This is a collection of thirteen short stories, many of which with unexpected endings.

Amber Martin ran from a painful past and into a successful career as a real estate agent. When she closes the most lucrative sale of her career, she invites her boyfriend, Geoffrey Cole, to a celebratory dinner. Egotistical, self-absorbed Geoffrey ruins the dinner to take care of business, causing Amber to take a hard look at their relationship. Realizing she will always take a backseat to his wheeling and dealing, an angry and hurt Amber goes clubbing with the goal of getting laid. She ho...

Nine short stories that take you into the lives of different people. A Case for the Law Books: A blind man wants a driving license, Taking a Shot at Love: Finding love in a doctor's office, Strangers in the Night: Finding your perfect match in Istanbul, A Golden Friendship: Two women become great pickleball partners and close friends. What could possibly go wrong?, Beware of What You Desire: A married woman becomes obsessed with another man and plots to seduce him, A Second Serve of Life: ...

Paige Winters thought she had everything: a charming fiance, a great job, and a fairy-tale future. Only her world crumbles when she finds another woman in her bed.Heartbroken, she leaves immediately without hearing her fiance out. She finds solace in another city where fate leads her to an unexpected romance with an old acquaintance, but tragically, their time together is cut short. Paige is left grieving, but fate intervenes once more, giving her a new beginning and a bright futur...

The following short stories portray the inner strength of women when put to the test.I Kidnapped My Son: To save her child, a woman runs away with her son.Defenseless: When a police officer save's a woman's life, he becomes obsessed with her.Living a Lie: A young woman hiding the fact she had a child out of wedlock discovers that's not the only family secret.Abducted: A woman is abducted off a NYC street by a cab driver.Never Surrender: A married couple f...

Take a dive into the world of Candy Caine with this potpourri of stories, some being short and others novella length. There is a bonus section of ultra short stories that have never been in print before, as well. The stories in this collection have characters that come from all walks of life.Some are young, some are middle-aged. As for the plots, there are endings the reader might suspect, while several they may not see coming.

A Most Horrific Crime: Following an operation to remove a malignant tumor, Jane Canby returns home to discover her husband Ralph, is wanted for questioning by the police.When love Hurts: Love should never hurt, and yet Jasmine Fara won't leave her boyfriend, Eddie, even though he beats her. Her best friend, Leanne, has repeatedly tried to get her to drop him, but to no avail. Finally, after a bad beating, Leanne decides to use her secret weapon.

Attorney, Raven Gould, is tired of defending scumbags and fending off the advances of her boss. So she decides to quit her high-powered career and take a job at a popular ice cream parlor. Her aunt is alarmed at Raven's decision and secretly convinces psychologist, Lucas Lusk, to check out her niece's mental state.Reluctantly, Lucas agrees. But after meeting the dusky beauty, he realizes he wants to check out a lot more than her mental state. The problem is, Raven has a thing again...

While on a job interview in Arizona, Peter Saunders is car-jacked and left for dead. However, his assailant is killed in a fiery collision with an oil truck. Authorities in Arizona notify Peter's fiancée, Ruby Douglas, in New York of his death. She is devastated. And, as if that pain and heartache isn't enough, Ruby, a school teacher, discovers she's pregnant and must fight to keep her job. Though she never truly lets Peter's ghost go, Ruby eventually finds happiness with fellow teacher, M...

TABLE OF CONTENTSACCIDENTAL LOVE: Holly Davidson is hammering out the final details with her soon-to-be ex-husband, Jeff, one possession at a time. Leaving her lawyer's office, she's caught in a monsoon and falls as she runs to her car, breaking her ankle. One of the EMTs transporting her to the hos-pital takes an interest in her, but Holly doesn't want another man in her life so soon. But will she let the handsome EMT merely walk away out ...

Have you ever desired to be a fly on the wall, itching to know what was going on in some room?This anthology will bring out the voyeur in you.Devil Or Angel: John Winston wakes in a hospital bed following an auto accident to find a pretty nurse taking care of him. They hit it off and begin to date. As time goes on, though, he discovers the woman is not the angel he thought she was. Instead, she is known in the trade as Lady Diana, a dominatrix. She coaxes John slowly into he...

Events that took place 59 years before on another continent, combined with heavily guarded secrets of her beloved grandmother, now deceased, alter the life of Emma Daniels, an ER nurse living in Arizona.