Ruby River has a lot of rules, and Oona Hendrix knows how to carve around obstacles. When love crashes in mid-wipeout, it’s a rush worth chasing.Former professional skateboarder Oona Hendrix is back in her hometown after a career-ending leg injury forces a life pivot. Only, Oona can’t skate, or she’s not supposed to, thanks to the town enforcing an ordinance that bans skating—a rule that is suspiciously specific. Without skating, who even is she? She’s not about to follow ...

Life gets awkward when two strangers discover their best investment in love is the one they made on impulse when they married each other.Being an internationally renowned associate professor of economics is great, but Piper Yeats is burnt out and needs a break. When she slams down on the big red I QUIT button, her boss refuses her resignation. Driven by responsibility, she agrees instead to return in the spring after a short hiatus from teaching.On an outing in the...

This anthology brings together twenty-six stories from authors, Nathaniel Farcas, Lauren Lang, Caroline Shannon Davenport, Jon Fain, Elizabeth S. Devecchi, Eric D. Lehman, Brittany Bell, Ken Goldman, Vincent Czyz, Dalton Mire, Gary Zenker, Mykyta Ryzhykh, Kim Ransley, Mark Williams, Beck Erixson, Ibtisam Shahbaz, Jennifer Cinguina, Joseph A. Schiller, John Tavares, Jerry Purdon, and Justin Lowe. These curated stories center around the human experience, fact or fiction they delve into the e...

Life gets awkward when two opposites find love is their unexpected adventure.Fiadh O'Cleary, the planner of all planners, is ready to celebrate all summer after becoming a tenured associate professor of fermentation and brewing. Within hours of turning in her grades and going home for the break, she finds a letter in her city apartment informing her she's now single because she's boring. Worse, she discovers her carefully laid out plans of teaching students the art...

Elin Axelsson is unmistakably the worst goalie in her women's indoor soccer league. Yet each week, she laces up her cleats, pumps up her teammates, and gives it her all. At least playing soccer means being able to spend more time with her all-star goalie boyfriend, Nate. And her best friend of fifteen years—who's a total ladies' man—Hawk.But when Elin catches Nate cheating, she dumps his ass, and finds herself thrust back into the weird world of online dating. At least she has Hawk...

Family.They're always meddling in your love life...Even after they're dead.Brooklynite-and genealogist-Ingrid Ekstrom accepts a surprise request from her typically estranged family: to become the live-in caretaker of their shared historic house in the sleepy Jersey Shore town of Aegir Haven. A fun-loving cousin is quick to introduce Ingrid to the local handyman and bluegrass musician. As he fixes up the place, Ingrid digs into the house's past and learns about the f...

Life gets awkward when two opposites find love is their unexpected adventure.Fiadh O’Cleary is ready to celebrate all summer after becoming a tenured associate professor of fermentation and brewing. Within hours of turning in her grades and going home for the break, she finds a letter in her city apartment informing her she’s now single because she’s boring. Worse, she discovers her carefully laid out plans of teaching students the art of making hard cider in a proper space that is...