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Hot in the City: Key WestCarrie Marsh is on her honeymoon in Key West – alone. After the devastation of discovering her fiancé with another woman on her wedding day, she thought the trip might relax her. She has no idea she’ll be swept off her feet by sexy beach boy Chris McCann. Combine Chris’s searing seductiveness with the island’s legendary free-spirited debauchery, and before her vacation is through, Carrie will experience a stunning sexual awakening she’s not ready to leave behind when the trip is over.
Key West Short Stories - Part 1Written by local Key West writer Island Joe. These three short stories are based upon true stories. This book contains the short stories - Plane Crash in Key West, Her Last Seven Days in Key West and My Key West Hurricanes. Books set in Key West.Plane Crash in Key West - Writing and reading this short story still gives me goose bumps. Based upon a true story in Key West, I cannot say enough times, how lucky my family was on the tragic day this happened.
I’ve never been one to wish anyone bad luck, just so I could benefit.
To this day and the plane crash happened years ago, when I drive by where the plane went down, I am overwhelmed with grief for the family and especially the lone survivor. It truly breaks my heart.
For me the lesson learned from this story is life is very fragile. It teaches you lessons whether you live or die. Some lessons are just harder to learn than others.
Her Last Seven Days in Key West - I mainly wrote this short story for my children. They were young when we lost their mom and my wife of twenty-six years. I just want them to know a little more about her. I especially want them to know just how strong and unselfish she was in life and how strong she remained even as death knocked at our door. Then, I let some friends read this story and they really pushed me to share it.
So if you ask me what this story about, I will tell you –
This short story is based upon a true story. Everyone dies in life, but sometimes it matters how you die. Some die in fear, others face the inevitable and accept their sealed fate. Ruth knew her time had come for her to leave this world. But even as death was knocking at her door, she remained strong, and always put her family first. This is a story based upon her last days on earth, how she chose to die and how she lived.
My Key West Hurricanes - Here Island Joe makes fun of himself for some of the dumb things he has done during Key West hurricanes. A funny fast read.
