Beds and Blue Jeans By Nadine Sutton

This is a long story set in recent years in Nashville Tennessee- the home of country music. Sam is a young attractive guy, with a bit of talent. He has a small band that play in the bars for tips and makes a modest living. He has a lot of women flirting with him and he takes advantage of the fact. But he also has a girlfriend and a baby. Patti is a young woman who has no ambitions, and was drifting along, till she had her baby. Now she is trying to find a new way of life.....Its a story of real life, adjusting to having children and making a living. Beds and Blue Jeans: An everyday story of music and mayhem eBook : Sutton, Nadine, Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Down the Long Wind

This is the Arthurian trilogy written by Gillian Bradshaw. The first novel is called Hawk of May and it is about Gwalchmai, the son of queen Morgawse, Arthur's half sister. He is a prince of Orkney who is noble and good, and who rebels against his evil mother to go and fight for Arthur. The Second novel is set after Arthur has managed to subdue the Saxons and is married to Gwynhwyfar. Gwalchmai is travelling on diplomatic business for Arthur, but he also is trying to find a young noblewoman whom he seduced some years earlier. He feels guilty about his love affair with her, and wants to find her and ask her forgiveness but she has disappeared. On his travels he meets a farmer's son Sion, who would like to be a warrior. Sion leaves his father's home and goes with Gwalchmai as his servant and companion. Sion goes to Orkney with Gwalchmai, and meets a young woman called Eivlin, and he takes her back to Southern Britain and marries her. In the final novel, Gwynhwyfar narrates it, about the fall of Camlann and her love affair with Bedwyr, which leads to the break up of the brotherhood. Medraut, Arthur's son by Morgawse, comes to Camlann and works to undermine the friendships of the warriors, and he kills his own brother Agravain, thereby becoming King of Orkney. Gwalchmai meets his son Gwyn, and learns that Elidan, the boy's mother has died, having become a nun. Arthur learns of his wife's affair with Bedwyr and exiles her to the North, to her family, while sending Bedwyr away. Bedwyr rescues her and takes her to Brittany where he comes from and in the process accidentally kills Gwyn. This leads to more bitterness and anger among the warriors, and war breaks out. Arthur is killed in the battle, and so is Medraut, and Gwynhwyfar decides to go into a convent. Bedwyr tries to atone for his part in the end of the brotherhood by becoming a holy wandering man, and in time Gwynhwyfar becomes Abbess of her nunnery. But the brief years of unity among the Britons has ended and there are many small wars.

Other Delderfield Novels

My favourite Delderfield Novels are the Avenue Books and To Serve them all my Days. Delderfield also wrote a trilogy set in Victorian England, about the Swann family.. Adam Swann a professional soldier, returns to England and decides to give up the army and set up a business, a transport firm, carrying goods where the railways do not go. He has several children, who take up various professions. His son George wants to motorise the fleet, and is involved in that. His son Giles is a reformer and works as a welfare officer in the company. However the books are rather more sexist than some of his other works and the women are often bullied by their menfolk. Diana is a novel set in the 1920s and 30s, about a young socialite who falls in love with John Leigh, who is from a poor family. She gets into SOE during World War Two, and marries John after her first husband, a fascist, is killed.

Beds and Blue Jeans By Nadine Sutton

A story set in recent years in Nashville Tennessee- the home of country music. It's the story of Sam, a young man, who has a small band that plays in the bars for tips and makes a modest living. He has a lot of women flirting with him and he takes advantage of the fact. But he also has a girlfriend and a baby. Patti is a young woman who has no ambitions, and was drifting along, till she had her baby. Now she is trying to find a new way of life.....Its a story of real life, adjusting to having children and making a living. Sam didn't mean to end up with Patti, but he is trying to be a good father. So can he make a relationship work with her? My other story is Rough Music, which is set in America in the late 1970s. Brandon and Jeff have a band, which does country rock and they are just starting to get out of the bars and to make a good living. But they both try to keep their music real and honest, and not to compromise. However, there are rows and ups and downs, and both men have wives who are stuck at home while they are on the road. Rough Music is available on Amazon