"Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life...and death. A prince has a surprising awakening. A beauty fights like a beast. A boy refuses to become prey. A path to happiness is lost, then found again. New York Times bestselling author Soman Chainani respins old stories into fresh...

Whether or not you believe in fate, or luck, or love at first sight, every romance has to start somewhere. Meet Cute is an anthology of original short stories featuring tales of 'how they first met' from some of today's most popular YA authors.   Readers will experience Nina LaCour's beautifully written piece about two Bay Area girls meeting via a cranky customer service Tweet, Sara Shepard's glossy tale about a magazine intern and a young rock star,...

Comprising of seven short stories, Old Friends and New by Sarah Orne Jewett explores the lives of the residents of small New England towns, both rural and oceanside. Beginning the collection, A Lost Lover follows the love story of an elderly woman named Horatia Dane. After rumors of her love life begin circulating around the town, Horatia reveals her side of the story, a heart-breaking tale of a lover lost at sea. In A Sorrowful Guest, a young military...

Dietrich "Trick" Stober has known that Sashy would be his from the time they were children. Determined to let her follow her dreams, he works hard training service dogs for a local military veteran's group while she's overseas, fighting for the rights of others as an Army Ranger.

He never expects that one of those dogs will ever be for her.

Sasha "Sashy" Clemmons returns from her last mission a broken, defeated woman. Determined

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Georgia, SuSu, Teeny, Linda and Diane have been friends for more than thirty years. But when Pru Bonner, black sheep of the group, falls off the wagon so hard it shakes their world, "the girls" stage a hilarious kidnapping in Vegas to help their childhood friend clean up her act. As the women confront their pasts along with their hazardous adventure, they discover surprising strength in themselves and their friendships. Laughter is spiced with secrets,...

A few fragments of Alen's life, based on real stories, will take you on a journey of life. You never know what destiny has in store for you. While reading this short story you'll travel through time with Alen, live important moments from his life, and meet the end, which, unfortunately, is today's reality.Where does this road of reality take us? Are we going the right way?

Italian Tales of love, betrayal, longing, desire - and hope Italy serves as the backdrop for stories of Italian women and expatriate women living in Italy. A freak snowstorm in Rome changes the travel plans of two women, touching their lives in ways they could never have imagined. An ambitious Italian professional working in Brussels rails inwardly at her privileged boss, until fate presents her with a rare opportunity. A long desired trip...

Donald walked round the car boot sale without much interest. Most of the items were little more than rubbish. He didn't try to speak to anyone. Whenever he utters a sentence, he has to immediately apologise. It's been that way since he returned to England. This 2000 word short story is also published in one of Patsy's many themed collections of short stories.

Soliloquy has had a very troubled life. After her father died everything around her started to fall apart. Her mother works all the time and she has no one but her best friend Chapter. Then something happened that changes everything.

In “Universally Adored and Other One Dollar Stories”, Elizabeth Bruce gives readers 33 ways of looking at a dollar. Her empathetic, humorous, and disarming embrace of plain-spoken people searching for a way out, charms and provokes. These are bittersweet stories of resilience and defiance. In “Universally Adored,” a color-obsessed artist draws a facsimile of a dollar—a masterpiece universally adored—to win her girlfriend back. While checking...