An English Custom

by James Henry

Overview

Major Rupert Stonely came home after a dubious career selling surplus army equipment. Unfortunately, the army didn't know that. He had also expected to inherit his late mother�s estate; she, it seemed, had other ideas. Rupert was about to be usurped by a glorified-waiter and he, quite literally, didn't have the balls to do anything about it. Timothy Montague however, did - he just didn't know how to use them.
The Stonely Estate is set in the quiet English countryside, a world away from the problems of post-war Britain. Self-sufficient and off the map, it�s traditions and tranquillity was about to be shattered by the reading of the Stonely will. Rupert Stonely, heir-apparent, found himself demoted (for the second time in his life) to little more than a live-in caretaker. His mother, the Duchess, stout in both heritage and proportions, had taken a lover who had worked his charms into her bed and heart. All Major Stonely had to do, was produce a child and reclaim what was rightfully his. Sadly, his gun only fired blanks.
A busty barmaid, a solicitor with an awkward problem, a draconian housekeeper and a trainee customs investigator and amateur bird watcher, all play their part in the unfolding story of An English Custom.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150220782
Publisher:	James Henry
Publication date:	12/02/2014
Series:	Stonely Village , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	666 KB

About the Author

James Henry was born in Surrey, England. He moved down to the south coast at an early age to be with his mother. (He had to, he was a baby). James received a normal, secondary education but was blessed with also being able to read and write. He pursued a career of nothing in particular but enjoyed writing until his pen ran out. Later life brought an interest in doing something that would really move people - he became a bus driver. He bought another pen.
James�s first book �Driver, do you stop at the station?� was a humorous look behind the scenes of becoming a bus driver and proved to be quite popular.
An English Custom, is James�s first �proper book�, as he calls it. A novel collection of words, joined together with other words, forming sentences which later became paragraphs. �It�s a proper story with a beginning, middle and end, I�m so proud.�
James Henry is married to his wife and has children.