How Nadine and Libby Escaped Destiny is a short story, a slice of life that looks at the scene rarely focused on when life-changing events may occur. A child is playing and a mother watches her as Fate barrels down to meet them. In the midst of this bittersweet scene, whatever else may happen the image of an innocent child softly singing will haunt you...

A precocious child plays dance lesson in the back of an old trailer. Her mother watches from within. In the midst of the bittersweet scene, their lives are about to change forever, and whatever else may happen the image of an innocent child softly singing will haunt you...

How do you find something that you don't know is lost?On the run from her attackers and battered by a winter storm, Maura O'Brian battles her way through the snow, desperate and alone. She stumbles upon what she believes to be a secluded, abandoned farmhouse where strange voices are be more frightful than what awaits outside. The signs keep pointing to the same person--Jack. His very name fills her heart with such intense longing she'll do anything to find him....

When monsters appear on Earth, Maggie MacKay is on the job. No one is better at hauling the creepy crawlies back where they belong. No one, that is, except Maggie's dad, who disappeared in the middle of an assignment without a trace.Now, an elf named Killian has shown up with a gig. Seems Maggie's uncle teamed up with the forces of dark to turn Earth into a vampire convenience store, serving bottomless refills on humans.The only hope for survival lies in tracking down two ma...

#1 IN 18-STRONG-RAFFERTY & LLEWELLYN MYSTERY SERIESHis first murder investigation…an****d Joe Rafferty’s already got trouble in spades.His first case in charge looks like being his last.Because his new boss has taken against him; the case is a poisoned chalice from the start, with a ‘faceless lady’ victim; and his main suspect is pals with the Chief Constable.Even his ma adds seems to add to the kick...

Four Stars from THE ROMANCE REVIEWS!"Ginny Baird has crafted a terrific, but short, story. It's a perfect read for an afternoon where you just want to kick back and while away the time with a delightful tidbit." ~ The Romance ReviewsSuccessful financier Carrie St. John has endured all the romantic disasters she thinks she can in a lifetime. That is, until her fiancé jilts her the weekend of her bridal shower. Carrie can't show up unaccompanied again and admit to her family ...

Fans of Pamela Kelley and Robyn Carr will love this small-town, feel-good romance!Tess has given up looking for Mr. Right, but that doesn’t mean she’s given up on love. When she reads a newspaper article about a young couple who've had everything stolen from their home, including four bridesmaids' dresses, she knows she has to help.But by helping the bride, Tess risks exposing a past she doesn't want anyone to know about. She does everything she ca...

The start of a critically acclaimed historical romance series by New York Times bestselling author Courtney Milan...Hugo Marshall earned the nickname "the Wolf of Clermont" for his ruthless ambition--a characteristic that has served him well, elevating the coal miner's son to the right hand man of a duke. When he's ordered to get rid of a pestering governess by fair means or foul, it's just another day at work.But after everything Miss Serena Barton has been throug...

❤ A stranger rescues her, but disappears when she needs him most because she’s carrying his baby. Until he knocks on her door, years later and half a world away... ❤Journalist Kendra Jenner chases the biggest story of her career – to find the truth behind a mysterious outlaw figure who defies danger to help the neediest caught in conflict in Santa Estella.On assignment on the distant island to be the first to unmask the man viewed...

When Sunshine Patterson loses her Chicago home, job and boyfriend in one day, she needs a backup plan, fast. Luckily her Aunt Cecily has provided her with the perfect combination living and restaurant space to start over. Even though the building is located in small town Chance Creek, Montana, Sunshine is certain it’s only a matter of time before she’s back to take the big city by storm. When she arrives in Chance Creek, however, she gets a surprise. Her restaurant space—and apartment—are ...

There’s a new bad boy in town…Harley-riding cowboy Sawyer Kane is two parts swagger, one part sexy drawl, and all parts off-limits. At least as far as Mia Sherman is concerned. After her last relationship ended in disaster, she’s sworn off men. It’s for the best, really, considering her family is cursed—a real Irish curse that dooms each first born daughter to lose her husband on her wedding night.But when hot days working together at her family’s ghost tow...

I began writing about Matthew Scudder in the mid-1970s. The first novel, The Sins of the Fathers, appeared in 1975, and A Drop of the Hard Stuff—the 17th and most recent—was published in 2011. Over the years Scudder has also been featured in 11 short works of fiction; Let's Get Lost, which first appeared in EQMM in 2000, is one of them.Short stories have provided me with the opportunity for a glance back at Scudder's life before the first of the novels, when he was a working member...