struggles to come to terms with devastating revelations about his parentage. A love relationship develops between Hamish and Jenny.
Toil
and Trouble by Arianne
An anthology of short stories; The Dog Who Came to Breakfast, Some Mothers, The Devil’s Advocate, Perfect Day, Heaven’s Above, The Serpent Ring, Law & Disorder, The Comeback, Stray Dog.
Revelations by Leslie
Dawes & Al Hammett with Arianne & friends
A script about a journalist’s alcoholism and his recovery. Edited by Richard Everitt, the play is lively, humorous and informative. As well as being an excellent, readable story it also provides much useful material for anyone wishing to gain behind the scenes knowledge and learn about recovery from the illness.