When my marriage failed, I knew the reason. I had picked the wrong hand. I should have known better, so for my next partner, I would be much more selective.
Deanna had Tom's number. She'd been in love with him since she was eight. Eight years later she convinced mom to leave her with Tom when mom had to take a work assignment offshore. Tara knew the score but she also knew Tom. Dee gets what she wants, then decides to share - a lot. The violence tag is for completeness - please read story note in the intro. Like a melodrama you'll stand and cheer when the black hat gets what is coming to him.
It's Frankie's last summer home to mow the lawns for the ladies in his neighborhood before leaving for college. Mrs. Young, his favorite client, plans to ensure he has a summer that he will never forget.
When Josh's brother dies, an ancient law binds him to marry the young widow he barely knows — Rebekah, sheltered, silent, and utterly alone. Neither wants this marriage. But duty becomes devotion, and devotion becomes a love neither believed they deserved. From a courtroom vow to a hospital bed to a nursery, His Brother's Wife is a story of obligation transformed into grace — proof that God gives us far more than we deserve
A Story in the Middlebury Chronicles Universe
A single mom and her sixteen year old daughter have reached the end of their rope. They are penniless, unemployed, and a week away from being evicted. It’s a situation of their own making. They are lazy and amoral and now society’s largess is about to run out. So they plan a theft from a man whose house mom once cleaned. He catches them and offers them an alternative to prison. This is a simple little tale about second chances.
Knowing his vampire laws, Caine knows that he should deal with Sophie as the threat that she seems to be, but for some reason, he has this burning need to keep Sophie safe.