Length12h 40m
About this audiobook
Things to Aim For accurately summarizes this collection of work by Rodney Ross, all previously published by JMS Books and for the first time conjoined.
Whether it's a Palm Springs Christmas Eve gathering gone awry, an embittered father harassing a vet tech to euthanize his dead son's cat, or a circuit-party leftover heading to the Midwest for his disapproving father's funeral and a sister with secrets, every character's aspiration leads to something unexpected. They flail, they fail, they prevail in finding a measure of serenity and love. Contains the stories:
O, Christmas T(h)ree: Stanton and Clay's Christmas Eve party becomes a series of threesomes: abandoned kittens, a vet keen on sharing their bed and a frantic couple with a little boy who rented the house from a fraudulent site. December 24th won't be a silent night.
Smoking with Didi: Pete makes a reluctant trip to small-town Ohio for his father's funeral. There he's battered by flashbacks of an anxious adolescence and his late father's rejection. His sister Didi has a few things she wants to get off her chest, but the surprise may be hers when Pete opens a floodgate of his own secrets.
The Old Man at My Door: A winter storm warning blankets the news stations before the blizzard itself. But at Renata's farmhouse door, already flocked with snow, comes an unexpected knock: Albin Lawrence, an old man who grew up in the house. Renata's caution yields to common sense as she welcomes him in for a tour. What danger, really, could a shaky man over eighty, who has only one arm, represent?
Bended Knee: When restaurateur Hugh Neumann rebukes Oliver Nicholas's very public proposal to his boyfriend during a Valentine's Day dinner, the diverted Cupid's arrow strikes Hugh not in the heart, but in the ass. An unrelenting media storm of commentary begins to affect home life with his partner Dominick and forces Hugh to question their decade-long relationship.
Otis: An embittered old man's Christmas Eve trip to the veterinarian with his late son's cat Otis yields an unexpected lesson. As the snowfall mounts and city streets become impassable, is it too late for redemption?
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, General Fiction
Length12 hrs 40 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 20, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1O, Christmas T(h)ree
30Chapter 14: Night Light
2Chapter 1: Stanton Laemmle and Clay Sorrentino
31The Old Man at My Door
3Chapter 2: 2nd Floor
32Prologue: Yesterday's Eyes
4Chapter 3: Final Touches
33Chapter 1: Simple Request
5Chapter 4: Cat People
34Chapter 2: This Way
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6Chapter 5: The Life of a Party
35Chapter 3: Missing
7Chapter 6: Meet Cute
36Chapter 4: Recipe
8Chapter 7: Safe
37Chapter 5: Big New World
9Chapter 8: Storytelling
38Chapter 6: Partnership
10Chapter 9: Pain Management
39Chapter 7: Finally
11Chapter 10: Hello, Kitty
40Chapter 8: Connection
12Chapter 11: No Room at the Inn
41Chapter 9: In Summary
13Chapter 12: Inside Out
42Chapter 10: After
14Chapter 13: Heavenly Piece
43Epilogue: Haunted
15Chapter 14: Holly, Ivy, and Merry
44Bended Knee
16Smoking with Didi
45Prologue
17Chapter 1: Wake-Up Call
46Chapter 1
18Chapter 2: A House Is Not a Home
47Chapter 2
19Chapter 3: Good Mourning
48Chapter 3
20Chapter 4: Now Showing
49Chapter 4
21Chapter 5: Hot Water
50Chapter 5
22Chapter 6: Dinner and Show
51Chapter 6
23Chapter 7: A Proposal
52Chapter 7
24Chapter 8: Road Trip-Ups
53Chapter 8
25Chapter 9: The Second Day
54Chapter 9
26Chapter 10: Didi's Story
55Chapter 10
27Chapter 11: Pete's Story
56Chapter 11
28Chapter 12: Dad
57Epilogue
29Chapter 13: For Your Amusement
58Otis
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