Discover thrilling tales from Thailand to Wales – 60 novels by Owen Jones!
Discover thrilling tales from Thailand to Wales – 60 novels by Owen Jones!
Beneath Pattaya’s neon lights lies a world few truly understand. Bar girls smile, flirt, and pour drinks — but behind every laugh is a story of survival. What Life Is Really Like for a Bar Girl in Pattaya reveals the raw, emotional truth behind the fantasy sold to foreign visitors.
Songkhran is the Thai New Year, which is is sometimes referred to as the Thai Water Festival. It is much more than that though. Read on...
Bartenders do more than serve drinks — they shape experiences! 🍸 This #WorldBartenderDay, celebrate with Behind The Smile, a gripping novel about life behind the bar.
Discovering Lek’s Story in Daddy’s Hobby… If you’re looking for a thought-provoking read that offers a deep dive into a world many have heard of but few truly understand, Daddy’s Hobby is a book you won’t want to miss. It’s…
Many books by Owen Jones have acquired nicknames or shortened names. As the author, I find this comforting. Click through for some examples
Pattaya Beach Road is one of the most famous streets in Thailand. It is located on the eastern side of Pattaya Bay and The Gulf of Thailand.
Welsh Author, Owen Jones, full name Owen Ceri Jones, was born in Barry, South Wales, to an industrious working-class family with four brothers
Behind The Smile – What Else? A smile makes people feel good, but could there be something else behind the smile sometimes? Deceit or danger?
Beach Road in Pattaya is the busiest road in the city of Pattaya as far as tourists, pedestrians and vehicles are concerned. It is also the most scenic because Beach Road runs literally the width of the pavement from the golden sand of the clean beach and only metres from the sparkling blue sea.
This blog post contains Daddy's Hobby Previews in all the languages I have available. BEHIND THE SMILE - The Story of Lek, A Bar Girl in Pattaya" volume 1.
Lek was born the eldest child of four in a typical rice farming family. She did not expect to do anything any different from the other girls in her class in the northern rice belt of Thailand six hundred kilometres north of Pattaya.
The Beginning Behind The Smile – The Story of Lek, A Bar Girl in Pattaya (volume 7) by Owen Jones Review by Barry Boy The Beginning is volume seven in the much-liked series Behind The Smile – The Story of…
April 5th, 2016 April 5th is important to many people in the UK because it is the start of the new tax year. I and millions of other Brits had to devote hours this week every year in order to…
CreateSpace Behind The Smile v6: The Dream is up there online, but I didn’t rush the other two out. I am out of the house now, having a pint and writing to you, but when I get back, I will…
The Solution As my regular readers will know, life has been pretty frustrating for me for the last couple of days, but last night the thought occurred to me that the reason why Amazon and Facebook might be behaving oddly…
Dreary Day That dreary problem with the Internet seemed to be over this morning and I got three new versions of Lek up (new covers and updated interiors). It would normally have taken thirty minutes each, but I didn’t mind…
Lek 6 – Behind The Smile I haven’t been around much for the last two months, as my regular readers will know, because I have been writing the sixth book in the series Behind The Smile, commonly referred to as…
The Lek Series I call it the Lek series, although it is always billed as the ‘Behind The Smile’ series, which is its official title. It is just that the name Lek trips off the tongue more easily, and after…