Short For Teens

Alexander has unfinished business. He never got the chance to fall in love before he died, and when a boy named Aiden moves in with his widowed dad to the Victorian house he's trapped in, they soon discover a paranormal attraction far beyond what would constitute as "just friends". Can Aiden help Alexander cross to the other side so he can rest in peace, or will Alexander be trapped forever in his earthly purgatory?

Since elementary school Desiree and Ethan have shared a passion for programming. During their senior year in high school, they team up to create a compatibility app for their community project. However, as they work on the app, they start to realize that their friendship might be evolving into something more. Complicating matters, Ethan is in a long-term relationship with Roxanne, his girlfriend of four years. When an earth-shattering event occurs, Ethan is profoundly affected, and his feelings for both girls become even more confused. On Valentine's Day, the HEART app is set to reveal the ...

Curtis finds love in Iraq as he struggles to stay alive in a war he doesn't want to fight, and Letha discovers her own beauty in the love of her child. There is the "good daughter" who realizes that there's only one way to help her brother and her family. Other stories center on the daily drama of the Curl-E-Que beauty shop, or capture the slapstick side of passion.

Twas two weeks before Christmas and all through the North Pole, things were not normal like they had been in years past. Mrs. Claus was in the kitchen preparing breakfast for Santa when the news came that the world was hit with COVID! No one knew anything about COVID...or what it meant. Whatever COVID was, it meant business and it didn't care who or what was in its path or way. Because of COVID people were required to work from home, schools were closed, and churches could not hold their weekly services. For all intents and purposes, Christmas had been cancelled and the world was coming to ...

Love never truly leaves—it just waits for the right moment to return. A small town second chance romance about love that never let go—and the homecoming that changes everything. Kitty Dion never planned on returning to Heart Haven, but she has no choice when her beloved aunt passes away. With her teenage kids in tow and a heart still bruised from the past, she just wants to get through the funeral and leave. But Miles Sheppard, the man she once loved, is still here—older, wiser, and impossible to ignore. Sparks fly as old memories resurface, but can they turn a rekindled flame into a ...

In a world gone wrong, heroes and villains are not always easy to distinguish and every individual has the ability to contribute something powerful. In this stunning collection of original and rediscovered stories of tragedy and hope, the stars are a diverse group of students, street kids, good girls, kidnappers, and child laborers pitted against their environments, their governments, differing cultures, and sometimes one another as they seek answers in their dystopian worlds.

A girl who believes in UFOs; a boy who might have finally found his Prince Charming; a hopeful performer who dreams of being cast in her school’s production of The Sound of Music; a misunderstood magician of sorts with a power she doesn’t quite understand. These plotlines and many more compose the eclectic stories found within the pages of this dynamic, exciting, and expansive collection featuring exclusively Black characters.

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: HOMICIDE MAINTENANCE: A detective goes into the homicide cleaning business after he learns about the obscene fees businesses pay for the service. BAD APPLE: Two brothers, different as night and day, reunite after one spends fifteen years in prison while the other prospered. THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: A billionaire’s heir falls madly in love with a woman he sees as the most beautiful in the world while others see something markedly different. CANCELED: A traveler on ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: SOMETHING IN THE SKY: Strange things happen to two college students on Lovers Lane after a meteor cuts a path through a nearby cemetery. THE TOASTER: The City of Baltimore appropriates funds to move Edgar Allen Poe's gravesite to a new mausoleum. LORD OF DARKNESS: Fred finds a large box on his doorstep with a horrific looking ebony statue inside that terrifies him. He abhors scary things and takes it to the city dump for disposal. THE METEOR: Newt is awakened when a...

Natalie Cushing was a lovely young woman in her early twenties who was cheerful and worked for her family's greenhouse in Panguitch, Utah. Her parents were in their senior years and depended on her help to carry on the business. Because of this fact, it didn't leave her time to date or have much of a social life. The month of May had arrived and along with it a winter storm which had delayed the timeframe to plant flowers. Natalie and her driver had just delivered a large order of spring plants to The Home Store when a new forklift driver in his hurry to unload the pallets didn't secure one...

Vampires and merpeople, angels and demons—the stories in this anthology imagine worlds where the only thing more powerful than the supernatural, is love. A girl in a graveyard goes on an unexpected date, a shipwrecked sailor makes a connection on a forbidden island, a piano melody summons a soul mate. Creatures of folktales and legend, of land and sea, of centuries past and life after life, all wrapped into one spellbinding compendium. Once you sink into its story, it’ll never let you go.

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Candace Melbourne had recently gone through a divorce and the loss of her parents and was now moving to Panguitch, Utah to the cabin her parents had left her. Her heart was still in pieces; however, she was determined to pick up those pieces and go on with her life. She felt fortunate that she had a place to move to and she had a nice nest egg from her divorce settlement. She knew it wouldn't last forever and was determined to stretch it as far as possible. She and her Main Coon kitty, Harley, were on their way to the cabin. She had always wanted to follow her dream of being a writer...and ...

The entire Summer series collection in one! From the best-selling Summer Unplugged series comes the spin-off series based on Becca Sosa. Includes parts 1-4.

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Kendra Mitchell was enjoying her morning ride on her horse, Raven. She had grown up in Cedar City, Utah and had recently purchased her own home in the small town of Kanarraville, Utah. While growing up on her parent's farm, they had an annual tradition of growing pumpkins, which she planned to also carry on in Kanarraville. During the summer months she worked as a bus driver for the Utah Parks Company and drove buses through Bryce and Zion National Parks while entertaining her riders with captivating stories. She recently met a fellwo bus driver, Ned Kingsley, who thought he was pretty hot ...

It had been an interesting nine months with morning sickness, cravings of all kinds for different foods, and finally the long-awaited time for the precious baby to arrive. Joy can't wait to become a mother...and Hildie is just as excited to become a grandmother, experiencing all of the excitement along with her dear daughter. Hester and Hildie have become the best of friends and while they share the excitement of becoming grandmothers, their daughters are sharing the ups an downs of experiencing their first pregnancies. Life is moving right along for the men in their lives with their ...

Sometimes it takes an outsider to make us see what’s right before our eyes Carolyn Butler likes Todd Keating but he won’t let anyone close enough to find out what he’s really like. And then Diego Lopez comes to town to compete in the sandcastle contest. His sculpted lips, brooding eyes and ripped body take Carolyn’s breath away. Is it any wonder Carolyn is lost in a sandcastle daze? Author’s note: Unlike my regular romance novels, this short story is intended for Young Adult readers. Mona Ingram is the author of over forty sweet, clean romances full of hope, inspiration, and ...

After healing her wounds, our shapeshifting dolphin, Misty, has no feet or a tail. She must rely on her daughter's father, Chris, to help her. Chris is a billionaire who owns a company specializing in prosthetic limbs. While creating new feet and a tail for Misty helps heal Misty physically, it also allows Chris and Misty's estranged relationship to heal.

Lillian Maxfield was not sorry to see the Christmas holidays go on their merry way until next year. In fact, she was feeling like 'Scrooge' herself these days! Everything that could go wrong seemed to be going wrong, which explained her short irritable disposition. It all started a week ago when her dear mother fell on the driveway, breaking her leg in several places. Her mother was a single parent, and together, she and her mother worked hard to keep their little household going. Now that the holidays were over, Lillian had been laid off from her Christmas job, and her job working at the ...