My Sweet Prince

About the Book

My Sweet Prince

Daryle Arkins and Joan Selly finally get together and discuss what to do for summer jobs. Rather than work at the local mall, they develop a business of their own. As Yard and Garden workers, they do the menial tasks that home owners just don't have the time to do.

They begin with home made advertisements that are destroyed by a troubled classmate. The jobs start slowly and small. Their love grows as their business grows. To some it seemed a whirlwind romance, the engagement too soon.

A lucky break, a not so understanding mom, and a hilarious incident lead to the beginnings of business becoming more than just a summer job.

Joan is there for Daryle and his dad when mom becomes ill.

The emotional loss of mom bring the team closer, more funny incidents happen with another expansion in the business.

Team members are couples that connect and work together well. An outsider wants to take over the business, but the team maintain a trust throughout the community not to sell out.

Eager to learn every aspect of the business, Joan works the field, the office and tries her hand at mechanics. Daryle struggles with Joan's odd sense of humor, not quite understanding why she laughs so hard at his mishaps.

Together at last, the pair are truly in love and save themselves for their wedding night, alone, with no interruptions.

About the Author

Born in 1940, raised is a small town, and going to school as one of the lower class kids, the grade school teacher criticized the writings of a small child. There was no encouragement to continue a writing career until an uncle introduced this young boy to a world famous author. The man told the boy not to listen to this discouraging teacher. Write what you feel, feel what you write. Raising a family and trying a variety of careers kept writing on the back burner.

A believer in self education led to a writing course, which led to an article or two that appeared in hometown papers, or magazines, but that writing wasn't fulfilling.

Years later in the workforce, many memorable incidences occurred and were remembered for future references. Writing seemed not a prominent endeavor until injuries sustained on the job forced the issue.

In 1991, the words flowed non stop for a month. It was therapeutic and kept the mind off the problems at hand. This project hardly needed rewriting. Attempts at publishing were disappointing, claims of not being erotic enough put the project in the closet. A previewer said not to change a word, its perfect the way it is.

Fast forward to 2007, facing retirement and enjoying a more carefree lifestyle, more words are ready for pen to paper, (uh, keyboard to monitor/printer), now up to manuscript number four.