Smart Families

People have been telling their love stories for thousands of years. It is the greatest common human experience. And yet, love stories coach us to believe that love is selective, somehow, that it can be boxed in and easily defined. This is a collection of 11 remarkable essays that widen the frame of reference: transgender romance; body image issues; race relations; disability; polyamory; class differences; queer love; long distance; caste; loneliness; the single life; the bad boy syndrome...and so much more.

Maybe this time she’s better off with the devil she doesn’t know… Equal parts determined and petrified, Grace is leaving her abusive boyfriend for good. This is her one shot. She just needs help getting out of town. Taking sexy bad boy Tyler Preston up on his offer of a ride is worrisome, but necessary. He can’t be worse than her ex, can he? Tyler is confident that a trip around the US will help him leave his broken heart in the dust, even though ten years hasn’t healed it yet. He still hasn’t gotten over the accident destroyed his dreams and cost him the woman he loved, but he ...