First Stories

Diedre is trying to keep the ranch going in the absence of her husband, and that means breeding horses. With the help of her Brother-In-Law and nephew, along with her own son and daughter, she thinks they can manage, but none of them have any experience at breeding. For a bunch of amateurs they succeed beyond anyone's expectations.

A half-blood Apache, Concho is tossed between two worlds. As a child of seven, he is kidnapped by missionary zealots, taken to the cruelty of a residential school. He escapes, is given refuge by a wealthy Baltimore family, but ultimately, as a teen, gets sent back to the hardship of reservation life. He raids the agency store, taking food for his mother. On a stolen horse, he flees into the White Sands desert, where he discovers a mystery, a woman, and gold.

A story in the George series.
Some people go through life without ever finding that one special person - or perhaps they find her too late. George actually found her too early. Much too early. How can you 'do the right thing' and still follow your heart?

Toby Adamson, now almost 18 years old, has been best friends with twins Andrew and Natasha Stevenson ever since they met in kindergarten, when they were all just 5 years of age. Toby was totally in love with Natasha by the time that they reached the age of 10. Sadly for him, she couldn’t ever seem to see him as more than a best friend. Indeed, she isn't even going to be at his 18th birthday celebration lunch, as she is spending the Easter break with her first serious boyfriend, Rupert......

What would you do, if after a college party, you find yourself intertwined with a woman (who just happens to be your best friend), and you don't remember what had happened the night before? Especially if you were both virgins?

Sister Juliet is the nice nun all former Catholic school kids remember, the one who tried to protect you from the ones who wielded their rulers like swords. So when she finds a boy trapped in her room at the convent late one night, naturally she doesn't turn him in. Naturally, she tries to make him feel at ease. Naturally, things just keep going from there. (Celeste's No. 3 story for all of 1997!)

A young man gives his teenage sister a very special birthday celebration.

The girl next door grows up.

Tracy Smith went to the Christmas party in the hope of having a good time. She found both that and someone quite unexpected under the mistletoe