Books with author Ian Allen

Lady Fortuna is a collection of three nonfiction short stories and a bonus chapter from My Paradise Lost, all written by Brian W Allen. The first, Jungle Joyride is about a delinquent misadventure by a bored teenager on a dark tropical night. The second, The Essential ABCs, is the experience of a young man fighting death as a member of a Code Blue team. The Third, The Bequest, follows a son as he fulfills the last wishes of his mother and father. There is a bonus story, Coco Solo Coconut, the first chapter of My Paradise Lost, Misadventures to manhood in the Panama Canal Zone. It is the introduction of a boy to his new life in the unique environs of the Panama Canal Zone. Each short story was selected for publication by Washburn University’s literary journal, INSCAPE Magazine. INSCAPE submissions are blind judged by English majors and the best are published. All the stories are related by the capriciousness of Lady Fortuna. “Don’t you sass Lady Fortuna. She lift you up one day and strike you down the next.”-Ruby, My Paradise Lost

Don't be fooled by the title. Rickety Rackety Rhymes is not rickety at all! This collection of 34 fun verses for the young at heart is for all ages and is a delightful cross-section of light-hearted, funny rhymes. Rickety Rackety Rhymes are mostly in the form of rhyming couplets, which makes them easy to read, listen to and recall. The rhymes often tell about people and animals in a mess, and how the problem is resolved, or not, such as Gus the Hippopotamus has run out of water, Percy the Penguin wants to keep warm in winter, and the difficulties of trying to say nothing but the truth. Then there's the dinosaur of Pugton Green, Marcus Mole and his earthwork problems, along with many others just as silly and funny. Born in the United Kingdom, Brian Allen left school at the start of World War II, working in various jobs useful to the war effort until he was old enough to join the RAF as a wireless operator/air gunner in Bomber Command. He ran his own market garden before moving to New Zealand in 1952, where he did farm work, was an accountant and a probation officer. Now retired, he is also the author of Brain Food and Other Tales and Dubious Definitions. Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/BrianAllen

Jamie Grey grew up tossed around between foster homes. At an early age he shut the world out, deciding he wouldn’t care. Whatever life had to throw at him, he would look the other way. Now his senior year is about to start and he’s been forced into yet another new home. This will be the last time, he assures himself. When an unexpected curveball comes his way in the form of a certain stubborn seventeen year old girl, Jamie soon finds out that life doesn’t always work out the way you plan it. Beckett Chase has been entitled her entire life. Living in the plush landscape of Palm Beach, Florida, she’s never wanted for anything. She’s always taken what and who she wants with no remorse. When she sets her sights on Jamie Grey and she’s met with rejection, her descent from the top begins. With a twist of events causing Jamie and Beckett’s worlds to collide, will they be able to put aside their differences or will fate intervene offering an entirely different option?