A first-hand account of life as a Japanese prisoner during the Second World War which reveals how Mitchell was taken to Japan as part of an overseas force and set to work levelling agricultural land for an airfield, before being moved to work at the furnaces of a foundry, and then to a coal mine.

Today more than ever, series finales have become cultural touchstones that feed watercooler fodder and Twitter storms among a committed community of viewers. While the final episodes of The Fugitive and M*A*S*H continue to rank among the highest rated broadcasts, more recent shows draw legions of binge-watching fans. Given the importance of finales to viewers and critics alike, Howard and Bianculli along with the other contributors explore these endings and what they mean to the audience, ...

She thought she knew what betrayal looked like until the man she loved made her feel like a secret in the world he asked her to stand beside. Nina Serrano built her life with her own hands, restoring damaged leather, protecting her craft, and refusing to let anyone decide her worth. But when the truth behind her relationship with a powerful biker is exposed, she walks away from the only man who ever made her feel chosen.Callan Rennick has spent his life protecting people with silen...

Nyla Baptiste knows how to preserve other people’s memories, but she no longer recognizes the marriage she is living in.To the world, Levi Ward is the perfect husband. Powerful, polished, protective, and devoted in all the ways people can see. But behind closed doors, Nyla has been disappearing one small apology at a time. Every time she says she is fine, every time he accepts it, every time his silence leaves her lonelier beside him than she would ever be alone, another piece of t...

Ten years ago, Mara Vance walked into an Iron Hollow MC clubhouse carrying dinner for the man she loved and found him with another woman.She left that night with her heart shattered and never looked back.Now forty-one, fiercely independent, and running the auto body shop her father built, Mara has created a life where she answers to no one. Especially not Jace Mercer, the man whose jealousy, betrayal, and one unforgivable choice destroyed seven years of love.But whe...

Fourteen years ago, Lila Hart lost seventeen days of her life.She remembers loving Dane Mercer. She remembers planning a future with him. She remembers the motorcycle rides, the stolen kisses, and the man she thought would become her husband.What she does not remember is the betrayal that destroyed them.After a devastating accident leaves a hole in her memory, Lila is told one painful truth: Dane cheated with another woman, chose her, and walked away. So Lila does t...

In this emotionally charged second chance romance set against the rainy, atmospheric streets of Philadelphia, a marriage once built on love is tested by silence, ambition, and betrayal hidden in plain sight.Maren Ward believed she and Elias had already survived the hardest parts of their life together. But when she begins to uncover how her work, her voice, and even her place beside him were quietly minimized in rooms she was never invited into, the foundation of their marriage fra...

Eleven months ago, one jealous accusation shattered twenty-one years of marriage.Mack Keene saw a photograph, let fear become suspicion, went through his wife's phone, and publicly accused Lena of betraying him with another man. He was wrong. By the time he admitted it, the damage was already done. Mack rode away, Lena learned how to live without him, and divorce became the final unfinished business between them.Then a violent storm sends a tree crashing through the roof of...

Amara Vale agreed to an arranged marriage to save her family’s name, but she never agreed to lose herself inside a billionaire’s world. Callum Hawthorne was supposed to be a cold transaction, a powerful husband with a signed contract and no room for love. Then he noticed her pain. Defended her dignity. Kissed her like the marriage had become real. For the first time, Amara let herself believe she had been chosen, not traded.But Callum’s deepest fear was being made a fool of, and je...

Serena Marlowe-Ashford thought the worst thing a husband could do was cheat. Then Damon’s ex-wife walked into their anniversary gala, filled the ballroom screens with secret photos, messages, and money transfers, and taught her there was something worse than betrayal: being the last wife in the room to know. In one glittering night, Serena’s marriage, career, and dignity are dragged into the spotlight, while the man she still loves insists the truth is not what it looks like.Damon ...

I built my life around one rule: my son comes first.The Mesa Star Motor Court was supposed to be our fresh start. My business. My home. The one place no man could take from me. Then a stranger in a fake county truck started watching my security cameras, and by sunrise, someone had slipped a warning beneath my door.SELL THE MOTEL.NO SECOND WARNING.I should have called the police and stayed far away from the Crownless Kings Motorcycle Club.Instead, dang...

Imani Noelle Brooks-Caldwell built the perfect room for her husband’s glittering Chicago gala. Every flower, every photograph, every breath of beauty carried her name in silence. But when Sterling Caldwell stands beneath the chandeliers and lets the world praise everyone except the wife whose hands made the night unforgettable, something inside Imani finally breaks. She walks out of the ballroom, out of his perfect billionaire life, and back to the Bronzeville studio where she can still re...