The Trouble Way A romance. Jake Forest searched for happiness for years, then reconnects with his childhood sweetie, Priscilla, and becomes best friends with the incredible little Bella. Priscilla and Bella showed him the romance and love he knew existed, but had missed until he met them. Jake is a man who thought he'd experienced all of the rites of passage moments – some incredibly good, others not – now that he had nearly used up all of his numbers. "First you are one, then two, then three, and when you use up all the numbers, you die," Bella said. She also said they couldn't be best friends, because he was too old. But, he could be the best grandfather in the whole wide world. His life was filled with loves and loves lost and, of course, the lusts. There were plenty of those over the years. During his time at Big Richards, Jake witnessed the rigors the working class endures in corporate America where workers battled with management, each trying to get the better of the other. Everyone he encountered experienced romance, love, and humor all while struggling to survive. With the incident with Bella in the Raccoon River, he'd come to the conclusion there would be no more of those damnable rites, only good ones. He was wrong in one case, right in the other. Read about Jake Forest's early years in "A Bed of Needles," the coming of age novel by James Seloover. Visit his website: http://www.jamesseloover.com
