**The Mystery of the Promised Gift** In the grand dining room of a restaurant at the heart of London, the wedding of Emily and James was...
Betrayal Proof: A Cold and Exquisite Revenge They spent thirty-five years together. Nearly half a lifetime. George and Imogen. It had all begun like something out...
The forest was swallowed by an oppressive darkness. Beneath the gnarled branches of an ancient oak, an old man sat on the damp earth. His breath...
I had just gone through my second divorce and decided relationships werent for me anymore. I didnt want anyone close, deliberately making myself as unapproachable as...
**Diary Entry A Tale of the Little Lord and Auntie Clara** That boy had the nerve to show up again, didnt he? Right there, bold as...
Margaret gathered her things and prepared to leave. “Where are you going?” he asked. “What difference does it make to you?” she replied. “Youll need to...
Picture standing at your own wedding, with nearly 200 guests watching, when your new mother-in-law grabs the microphone to announce youre not good enough for her...
A small girl asks a biker for help to feed her hungry brother The barefoot child approaches my motorbike at midnight, clutching a plastic bag full...
“Mum, can I wear my blue shirt to nursery tomorrow?” “Blue? Why that one?” “Because Katie Wilson said it suits my eyes!” “Well, if Katie said...
“How very fair of you, Margaret! So our kids roasted in the garden last summer, then we spent all year fixing up your cottage, and now...
“This isnt some random fling, Victoria. Ive been living a double life for seventeen years,” Dominic said, nervously spinning a...
On her way to the shop, Emily suddenly recognised the mother of her first true love in the older woman...
After descending the slope toward the waters edge, Michael sized up the cats chances of survival. The steady flow of...
“Father, please… dont come to the school today, all right?” “Why, Emmeline? Dont you want me to see you receive...
Emma stepped back into her own home from the maternity wardand there, in the kitchen, stood a second fridge. “That...
On her way to the shop, Emily suddenly recognised the mother of her first true love in the elderly woman...
After descending the slope leading to the water, Michael assessed the cats chances of survival. The steady flow of the...
“Excuse me… where am I?” the woman murmured, staring blankly out the car window as though lost in a daze....
“Excuse me… where am I?” the woman asked softly, peering out the car window as if the world outside made...
“Has he still not called, Mum?” asked Andrew, gazing at the woman hunched over the table with bare, pleading eyes....