Love (Stories) On The Run

When you don’t have time to read a novel, try these short stories of love, lust and romance:

 

my-best-friends-husbandcrophome-300x232My Best Friend’s HusbandDivorce had brought Stella into the arms of a man she had no right to want. Our home had always been beautiful, the meals I served John had been perfect. I had been a model wife. Read More

 

 

a-girl-on-his-mind2crop-300x232A Girl On His MindHe was a big man in high school, and he thought he was the big man in Sally’s heart. Until a big man of the world came along to make him wonder. Read More

 

 

Why He Married Herwhy he married hercropShe longed for her husband’s love, but lived always in the knowledge that one had been there before her. Read More

 

 

 

4807549-largeI’m in Love With a Really Short Guy“But he’s so… little,” Sonya whispered when I pointed out Gary, in the supermarket. Gary was the store’s manager and that’s how I’d met him in the first place, as Sonya well knew. Read More

 

 

 

 

madman-tried-to-replace-my-husband-300x199 A Madman Tried to Replace My Husband!“What’s the matter? Why don’t you open the door down here?” The voice didn’t sound familiar—but no one’s did over that worn-out intercom. Read More

 

my heart is a living tombcropMy Heart Is A Living TombWar had robbed her of her lover—another war gave him back to her. But now she was the wife of another. Her lover had been faithful all these years. Should she now go back to her first love? Read More

 

 

 

Couple and hugging on bed in bedroom, in passionForbidden DreamsLaurie agreed with Bill — they were meant for each other. But would he still think so when he knew the secret she kept locked in her heart? Read More

 

 

 

my mother's lover is my husband cropMy Mother’s Lover Is My Husband!She knew Mom was promiscuous, so did everyone else, but she never dreamed her mother would seduce her husband. Read More

 

 

 

that crazy girlThat Crazy Girl!–They were falling deeply in love, but she held a secret: Myra was the cause of all his bitterness. She caused his plane to crash during the town air-derby, forever destroying his ability to fly. He knew the name, but had never seen the face of the woman responsible. Read More or Hear the Audio Version!

 

 

The Road To MadnessThe Road To Madness–She had a terrible, dark secret — she was a prescription drug addict. It was a long time ago and she has completely turned her life around, but her past threatens to ruin her future. In love and engaged to be married to a wonderful man, Margerie struggles with her conscience. Should she tell her fiance the truth? What if he rejects her as all the others did? How can she risk losing everything? Read More

 

 

JealousyI’ll Take Him Back–At Any Price  When a husband strays into the arms of another (usually a much younger) woman, there are two options: throw the jerk out or fight for what’s rightfully yours. Annette initially chooses the former and shows her husband, Bob, the door. Read More

 

drawn to other menDrawn To Other MenHer father was an alcoholic, her mother a prostitute. With “evil” in her blood, how could Jana ever be anything but bad?  Wasn’t her fate pre-ordained? Even a fresh start on her grandfather’s farm is ruined, when her past inevitably catches up with her. She flees to the nearest city, and embarks on a life of failed marriages and affairs.  She is fulfilling her destiny and hates it. Read More

 

 

Expecting bride9 Months Pregnant Yet I Dared Get Married In A White Gown--She fell in love with a Jewish man. Her parents forbid her from marrying him. Shocked by their hypocrisy, Joanne defies them, and marries Alan in a civil ceremony. Later, almost nine months pregnant…Read More

 

Dark portrait of scary man with evil eyesBloodlust: A Killer Love Story–There are two halves in this world: the good and the evil. And it seems that the evil is always looking to harm the good. Read More

 

 

widow's romancecropA Widow’s Summer RomanceShe assumed it would be a summer fling. But when Daryl gets serious about their future, Deena fears she’ll lose her independence.  Read More      

 

 

3076600newThat Sexy Man I’m Afraid To Marry–My name is Beth, and for a while I thought I had it all together. I was told I was pretty, with my thick hair and long, coltish legs, and I had enough smarts to do a few years of college and get a nice job in a small printing com­pany. I lived in the most wonderful place in the world… Read More

 

 

dream loverWanted: A Dream LoverAllyson had been bugging me to run an ad in the personal column in the newspaper for weeks, and I finally agreed, mostly to get her off my case. Read More

 

rose I never gave my wifeThe Rose I Never Gave My Wife–As I looked out the window, I noticed that the sky was cloudy. It looked as though it might rain. But it was Mother’s Day and I had promised my mother I’d be over with the kids. Read More