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On his 29th, birthday, Prince Jonathan of Villaverde is months away from ascending the throne. As the date fast approaches, he desires to take the throne with a queen by his side so he begins a search for a bride. But when the search among the noble ladies and a handful of peasants proves futile, he takes another approach. He and his faithful servant disguise themselves as peasants and travel deep into the forest to make the acquaintance of four sisters. Hidden under the disguise as peasant, Prince Jonathan prayerfully considers the beautiful Rose, the adventurous Violet, the quiet and reserved Lavender and the energetic Lilly. As the time for his coronation draws closer, he is faced wit ...

A Diamond in the Rough is the first fiction novel released by Lena Land Books. The story follows a naïve young girl who thinks she has the world all figured out, but life quickly shows her otherwise. Born and raised in one of Brooklyn’s grittiest projects Diamond has the potential to do anything she sets her mind to; however, prostitution, drugs and other influences threaten to derail Diamond's future. The deadliest elements threaten to destroy any chance of her shining. Diamond will get everything that is coming to her but at what cost?

Introducing young engineers, Heinrich and Dieter. It is 1981 and revolution is in the air. Engineers around the world are on the brink of ushering in a radical new era — the Age of the Computer. But first, there is top-secret work to be done. Teams of hand-selected men and women are squirreled away in dark recesses to do the work in record time. Who in Silicon Valley will win? There are complications: a woman who misses her man, a man who is running as fast as he can, a woman hiding from her man; a man who must come out of hiding; a woman in pursuit; and a man who safeguards secrets. And watching it all? A woman in high heels who specializes in intangibles; she keeps close her notebo ...

This is a story that lifts the veil and shows you a glimpse of what an Irish family underwent as immigrants. Aspiring to live the American Dream, rivalry between a father and son find themselves on divided lines, fighting for the beliefs and foundation of a country they view from different perspectives and hard truths.

There is no connection or theme between the stories presented here other than they are short and most of the words run in a straight line. Oh, yeah, and I wrote them.

The author states: "Here are some of the poems, stories and nonsense that I've fiddled around with for a number of years. I kinda like most of them, some more than others of course. They were created, off and on, over the past four decades and hopefully show some of my progress in putting words on paper more ably. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I've enjoyed writing them."

A Man’s Plight 1 is the start of the series with a young actor named Dwight who is an actor and he talks about how the media portrays men. His story delves into him becoming an actor, Hollywood and what’s on television these days and how much there needs to be major changes into men’s roles on television shows. The goal behind Dwight’s story is to make you think about what’s going on in the media today from men’s fashion to how roles are portrayed on television. Dwight talks about so much subject matter regarding men such as the emasculation of men, body image, how there were family structured television shows from the 1960s through the 1990s, and many other things. The question now ...

A Man’s Plight 2 is the story of George who talks about mental health and the struggles men deal with when it comes to that. We’re given conflicting things where it’s talk about our feelings but we question who cares and who’s willing to listen. George talks about alpha males and how the world tells men that’s what we should be striving for, being financially stable and the pressures of achieving that, relationships and marriage. There’s so many obstacles and things men face daily and it’s time to have conversations about these things. It’s about finding a common ground to find our comfort and happiness. Will George find that? Only time will tell if he’s able to find his own happiness in ...