Eric is an out of work loner who escapes the Great Depression with a helpful hand into Chicago's high society. But will Eric have enough say to get the girl of his dreams?
Inspired by true events, Society Girl is a melancholic tale of power, loyalty, and survival. Follow Eric as he guides us through what should have been his love story—maybe it still can be—and explore how gender and social class shape our response to desperation. Eric Mihlfried knows he owes everything to family friend Philo Olin for keeping him off the streets during the Great Depression. When he was unemployed and alone, the elderly millionaire put a roof over Eric’s head and granted him access to the Havens, the most exclusive gentlemen’s club in Chicago. That’s why Eric goes to great lengths to cover up Philo’s near-affair with the charming, though troubled sales girl named Annabelle. Although Eric willingly pretends to be Annabelle’s lover to protect the Olins’ 35-year marriage, he is silently frustrated by Philo’s insistence that their relationship never becomes a reality. A blindsiding betrayal nearly pushes him over the edge until an unlikely ally reveals a scandalous truth about Eric’s past that has him questioning everyone. Mysterious letters, secret codes, and the male libido drive Eric to choose between love, sanity, and revenge—but is it his to make?
Autumn 1940. Germany invades Britain. Newport is blitzed. Danny O’Shea’s house is bombed, his wife is killed. While taking his young son Adam to neutral Ireland, they witness an attack on a German convoy. The result is brutal.
Based on the memoirs of a Pearl Harbor survivor. Letters from two pen pals take the reader on a journey into the past, a past where nightmares came true, and when hatred reigned.
Ireland 1947. Seven weeks of relentless snow. Guard Eamon Foley is searching for a missing child.
At Toby Appleyard’s farm, he discovers the kitchen littered with dead cats. And the skeletal remains of a woman. Upstairs, Toby is dead in his bed.
