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In this striking and bleak, yet luminous debut collection, Nathan Ballingrud, winner of the inaugural Shirley Jackson Award, uses the trappings of the Gothic and the uncanny to investigate a distinctly American landscape: The loneliest and darkest corners of contemporary life. Ballingrud’s stories are love stories. They’re also monster stories. Sometimes the monsters collected here are vampires or werewolves.

Rich Manning and Jamie Warren have always been friends - and nothing but friends. However, that changes when she asks him to father the child she so desperately wants. Rich agrees - if she'll marry him. Because he thinks their Marriage of Inconvenience could become a real marriage instead.

Looking For Stories That Warm Your Heart? Short Stories for Seniors is your Perfect Companion. Let these heartwarming stories take you on a journey of nostalgia, inspiration, and lasting joy. Embracing the joy of reading in later years can enhance cognitive health and emotional well-being, helping seniors cultivate a bright and cheerful perspective on life. Here’s more… ♥ LARGE PRINT FOR EASY READING No need to strain your eyes, this book is designed with large, clear print to ensure a comfortable reading experience. ♥ SHORT ENGAGING STORIES Twelve short engaging tales of ...

I was pretty happy with my life until the hot shot, all-state baller from my teen years moved back in next door. (I babysat him, yes, but I never changed his diapers. Just wanted to be clear about that.) Guess who’s now the assistant b-ball coach? Logic would say me–especially since I coached my entire first year holding the playbook upside down (it turned out to be an old football playbook from the ‘80s, so it’s not like it mattered which way I held it) but the accurate answer is Trey Haywood, my all-star neighbor.

Jason Manning is content with his life as a bachelor, a slob and a sports fan. Then a precocious teen named Carrie Weston decides to play matchmaker, introducing him to her mother. To his relief, Charlotte is as uninterested in marriage as he is. But Jason’s feelings start to change once he gets to know his Bride on the Loose. James Wilkens was almost a Manning groom—because he almost married one of the Manning sisters. With that broken engagement behind him, he spends New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas...where he meets Summer Lawton.

She’s running from heartbreak. He’s guarding his heart. Can they risk love before it’s too late? After scandal and humiliation forced Anna Schwartz to leave her Indiana community, she’s determined to rebuild her life as the new schoolteacher in Lancaster County. Focused on her students and desperate to prove she belongs, the last thing she expects is to grow close to widowed father Benjamin Miller and his four struggling children. Benjamin vowed never to open his heart again after losing his wife. But Anna’s gentle patience and quiet strength bring healing to his family—and ...

Karen Neulander, a successful New York political consultant, has always been fiercely protective of her son, Jacob, now six. She's had to be; when Jacob's father, Dave, found out Karen was pregnant and made it clear that fatherhood wasn't in his plans, Karen walked out of the relationship, never telling Dave her intention was to raise their child alone. But now Jake is asking to meet his dad, and with good reason: Karen is dying.

What happens when everything around you seems perfect - your family, your health, your social status, your overall life - but all of a sudden something threatens to tear it all apart and rob you of what you've always known? This type of thing happens to many people, every day, from all walks of life. Some are able to get over it and go on with their lives. But others are not so fortunate. They find themselves stuck in their own meltdown of loss, hurt, and pain. Such is the situation in Marita L. Kinney's latest novel.

It’s a Whisker Wonderland! A steamy mountain man holiday novella with a HEA epilogue! What began as a genealogy research trip for Miami attorney Snow Wyatt becomes so much more when she arrives in Alaska and encounters a living, breathing mountain man. And why do the townspeople say he's a real-life Santa Claus? When she finds herself stuck in his mountain cabin with him, their forced proximity heats things up and makes her wonder what her priorities in life truly are. Can Snow stop herself from falling for a man so very different from herself? And more importantly, does she really want ...

Three Taboo Stories of Forbidden Sex At Home Pool Side MILF MILF In The Bath My Wood Riding MILFMy New MILF Series Nearly 30,000 words of a married MILF paired with her young new stud able to please without fatigue at home. Find out how a thing called 'skinship' is practiced at home in this fast-paced and action-packed taboo erotica compilation where the only familial bond happening at home is a fluid bonding one. This anthology of forbidden erotica is packed with themes so hot you won't be able to finish reading it in a single session with themes of keeping it secret while outside by the ...

Get 4 Mysteries, kidnapping, natural disasters, crises of faith and the heart—you’ll find them all in this exciting, heartwarming romance Series Box Set! When adventure calls, the Brides of Bedford answer! Follow them as they head out west to meet the men of their dreams, confront some of their worst fears, take on all the best and worst the Wild West has to offer and help settle America in the process. Montana Mail order Brides Brides of Bedford Series: Collection 2 Books 5 - 8 Book 5: Della’s Doctor Luckily Della has a plan that takes her to the remote town of Chapman’s Forge ...

Witness the intersection of past and present as spirits from bygone eras reach out to guide, warn, or seek resolution in a world that has evolved but retains its connection to the unseen. Our Sacred Journey invites you to embark on a captivating exploration of the unknown, where the spirits of the past and present converge in tales that will leave you spellbound and forever change the way you perceive the paranormal in indigenous cultures. A Gifted Sear: From an early age, Blaine discovered his intuitive abilities, sensing energies and receiving messages from the spirit world. Explore the ...

Novel Collection Two, Books 6- 10 all in one Box Set! by bestseller and Kindle All-Star author Katie Wyatt! Bandits. Natural disasters. Secrets long hidden. Small towns struggling to survive in the face of the winds of change. Brave, independent women heading out west to find true love and forge their own destinies on the frontier of America. With them, they carry the legacies of their past, their faith in God, a strong belief in their own strength, and the knowledge that better days lie ahead if they’re willing to endure the storms of life. Join these courageous frontier brides as they ...

A genealogy test sparks a woman’s reflection on the two accounts of her life--the real one and the one she’s always told the world--in this poignant short story by Cheryl Strayed, the bestselling author of Wild. In 1964, teenage Geraldine Waters was sent away by her parents to an unwed mothers’ home, where she gave up her newborn for adoption. Ever since, she’s lived an alternative narrative. Decades later, it’s time for Geraldine to reconcile the telling of her life, to finally grieve, and to discover what happened to that part of her past that slipped away.

Don’t miss out on this thrilling adventure that will captivate your heart and soul! - 3 Book Complete Series Boxset! Get ready for a riveting journey through the Wild West! This three-book collection is a whirlwind Texan odyssey where love and adventure intertwine, and every heartbeat writes the future. Can our heroes unearth the treasures of their hearts amidst the chaos? Join Sadie, along with the daring Violet and Teresa, as they navigate danger and destiny in a saga so intense and unpredictable, it will leave you breathless and yearning for more. Read all the books in An Unexpected ...

One conversation changes everything. HANNAH I've been happily married to Eric for eight years, living our perfectly organized suburban life. But when my neighbor Jessica starts glowing about her unconventional arrangement with two men, I can't stop thinking about what we might be missing. So I do what any curious librarian would do: I research. And when our gorgeous new neighbor Caleb moves in across the circle, I start wondering if research might become reality. ERIC I've always been the analytical one, the planner who color-codes everything including our meal schedule. But when Hannah ...

A grieving widow. A quiet carpenter. Will Gott lead them to a new love? Rachel Bontrager has spent two years mourning the husband she lost too soon. Her days are filled with quiet work and prayer. Now, she's pouring her heart into a memorial quilt honoring Jacob's memory. When she asks talented carpenter Isaiah Yoder to build a special frame for the quilt, she finds comfort in his steady presence. Isaiah is patient and kind, a man whose quiet strength helps ease her sorrow. As they work together, a gentle friendship grows into something neither expected. But is Rachel ready to let go of the...

Clendenin Hughes first kissed Dabney Kimball during a Nantucket snowstorm freshman year of high school. Ever since that moment - God, the rush, the chemistry! - Dabney has known that she and Clen are an unsplittable unit - essentially the same person in two different bodies. Of course, with Dabney now at Harvard and Clen at Yale, those bodies are 140 miles apart. A stirring portrait of young love at a crossroads, The Tailgate introduces two irresistible characters and invites us into a world we don't want to leave.

What would you do for love? What would you do if only you knew someone you loved was guilty of murder? And: How far would you go for the one chance to be with the love of your life? What would you do if you learned your sister killed her husband to get out of an unhappy marriage, and no one else knows or even suspects? You believe your sister's husband died in a tragic accident, but shortly afterwards you learn your sister was seeing another man. You also learn that your sister was out with that man the night her husband died. Suddenly the husband’s death looks less like an ‘accident’...

In the chaos of a maternity ward, memories of tragedy and grief come rushing back for an anxious mother-to-be as she struggles to balance her child’s needs with her own healing. Rushed into an emergency cesarean section, a woman finds herself in the same hospital where her suicidal mother died. She’s buried the trauma of her mother’s last hours--and also the dread that she might be just as vulnerable to breaking. As the new mother relives one crisis in the midst of another, prize-winning author Julie Orringer turns the joyous event of birth into a harrowing, poignant short story.