Single Short Stories

Maggie Monroe came back to Sycamore Falls for one season to help her late best friend's husband save the cider stand he's lovingly running into the ground. Current batch rating, according to his five-year-old twins' crayon scorecards: two out of ten. Fire chief Cal Brennan can put out actual fires. Cider is another story. His wife made it look easy, like most things he's been missing since he lost her three years ago. But Maggie has the recipe book, the twins keep asking her to stay, and laughing feels suspiciously easy when she's around. She feels like she's borrowing her best friend's ...

LEXI I know I shouldn't, but I can't help myself. I didn't know Everett was going to offer me a job as his nanny. Living in his house, taking care of his little boy... Can I do it? I need the money to finish college, but the temptation may be too much for me. The way he stares at me burns holes right through me. But he's so stern, so right and proper... there's no way he would ever want someone like me. EVERETT Something comes over me when I'm around her. I need to protect her, to shelter her, and ultimately... I must possess her. It must be wrong to want someone this much. I'll do ...

🔥 Five Forbidden Romances. One Unforgettable Collection. 🔥 Indulge in five steamy short stories where confident, mature women find unexpected passion with the one man they were never supposed to want. From secret desires to irresistible temptation, each story explores an older woman/younger man, age-gap romance filled with heart, heat, and a touch of scandal. Sherry – My son’s best friend admitted he’s never been with anyone. When I ran into him at my favorite dance club, I promised myself I’d behave. I should’ve known better. Mandy – Watching my ex flaunt his younger ...

Life is hard enough for a teenage girl in 1950s suburbia without having a mother who may—or may not—be a witch. A single mother at that. Sure, she fits in with her starched dresses, string of pearls, and floral aprons. Then there are the hushed and mystical consultations with neighborhood women in distress. The unsavory, mysterious plants in the flower beds. The divined warning to steer clear of a boyfriend whose fate is certainly doomed.

I've never had anything I could call mine. Nothing that mattered enough to fight for. Until I pull a baby girl out of the path of a speeding car and gaze up into the most frightened eyes I've ever seen. Freya Holmes just arrived in Blossom Ford with her daughter, no place to stay, and a look that tells me she's running from something. I'm an ex-sniper. I read situations fast. She's mine. The baby's mine. I don't care that I met them five minutes ago. I give them my cabin, my protection, and more of myself than I've given anyone. She's younger than me, curvy, soft in all the ways I'm not, ...

Emma spent years proving she was good enough for the Buchanans. It took one folder of photographs to prove she never had a chance. Hours after she delivers her daughter, her husband walks into the hospital room cold and furious, holding pictures that he claims is proof she cheated. His mother stands behind him, calm as winter, asking for the one thing that will end everything. A paternity test. Ryan refuses to sign the birth certificate. He refuses to look at the baby. Then he walks out and leaves them both behind. The results come back a perfect match. Emma waits for the apology. But it ...

Finn Gallagher’s new life plan is simple: raise the son he never knew he had, help his mom run the family bakery, and stay as far away from pro hockey drama as possible. Then he accidentally nails his most hated rival in the head with a cupcake… Retiring from the league and moving back to the quirky small town of Clover Ridge was supposed to be a fresh start. Finn is now a full-time dad, part-time baker, and definitely not interested in thinking about the years he spent clashing with Mateo Rodriguez on the ice. Mateo, meanwhile, is only in town for the off-season, training at Clover ...

Beautiful & Savage are caught between passion and pride, trying to navigate old wounds, new responsibilities, and the ghosts they swore they buried. But in a season meant for peace and reflection, the truth won’t stay hidden—and not everyone will make it to the new year unscathed. Situationship turned lovers. Lovers turned liars. And a past that refuses to stay there. In this highly awaited spinoff, your favorite characters return in a raw, emotionally charged tale where secrets collide with second chances.

The last person she should have a crush on is her new student’s father! Erin When I meet the new student in my third grade class I can’t stop thinking about her handsome single dad. My mother tricks me into babysitting for her after school, but I know she’s really on a matchmaking quest. I’m going to resist her not-so-subtle efforts to get me married off, but resisting Adam is harder than I expected. Adam My daughter and I moved to the small town of Cedar Creek to have a fresh start after a long and painful custody battle with my ex-wife. As a medical professional, I’m trained to ...

Clay's deepest desire is to have a baby. The hyena omega was born to be a dad - and now that he's turning thirty, he plans to make that happen ASAP. No mate? No problem. He just needs an alpha to get him pregnant. He'll raise the cub on his own. The stern, powerful alpha of the pride has everything Clay wants in a sperm donor - but they also have a long-buried history Clay would rather forget. Will Clay ask Landon to get him pregnant, no strings attached? And if Landon accepts, will he end up wanting to keep his omega daddy - forever? (Omega Daddy is an M/M paranormal romance featuring ...

By all accounts, Lucy’s handled her divorce well. She’s finally in the cozy, plant-filled house of her dreams. And although she doesn’t fit in with the other divorcées—all busy looking for their next ex—she’s excited to get down to earth and savor the small joys of life. When Lucy meets Elle, a hip younger woman who shares her same passions, their connection is instant. Taking a chance on kismet, Lucy forges a friendship that fills her days with meaning. She and Elle are inseparable, from sunup to sundown, enjoying the immediate ease and familiarity of each other’s company.

Welcome to Seattle, the Emerald City, and home to the single dads of Seattle. Ten sexy single fathers who play poker every Saturday night, have each other's backs, love their children without quarter, and hope to one day find love again. These are their stories....

You thought that things were crazy in the first series, just wait until you read the sequel. Melissa and August just want some peace in their life, but it doesn’t seem like that’s going to happen with everyone from their past resurfacing. No matter how hard everything becomes between the new couple. Mike and Cassandra were finally in a place in their life that they loved, and they were in a place with each other that they loved even more. Carissa thought that she had lost everyone and felt that she was never going to be accepted again, so she did the only thing she felt was right. Side ...

We sought refuge on Planet Earth with the eggs of our slain queen after the War. Suddenly, all four of us dragon shifters are fathers — and we don’t know the first thing about raising children. Fate should guide us to our mates. But will we find them in this strange new world?

"Dazzlement and enchantment are Bester's methods. His stories never stand still a moment."—Damon Knight, author of Why Do Birds "Alfred Bester took science fiction into hyperdrive, endowing it with a wit, speed, and narrative inventiveness that have inspired two generations of writers. And nowhere is Bester funnier, speedier, or more audacious than in these seventeen short stories—two of them previously unpublished—that have now been brought together in a single volume for the first time. Read about the sweet-natured young man whose phenomenal good luck turns out to be disastrous for ...

For former Marine sniper Dox, a long-range hit in Cambodia was supposed to be just business as usual. But when you find yourself mixed up with rogue intelligence operations, gorgeous bar girls, and the world's worst human-trafficking heart of darkness, business is anything but usual. And making it personal is the most dangerous business of all.

When a robot defies his programming, is he broken? Or is he something else?

Romeo I built my life to be quiet. A cabin in the mountains. A security team I trust. No complications. Then a woman sprains her ankle on my land and her little girl makes friends with my dog. I carry Sienna home because it's the right thing to do. I invite them to stay because her daughter’s eyes light up and I can't say no. By the time the weekend is over, my cabin feels like it was always waiting for both of them. I know I should let them go. I'm not built for the kind of love Sienna and Bree deserve. But I'm already in too deep to pretend otherwise. Single Mom And The Mountain Man is ...

The flood took everything but my boat and one rule: nobody owes me anything for getting out of the water. Eighteen months after the sea swallowed the coasts, I sail the drowned towns pulling strangers off rooftops. No charge. No strings. Then a squall cracks my rig, and on a marina roof I find Quinn — a rigger, six days stranded, her survival tally scratched in the neatest handwriting I've ever seen. She rebuilds my mast, steals my coffee, and on the last night informs me she doesn't pay debts. She just wants me. By morning she's signed on as crew. And every night at nine, a voice called ...

Though she cannot entirely discount the effects of the head injuries they were both suffering at the time, Mary Russell is delighted by Sherlock Holmes' proposal of marriage. After all, they have become partners in crime, and she has recently come into her inheritance: What remains but to confirm the union with her mentor-turned-partner with the piece of paper?