John David Harris M.Ed.

Jack was born around 1880, the result of an adulterous one-night stand by his mother, the perpetrator of which was facially scarred for life by her husband. After the family disintegrated, Jack went to Croydon to live with his upmarket prostitute aunt. Later, while working in a local butcher’s, he promised to take one of his customers to a local dance and they became very fond of each other, but, during World War One, as a Sergeant, he saw her killed by a German sniper. Soon, wounded on the Somme, Jack came to the attention of a young nurse, but his school friend, Michael, gets killed in the same battle and it falls to Jack to bury him. He promises Michael that he will live a life for them both. Seriously wounded at Arras City, Jack is repatriated home in time to see his English fiancée die tragically – after which he remains in a drunken stupor for months. After seeing a vision of Michael, who reminds Jack of his promise to live for them both, he asks the nurse from the field hospital to marry him. Will Jack be able to keep his promise?

Can love truly conquer all? Melanie never has had too much time for men. Her life is taken up by her career as a successful model and her best friend, Christine, and she always seems to find she is never satisfied in love. Fate soon intervenes when she and Christine land in Menorca, an island of rest, relaxation and romantic possibilities. Whilst Christine is taken with the handsome pilot who flew them out, Melanie has a chance encounter on the beach with a man who says he is the author of the book she’s reading. It ends on a strange note, leaving her curious to find him. Events take a turn for the bizarre when she approaches the publisher only to discover the author died in mysterious circumstances years before. As Melanie delves deeper into the supernatural possibilities, she discovers he appears to have been given one final day. With a bond formed between them, Melanie is torn by the idea of being separated forever. A decision looms: whether to cross the ley lines and join him. Should she take the risk?