A curious invitation mystifies acclaimed movie critic Moira Castle as she returns home to face hidden memories and answers she's not ready to hear or feel.
Blue Noir Do You Believe in Magic?, Jewel Adams
When Ali plays a wishing game with her god-daughter nothing could have prepared her for the trip back in time, where arrows fly and men are as large and powerful as the great wild west!
Meanwhile Back at the Ranch, Bridghid Parkinson
Charlene's modern life hustle and bustle becomes the skirts and a bustle of a Wild West saloon girl. Wil can make her dreams come true.
Castleblanca, Mae Powers
Sila searches for her missing friend, but a strange ticket leaves her in a parallel realm, much like the alternate-world games she programs, only this place is very, very real.
Reel-to-Real, Mila Ramos
A curious invitation mystifies acclaimed movie critic Moira Castle as she returns home to face hidden memories and answers she's not ready to hear or feel.
Femme Fatale, Olivia Lorenz
When Sophie discovers her sister has been framed for murder, she hires PI Kit Renard--but will he prove to be help or hindrance?
Excerpt
Five years ago, Moira Castle couldn’t tell you her favorite color or the type of food she liked. She couldn’t tell you much about anything personal. All she remembered was waking up in a hospital bed on a cold September morning. Nurses stated she had been found unconscious in the Saintark River and stayed that way for well over three years. The only traces of her former life were a battered journal she had in an old purse and a Celtic wedding band with blue sapphire diamonds forming half the infinity symbol. No other forms of identification were found at the time of recovery. Her life was a blank page but at least she knew her name.
She began searching for the life she once had, but without knowing the starting point, it was hard to see the end. During the time of her coma, nothing in the newspapers or the media showed acknowledgement of recognition.
After some time, she gave up and accepted the truth and made way in her new life. She hated the toll the unknown had on her heart.
Each search that ended with no answers added new wounds and deeper fears. There were lonely nights ridden with insomnia, she stayed up and watched figures out the window. There were idle fantasies and hopes one of those shadows would materialize into something recognizable but it never happened that way.
Vulnerability in its particular malevolent form of solitude tore at the base of her soul. She tried to deny it, she even tried to suppress the loneliness and the pain, but it was useless. Every uncertain emotion of the unknown sent her heart into rages of tears as her mind screamed with grievance. And that is precisely what it was—injustice; it was unfair that her mind couldn’t remember what her heart wished.
Love is universal and not limited to the most perfect among us. In this collection of romantic short stories and poetry, love comes to those who are decidedly imperfect, who possess very real human flaws, scars, and challenges. Awaiting us as we are.
