I started writing a short story in January for the Valentine's Day contest. However, there was no contest this year. Instead of abandoning the partially-written story, I decided to finish it and save it for next year's contest.
Not everything goes as planned. Now that the pressure was off to finish it in time for Valentine's Day, I ended up expanding it to much more than a Valentine's Day contest entry. The result is a full-length novel with bits of Valentine's Day in it. It's no longer a Valentine's Day story, but a triumph of the underdog story where good wins over evil.
The novel is called "A Chance for Charity." For now, it is only published on ZBookStore at: https://zbookstore.com/s/2654/a-chance-for-charity