Christina Hamlett
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The mystical landscape of Tintagel on the Cornwall coast has long been rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur. But have more than ghosts been summoned to settle a scandalous score when a film company sets up shop with its own spin on Medieval legend? Between cheering a friend's debut as Merlin, dealing with a diva and missing her knight in shining armor, Rocky may need more than magic talismans to get her through a holiday which seems to have...
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A loving daughter takes a page from her father's story of "butterfly moments" to ease the pain of his impending death. A besotted waiter conspires to get a beautiful woman who is out of his league to call in sick for a day of hooky. A teenager experiences 'three's a crowd' when her dad brings an unexpected stranger to lunch at their favorite restaurant.
Twenty wonderful stories penned by essayists worldwide deliver memorable morsels of humor, romance,...
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Against the storied and majestic backdrop of Rusacks Hotel in St. Andrews, Scotland, one of golfing's most prestigious events is attracting spectators from around the world. This year it has also attracted a thief and a murderer…or are they the same person? Whatever hopes Rochelle Reid had for catching some cozy R&R on a working Highlands holiday with her boyfriend are quickly disrupted by an unscrupulous photographer, getting tasked to entertain...
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A Must-Have Resource for Novelists, Playwrights and Screenwriters Who Sometimes Worry That Their Brainboxes Are Running On Empty. Years ago a coworker told me he had always wanted to write a book. "So why haven't you started?" I asked. A legitimate question. He was in his 60s and seemed to have a lot of free time. A weary shrug prefaced his reply. "All the best plots have already been taken." He was surprised I agreed with him, as are countless attendees...
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When a young Indian woman named Cornelia Sorabji stepped into a law class at Oxford's Somerville Hall in 1891, the male students and faculty assumed she was there to serve them tea... or to commence searching for a suitable English husband.
They were gravely mistaken on both counts.
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If Life came with a "rewind" button, we could insert ourselves into missed opportunities, give voice to unspoken words, make amends for hurtful deeds, keep friendships from falling by the wayside, and even linger to smell the roses. Twenty exceptional writers share their true stories of love, loss, missteps, chance encounters, do-overs, and the musing of "woulda/coulda/shoulda" moments that make us so uniquely human.
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It was George Bernard Shaw who once wrote that there are two tragedies in life: One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.
Shaw wasn't being deep. He was talking about dating.
At any given moment anywhere in the world, someone is falling in love, falling out of love, or falling to pieces because of not getting what was really wanted or not wanting what was actually delivered. Yet for all of the tears, fears and challenges that...
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"Will do anything legal for $50,000."
When a flighty young heiress answers his classified ad for emergency funds to repair his fishing boat, it's almost a dream come true for Nantucket native Kevin Dunbar. Unfortunately, it's the worst nightmare imaginable for the spoiled and self-absorbed Rachel McCarrick. Intent on temporarily passing Kevin off as her fiancé until the real love of her life can commit to marrying her, the last thing Rachel ever...
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Wolves, swans and French angelfish are among a litany of species which mate forever. If a partner dies, the survivor literally becomes a lost soul and gives up all interest in continuing alone.Humans, too, often embrace the mindset of there being only one true love allotted to each of us per lifetime. In Eve's Diary by Mark Twain, an inconsolable Adam weeps at her grave with the words, "Wheresoever she was, there was Eden." Even if Eve had been the...
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The picturesque harbor village of Lynmouth on the Devon coast was supposed to be a respite after being made redundant from her job at a prestigious import/export firm in London. But when her landlady is poisoned by chocolate a scant three days after she moves in, Rochelle Reid and her new neighbors discover they have become overnight murder suspects. Red herrings abound, romance teases, a heroine learns her past is about to collide with the present,...
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Who told your muse she could go on vacation? While one could say that hard-working muses are just as entitled as the rest of us to relax, refresh and recharge, why does their absence always seem to coincide with publishing deadlines and the inability to squeeze forth a single clever thought, turn of phrase or imaginative plot twist. Writing is-and always will be-a solitary craft but never so lonely as when you realize you've been staring at a blank...
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The curtain is about to go up on an original play in the medieval village of Dunster. But will a local murder and a crashing chandelier bring down the first performance just two days before opening night? Rochelle Reid and her boyfriend Jon Tapping are in town to support a former neighbor's debut as an actor with an amateur theatre troupe. Unscripted moments with the show's beloved director, tensions with the wife of a player booted from the cast,...
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In 1853, Archduchess Sophie of Bavaria decided it was time for her beloved son, Franz Joseph, to take a wife and start producing heirs. Rather than trust such an important union to Fate-or worse, Romance-she sent for her sister Ludovika's docile older daughter, Helene, to come to the court for a once-over and a quick proposal of marriage. Accompanying Helene and their mother on the journey was the 15-year-old Elisabeth. Free-spirited and beautiful,...
18) The Bridal Party
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San Francisco wedding planner Kate Jefferson couldn't have cared less that her former boyfriend was tying the knot...until his too rich/too thin/too snooty fiancée hired her to orchestrate The Event of the Century for them. With her business under threat of unfavorable publicity if even the teensiest thing goes wrong, Kate has no shortage of challenge in dealing with cost-cutting fathers-in-law, bickering bridesmaids, hourly demands and complaints...
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Another openin'! Another show!
And what could be more exciting than seeing your own name on the program as "Playwright."
When it comes to taking your idea from page to stage, mastering the craft of dialogue and finding your characters the audience they deserve, this must-have guide has everything you need to know for building an applause-worthy script.
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What could be more romantic than exchanging marriage vows in Scotland on a snowy morning just before Christmas? For Rochelle Reid, the obvious answer would be celebrating her own wedding day with Jon. Instead, the two of them find themselves invited to Paisley to watch his childhood crush marrying into a moneyed family. Yet all is not quite as perfect as it seems at Granndach Manor. Before the first course is half-finished at the elegant dinner the...