Short Family

She's given it her best shot...more than that and more than once...now it is all about starting over. A story of family with all its twists and turns and complications.Broken is the third novella in the Andersen Family Saga series. Pamela Andersen Handen loves her husband. She always has. Finding out what he did to cause problems for her brother was bad enough. Finding out he intentionally set up their son to bear the blame was more than she could deal with. Now, not even two weeks after the death of their mother, she’s on a cross-country-train trip with her aunt. Will distance and time ...

She’s craving a place to call home. He’s haunted by a past he can’t escape. Can a mischievous dog and Halloween magic help them find their happily ever after? Avery I never stay in one place for too long. As a costume designer, spending a few months in a town that worships Halloween seems like a natural choice. Life on the road is an adventure, but lately, it’s been getting a little stale. When a mysterious invitation to a costume party at a haunted mansion leads to a spooky encounter, a handsome masked crusader saves the day. He’s no tricks and all treats. But does loving him ...

Best-selling author Kiana Davenport (The Spy Lover, Shark Dialogues) is pleased to offer a special-edition bundle, featuring the first three volumes of her prize-winning Pacific stories, many of which have appeared in the O. Henry Awards, the Pushcart Prizes, and The Best American Short Stories. Set across the Pacific, in islands where the author has traveled and lived, the stories comprise tales of love, lust, racism, family, murder, rape, the search for identity, and the universal search for human dignity.

People come to Kiss County to fall in love. I’m just waiting for my turn. All my friends spent the summer coupling up, and I refuse to be the last single woman standing. So when I meet Riley Ripley—the ridiculously hot new bartender in town—it feels like my love life is finally about to change. One night of steamy karaoke, and the sparks between us are undeniable. We make plans for more, but the universe has other ideas. Like introducing me to my mom’s new fiancé… who just so happens to be Riley’s dad. We should stay away from each other, right? But just-one-night turns into ...

A prequel to the nationally best-selling Jeff Resnick Mysteries, this collection of short stories chronicles Jeff's (and his brother, Richard Albert's) backstory. What forces molded these men into the people they are today? Find out in these 11 thought-provoking tales that span from Jeff and Richard's first meeting until two years before the first book in the series, Murder on the Mind. These stories are not mysteries.

From her many well-loved novels, Hilma Wolitzer - now 91 years old and at the top of her game - has gained a reputation as one of our best fiction writers. These collected short stories - most of them originally published in magazines including Esquire and the Saturday Evening Post in the 1960s and 1970s, along with a new story that brings her early characters into the present - are evocative of an era that still resonates deeply today.

With some expert guidance and God's help, you can have tremendous influence in your stepchild's life and grow in your faith along the way. Seasoned stepmom Laurie Polich Short understands and empathizes with the difficult job you face. Drawing on extensive research, biblical teaching, and her own real-life experience (including an insightful chapter cowritten with her stepson, Jordan), Laurie provides practical and spiritual advice to help you fully embrace and succeed in your role as stepparent.

On Ash Wednesday in 1908, Swiss German immigrant Fritz Hirter arrives at his children’s school, where he is the lone custodian. But soon after lessons start, a fast-moving fire breaks out—its cause is unknown, but its effects are horrifying. Although Fritz is soon cleared of any responsibility for the catastrophe, the community continues to suspect him, supremely testing Fritz and his family.

When two Amish children are taken by a known killer, will their father break his vow against violence to save their lives? It’s 1826, and Amish congregations are settling in Ohio. Although they do so despite dangers such as bears, wolves, and cougars, they look forward to building new communities in which to worship. But there are worse dangers than bears, wolves, and cougars. When two children are taken by a murderer with a savage past, their father must decide if he can defy his community’s Ordnung and commit violence to save their lives. If not, he knows they will be lost forever—...

Can a person be born bad? Vanessa’s brother was. His life’s mission was to con and steal, and he didn’t care how he accomplished it or who got hurt. He set fire to his late mother’s house for the insurance money, and the fact that Vanessa was surely inside was simply a minor detail. Except she wasn’t, and he was the one who perished instead. At least she's sure he did. Even the fire marshal is sure. Propriety dictates that she mourn him, but she can't. She's relieved to finally move on with her life, resume the career that he’d shattered. She finds work with an attorney who only...

Stories filled with everything Christmas brings...family, friends, Christmas trees, huge meals, childhood Christmas memories, mothers baking turkey, sibling bickering that goes on into adulthood...and knowing no matter where you are...home isn’t always a place…it’s the people who live there. This includes: Home Again for Christmas (part of the Return to Summit Falls series) Years ago four young men left their hometown of Summit Falls. Each of them ready to take on whatever the world had to throw at them. Now, years later, three of them, Jonah Sutherland, Adam Dane, and Nicolas ...

Jenna Camden knew nothing would be the same again. She felt like a guest in her own home...empty rooms echoed with precious memories, quiet nights filled with shadows of so many cherished yesterdays. Nothing was the same. Not even Christmas.A Christmas love story of hope, courage, and the enduring strength of love… Jenna didn’t have to look around her home with its colorful and shining Christmas decorations, the tall Christmas tree in her front room with the many Christmas ornaments that told in a special way the story of her family, to know that no matter what she did it would never ...

A gripping and emotional short story, The Good Son follows Ethan, a man haunted by childhood abuse and the scars left by an alcoholic stepfather. After his mother’s death, Ethan is forced to confront the man who shaped his darkest impulses—and reckon with the kind of father he’s becoming himself. Spanning decades of trauma, rage, and redemption, this story explores the brutal legacy of violence—and one man’s quiet decision to end the cycle.

A book about life, travel, survival, and awareness of mistakes. Escape to Myself is the first book in the Big Little Stories series by Ukrainian writer Ivan Kuznietsov. Each book in the series is an independent, complete story and can be read in a free sequence. All stories have something in common—they are all about change. You will discover the adventures of different characters, but all of them, just like you and me, are essential parts of the big little story of our world. This book tells the story about a conscious transition from the life of a highly respected person, the heir to ...

Matt Handen has been offered a second chance by his son who wants him to be part of the effort to restore the historic home he just bought...but can Matt set aside his pride and made amends with the son he betrayed...Regrets is the sixth novella in the ongoing Andersen Family Saga. Livia Andersen was a woman who held her family together with a quiet smile and an iron will. It’s been less than a month since her death and the four children she leaves behind grapple with the shifting changes in their lives now that she’s gone. But they are not alone in their grief. Nate Handen loves his ...

Featuring many of the beloved characters from Sylvia Price’s bestseller, The Christmas Arrival, as well as a new cast of characters, Amish Love Through the Seasons centers around a group of teenagers as they find friendship, love, and hope in the midst of trials. Tragedy strikes a small Amish community outside of Erie, Pennsylvania when Isaiah Fisher, a widower and father of three, is involved in a serious accident. When his family is left scrambling to pick up the pieces, the community unites to help the single father, but the hospital bills keep piling up. How will the family manage?...

Traditional and progressive meet in ruby red west-central Texas... Emmie Warren is a middle school teacher who is trying not to rock the boat until she can finish her Master’s Degree and find the courage to move herself and her son away from sleepy Sweetwater to diverse, vibrant Austin, the only place in Texas she ever felt free to be herself. She’s been hiding her truth for years. She doesn’t see any reason to change that before she can make a clean break of things and start all over. Cass Prater is a brash cowgirl who lives life out loud, wherever she lives. She's got a plan and she...

"Nuevo perro" **************** Fue un día terrible para el alegre y negro gato ¡Sus padres adoptaron a un perro, en un solo rato! Un caniche tan pequeño que no podía dañar a un ratón Actuaba como si mandara en la casa y creía tener la razón.

10-Minute Escapes: Short Story Collection 18 wonderful stories: an entertaining mix of adventure, love, action, and fun. Great people you'll want to spend time with - and escape for a while into another life. Stories: When the Music Stops On a Downtown Train Gasoline Alley Talking Old Soldiers Leaving on a Jet Plane A Day in the Life of a Fool Highway Shoes Route 50 Ventura Highway Country Roads Lincoln Highway Daylight Pass A Whisper on the Wind Tuesday The Mark of Cain Solstice The Milan Anarchy Checking In Toeing the Line Hotel California Coming Forth

When Luke Brenner takes an off-the-books job on the MacKenzie-Delta joint task force, he has one goal: shut down sex traffickers on his personal hunt for retribution. This operation brings him closer than he's ever been to avenge his first love, who was taken, sold, and likely dead.... Madeleine Mercier is the daughter of an infamous cartel conglomerate. Their family bleeds money, they sell pleasure, they sell people. She knows no other life, sees no escape, except for one.