Sugar Maples

(Smashwords) In this novel, a retired military man living in a nursing home becomes fed up with the staff mistreatment of the elderly residents and the terrorization by neighborhood toughs. When an ex-convict with nothing to lose moves in, the stage is set for revenge, and a chance for romance. Smalley lives in Tucson, Ariz., with his wife Carole and an acre and a half of cactus.