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A fresh and irreverent comedy starring a cast of neurodiverse characters - guaranteed to be one of the funniest novels you'll read.
Leon John Crothers is 4779 days old (thirteen years and one month, if you're mathematically challenged). He has been 'moved on' from six different schools and most people think he has an attitude problem. Leon doesn't care for the label, in the same way that he doesn't care for Tim Burton, supermarket trolleys, train fanatics or Bounty bars. This time, however, things may turn out differently, as help comes from where he least expects it - Dr Snot, a physician at pains to help Leon navigate 'normal' and classmates, Tanya and Lawrence, who both face their own challenges.
When school bully Glen Jenkins humiliates Leon in the school canteen and almost destroys Lawrence, Leon very reluctantly agrees to the formation of a club, The Asparagus Bunch. How Leon manages to navigate school woes and family drama - and astonishingly ends up with not one but two friends - is nothing short of a miracle, or maybe just simply down to being different.
Shortlisted for the AN Post Irish Book Awards 2022 Shortlisted for the Juniper Book Awards 2023
Captain Ben Teague wants neither the responsibility of command or
the commitment. But his request for release from active duty is
denied, leaving him with little choice. Frustrated and angry, Ben
sets about trying to get fired, wanting nothing to do with leading
soldiers in a war he deems futile. But when the most beautiful and
annoying woman enters his battalion, he starts to remember what
he's fighting for... Major Olivia Hale is shocked by her reception
in the battalion. As the person who is meant to formulate legal
opinions that keep commanders out of trouble, she's greeted not as
part of the team but as an obstruction. Yet Olivia sees more in Ben
than he sees in himself and as the legal challenges in his new
command grow, so too does the lust for one another. When a night of
passion turns into something more, Ben and Olivia must find a way
to hold on to their new found love in the midst of a stormy war.
"Jessica Scott is an exciting new voice in romantic fiction "
--Robyn Carr, New York Times Bestselling Author
Can a battle-scarred warrior . . .
Stay sober. Get deployed. Lead his platoon. Those are the only
things that matter to Sergeant First Class Reza Iaconelli. What he
wants is for everyone to stay out of his way; what he gets is
Captain Emily Lindberg telling him how to deal with his men. Fort
Hood's newest shrink is smart as a whip and sexy as hell. She's
also full of questions-about the army, its soldiers, and the agony
etched on Reza's body and soul.
. . .open his heart to love?
Emily has devoted her life to giving soldiers the care they
need-and deserve. Little does she know that means facing down the
fierce wall of muscle that is Sergeant Iaconelli like it's just
another day at the office. When Reza agrees to help her understand
what makes a soldier tick, she's thrilled. Too bad it doesn't help
her unravel the sexy warrior in front of her who stokes her desire
and touches a part of her she thought long dead. He's the man who
thinks combat is the only escape from the demons that haunt him.
The man who needs her most of all . . .
(87,000 words)
"Jessica Scott is an exciting new voice in romantic fiction who
bursts upon the scene with an unputdownable debut novel "
--Robyn Carr, New York Times Bestselling Author on Because of You
He's in for the fight of his life . . .
Army captain Trent Davila loved his wife, Laura, and their two
beautiful children. But when he almost lost his life in combat,
something inside him died. He couldn't explain the emptiness he
felt or bridge the growing distance between him and his family-so
he deployed again. And again. And again...until his marriage
reached its breaking point. Now, with everything on the line, Trent
has one last chance to prove to his wife that he can be the man she
needs ...if she'll have him
. . . to win back his only love.
Laura is blindsided when Trent returns home. Time and again, he
chose his men over his family, and she's just beginning to put the
pieces of her shattered heart back together. But when Trent faces a
court martial on false charges, only Laura can save him. What
begins as an act of kindness to protect his career inflames a
desire she thought long buried-and a love that won't be denied. But
can she trust that this time he's back to stay?
(85,000 words)
As the US/Soviet Space Race heats up in 1961, eleven-year-old Arno
finds his dreams of becoming an astronomer exploding like an
extragalactic supernova. It is the summer of 1961, and
eleven-year-old Arno Creelman wants nothing more than to be an
astronomer. His claustrophobia rules out flying in a cramped space
capsule, so instead, Arno dreams of exploring the galaxies with
powerful telescopes back on Earth. Arno's first move: Enter a local
radio contest and win a visit to the new observatory that is about
to open near his town. The ribbon will be cut by Arno's idol, Jean
Slayter-Appleton, a renowned astronomer whose weekly columns Arno
clips for his own notebooks. When he finally manages to phone in
and correctly answer the skill-testing astronomy question, Arno is
thrilled. Then a new boy moves to the neighborhood, and he seems to
challenge Arno in every way. Robert even believes in astrology,
which Arno argues is not a science at all. Before long, Arno is
feeling left behind, on the outs with his friends and even
abandoned by his beloved dog, Comet. How did Arno's dream become a
cosmic nightmare? Key Text Features illustrations Correlates to the
Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or
event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text
(e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).
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