James is an expert on farm pests/insects. He lives for the endurance of the visit in a little wooden cottage on the farm. The workers children set alight to the cottage, he gets very badly burnt, his face and hands. Eloise visits the farm, having just received her honours degree as a specialist surgeon. She meets James whose face has been very badly burnt. She ignores his injuries and realise that she is attracted to him, a few months later she operates on him. His mother comes to the hospital and creates havoc. She wants to send James to a hospital overseas, but he is too week. Eloise tries desperately to keep his mother away from the hospital, to no avail so she moves him to one of the workers huts on the farm where she cannot find him, but there are other interferences on the farm. It is a no end tug of war to keep James out of harm. When he is able to drive he leaves the farm but is accosted on the road and beaten up, with two broken legs. Eloise has a non ending fight to keep James alive. He is stubborn and his mother interferes all the way. One of the young African boys on the farm turns out to be a genius, and wants to study medicine and become a surgeon. He pulls the wool over Eloise eyes and she is landed up paying his fees. He brings a Witchdoctor onto the farm to kill another young man, that he feels is tampering with his intentions. He thinks he has Eloise in the palm of his hand, but James in his waking moments tells her that he is not what she thinks. She has to then get around the problem and stop him from murdering Isaac, whom she wants to help with his studies as well. Later in the story Eloise finds out that the two young men have the same father but different mothers. This turns Daniel on his head as all his ideas of killing Isaac are now abandoned. Meantime James is brought home as Eloise is running between the farm and the hospital and her career is suffering.

Viola has been trying to find employment, but for her age she is over qualified. She finds an advert for a secretary and applies. As she enters the huge hall where the interview will take place she finds a man dancing with his eyes closed. She is an excellent ballroom dancer and takes up his stance and dances with him. He employs her for her dancing more than as a secretary. She learns the office-work quickly and then he finds out that she is a qualified lawyer. This changes the whole situation for everyone. She is now an asset to the company, but the supervisor is adverse to her. Later this woman meets Viola's invalid father. Even at their age they cannot do without each other. Meanwhile Viola is secretly in love with Julian the owner of the company. She finds that someone in the office is swindling Julian, this causes consequences and Julian's partner almost loses his life. This hampers the love story.

A young lady with a short university background is desperate to find work. Her mother, father and sister were in a car accident. Her mother and sister were killed and her father's legs were damaged so he is confined to a wheelchair. He still tries to run his factory but is frustrated because he cannot run into the factory to keep an eye on the workers etc. Th young lady sees an advert for a secretary and although she knew nothing about secretarial work she applies for the job. She enters the hall beside his house and he is busy dancing ballroom on his own with his eyes closed. She cannot resist as he comes past her, and she takes up his stance and dances with him still with his eyes closed. After the dance they go into his office. He asks about her secretarial work goes for an interview at the owners mansion. She finds him to be young, abrupt and cheeky. His longtime friend one of the owners comes into the office and he is a quite kind man. He can see that Justin has been teasing her. She gets up to leave and Justin says: "where are you going, you are employed as my dancing partner and a skivvy in the office. He offers her an exorbitant salary and she accepts. The way forward is a difficult one, but she persists through all the jealousy and hardships

Tombs and the Unknown Benjamin Dansie had always been interested in the Ancient Egyptians. “Mom, I want to visit the ancient pyramids of Egypt.” “Why? How can that help you? I know you are not interested in the regular ‘run of the mill’ lifestyles and interests of your contemporaries. But, how much do you know about Egypt, or perhaps Ancient Egypt?” “That is exactly the point Mom! I want to know. I want to investigate, to learn what happened in those long gone days and why were the Pyramids built, for what purpose?” “But we know all that my son. It can be read in the ancient history books.” “That is exactly the point. These details are the suppositions of those historians, who had to give the public a story after visiting the pyramids.” “Are you saying they were wrong, incorrect, even after all their research and investigation.” “Mom, as a child, did you ever play the game of ‘telephone’, where a word is given to the group and it is whispered to the first person in the line; that person passes on what he has heard and by the time it reaches the end of the line it is completely different to the original word!” “That is different Ben!” “Is it Mom, is it? Mrs Dansie realised that her son had been considering this phenomenon for quite a while. “So what do you want to do? You are ready for University! Are you going to drop it and simply drop your studies?” “No, Mom! I want to do my investigations, write about them, and present them to the University. If they do not accept them, I will give it up and go the normal route. Yes! I will lose a year or two, but I am still young. It won’t cost you anything because Grandpa left me money, which I want to put to good use! Mrs Dansie raised her eyebrows, but at least her son did not want to ‘travel’ and spend all that money on pleasure. She had to admire him. “Well! If you are sure of what you are doing, then I cannot stand in your way. “ Benjamin hugged his mother and just hoped that he was doing the right thing for all their sakes. His father would be gone for another two months on a contract he was busy with in North Africa. Benjamin made inquiries at the local university regarding investigations into the Ancient Egyptian Tombs and or anything else linked to the investigations. There was not much. Not many young students were interested in such investigations. He thought he had hit a brick wall. He was in the throes of considering something else when he received a telephone call from the University, “This is professor Appleby of the Grahamstown University. Your name has been passed down to me from Wits University. I believe you are interested in Archaeology and wanting to study the Ancient Egyptians further. “ Benjamin could not believe his ears, really, was this true? “Hello! Yessir! That is right, but I have so far hit brick walls wherever I have made enquiries.” “Benjamin, there is a small group of people that are interested in making further studies of the Pyramids of Egypt and elsewhere. I know that many people have made trips to explore the pyramids and not come up with anything more than what is already known. However, I, myself, feel there is still a lot to be learned and explored. So, if you are willing to join our small group with no great expectations, we would enjoy your company. We will be meeting at the University on Monday week, is that possible for you?” “Oh yes sir, I will be there, what time?” Benjamin could not believe his luck. He was all smiles when he told his mother. “Go! My son and enjoy yourself. I look forward to your news when you come back!” Over the next week Benjamin dreamed of entering the Great pyramid, seeing the mummies of famous Egyptian Kings etc. It was such a wonderful opportunity for him. Benjamin’s father came home for a week. When Benjamin told him of his future plans he said: “Ben, why the hell do you want to do that? It has been done so many times before. How is this going to help your future? What do you intend doing with the rest of your life? What happens when your grandfather’s money runs out? Where and what sort of occupation will you have to bring in money? Remember that what you are proposing to do is not going to generate an income. Please think very carefully before you jump into the unknown. Benjamin felt extremely downhearted. He thought about it that night. What was he going to do with the knowledge he would gain? Was this just a glorified holiday, which he could otherwise have on Durban beach with plenty of girls in bikini bathing suits? He would sleep on it, there was still time. He let a couple of days go by and then decided. ‘This is what I want. No more studies just yet. He will decide what action to take later.’

Ben Dansie visits Egypt mainly to see the pyramids. After the first outing, where two pranksters throw Ben down a shaft into a little known tomb, thinking that Ben will never find his way out, they decide not to tell Eddie their guide. Ben is absent from dinner and breakfast and Eddie asks where he is. After much childish giggling he askes the two teenagers where Ben was. They tell lies and said he fell down a shaft. Eddie knew this was nonsense and they go to find Ben. Even though it is a tomb that has not been visited by sight seers, after a say and night, Ben finds his way out. The two pranksters are sent home. However Eddie realises that Ben is a good candidate to be a guide as well. He invites him back on a second tour guide with Ben as the tour guide of a group of people. He accepts. On their first outing he takes them to the pyramid of Khufu, the largest pyramid. Because there are once again are two teenage pranksters in the team, they cause much trouble. A shot goes off and the bullet hits one of the tourists legs. Ben immediately finds the bullet and extracts it. He then makes do with handkerchiefs, and calls the paramedics to come and fetch the girl. The two pranksters cause much trouble and after the tour Ben decides this is not what he wants to do as a profession. He begins looking for other professions and tends a very sick man, bringing him back to life. He falls in love with his daughter Susan.

Ursula and her grand neice live in Grahamstown. Her Neice is attending Rhodses University. Ursula's friend's father from a neighbouring town is coming to visit. Marielle organizes a party for her single friends of Fred's age including Ursula. At the party Ursula becomes infatuated with Fred but her daughter's friend has organised many dates for Fred. Ursula becomes extremely jealous and tries to thwart every date. Fred really loves her and is oblivious to what she is up to. However Ursula tries to thwart every date Fred has with other 'old ladies'. She gets herself into a lot of trouble and Fred is not aware of her antics. This is a comedy about elderly people. (I, the author am elderly and in the end of the story I was in real life their bridesmaid.)

Ursula is a dear old lady. Her neice is living with her for the duration of her uiversity studies. She meets Fred who is the father of her friend's next door neighbour. Ursula is invited to a gathering of other elderly women to meet Fred. She is bessotted with him. His daughter (the neighbour) has organised a number of dates for her father. Ursula is furious and tries to put a stop to the dates.She gets into a huge amount of trouble which Fred is not aware of. He is enjoying all the attention but tells Ursula she is his favourite. Ursula tries to thwart all the other dates. It becomes hillarious and then she lands in a serious accident which lands her in hospital. Her grand-neice gives her a talking to and tells her to stop all these escapades, that Fred wants her and no one else, but he has to honour all the dates that have been made for him by his daughter. It is very dfficult to keep Ursula in check, and this is all part of the comedy.

Louella visits a wine farm in the Cape, South Africa. She finds the other young people unfriendly until she says that she lives in an upmarket suberb of Johannesburg. She meets George who becomes an ally and friend and Justin who pesters her throughout her stay. The suppposed owner of the vineyard is away and she spends time rejecting Justins attentions. He tries his best to win her over even by force but finds Louella is one step ahead of him. Meanwhile Louella has a fall and hits her head on a chest. She is thrown back into the 18th century and very strict rules for ladies. Justin features in the experiences she has with the people at the Vineyard, and George who tries to help her through her difficulties. Louella forms a friendship with George. However, the young people do not realise how self sufficient Louella is and she can look after herself which angers Justin even more. Many hurdles are thrown in her path. She visits the library and realises that she has deep roots in the history of Chandos Mansions going back more than 200 years. When she meets James, the rightful owner, they fall in love which makes the tension a lot more evident between James and his cousin Justin. Justin kidnaps Louella, but she manages eventually to escape. When James returns to the mansion, he is able to sort out the problems.