All These Lonely People

A modern romantic comedy about love, loyalty and limos.

A Day To Remember is a successful business but, when her right-hand man Steve goes off with the limo, Jo is left to pick up the pieces. Bookings are a mess, her home life’s in chaos and then her car is put off the road by a Mercedes driver having an argument with a bee. Far from A Day To Remember, it’s turning into a week she’d just rather forget…

Buzz, click. Buzz, click. “Sometimes I get real tired of this same old job,” says Sonny.
Sonny works on a line in a machine shop. All day long he drills holes into engine blocks. He doesn’t love his job, but it feeds his family. Then Sonny gets bad news. He is laid off. His job is taken over by a robot. Sonny is angry at the company. He feels alone. He feels like nothing at all.

Does Sonny give up hope? Or does he find a way to get his life back?

A perfect book choice for new readers.

Charlie is a chef for a fancy restaurant. But Charlie is not as happy as the people she cooks for. One day, a customer says, “You are a fine chef. Have you ever thought of starting your own restaurant?” The customer’s kind words give Charlie the confidence to follow her dream.

Charlie opens up a restaurant. Soon she is in deep water. Money is short. Staff come and go. Her best worker lets her down. What else can go wrong? Charlie finds out.

Will she give up? Or does Charlie find a way to follow her dream?

A perfect book choice for new readers.

The Hot Summer race is only a week away. Bob’s car is not ready. So he starts calling in sick. “Don’t worry,” says Bob to his wife. “You watch. I’m going to win the Hot Summer race. We are going to be rich!” Instead, Mia, his wife, has to get a job. When Mia does not come home one night, Bob knows something has to change.

Bob risks everything for the love of racing—his job, his marriage, and his life. Does he find a way to have it all?

A perfect book choice for new readers.

Lindy loves wood. She loves the look of wood.  She loves the feel of wood.
She gets a job in a furniture factory.

Lindy loves her new job. But she doesn’t like how the guys treat her. And the boss doesn’t care about workplace safety. Lindy is the only woman on the shop floor. So Lindy doesn’t say anything. One day Lindy gets hurt on the job.

Enough is enough! Does Lindy find a way to stand up for herself—and keep the job she loves?

A perfect book choice for new readers.

“I just got my first credit card. I love it! It’s like play money.”

Terri is divorced. She is free to do what she wants. Shopping is what she wants to do most. “You will get a bill, you know,” says her good friend, Brett. But Terri does not listen.

Soon Terri is in trouble. She can’t keep up with the bills. The credit card companies are after her. Terry looks for an answer to her money problems. Along the way, she finds love. But not without breaking someone’s heart. 

Does Terri find a way to fix her money troubles and her love life?

A perfect book choice for new readers.

Leena’s children are older, so she goes back to school. All goes well until Omar, her husband, finds out. “Why are you doing this to me?” says Omar. “Are you trying to make me look like a stupid fool?”

Omar wants Leena to take care of the books for his business. He wants her to take care of their kids and home. He wants to keep things as they always were. But Leena wants more for herself. She dreams of becoming a teacher.

Does Omar find a way to rise above his fear as Leena reaches to touch the sky?

A perfect book choice for new readers.

Biff held up a big bottle. It was almost empty. “This bottle was full this morning!” he laughed. Something in his laugh was not funny. “You’ve been drinking all day?” Abby shouted.

Abby loves Biff. But she begins to hate their life together. The alcohol. The fighting. Something has to change.

Biff begins to go to AA meetings. He finds out that making a change is not always easy. Is Biff able to stay on the path to a better life?

A perfect book choice for new readers.