'...I turned around and it happened. I can still remember the red t-shirt and the jeans she wore, how the sun felt on my face, how the sea smelt in the wind. How I was rendered speechless. I looked at Anna and smiled to myself. How am I going to stuff this up?' Phil thinks he has his life mapped out until a trip to Croatia unravels all his plans. Back home, his mate Hannah offers strength, advice, and a voice of reason. But nothing can prepare Phil and his friends for what happens next, turning all their lives upside down. Phil is yet to realise that time waits for no man.

Cinderella retold: Fae, vampires, shifters, and a Godmother who'll grant you any wish—if you pay the price. After finally receiving the one thing she's wanted for years, Elle sets out to pay the price demanded by the Godmother: she will travel through the Never Woods and complete a quest that will—if the Godmother's shocking story is to be believed—change her life. And possibly the world. This is episode 5 of 6 of a SERIALIZED Cinderella retelling. It is not novel-length. Expect cliffhangers! Approximately 21,000 words or 100 print pages. **Prefer to binge-read all the episodes together? Look for City of Wishes: The Complete Cinderella Story** ~ ~ ~ In a world of fae, vampires and shifters, where wishes can be bought and bargained for, Elle is human, bound to her stepmother by a slave charm. Her only hope at...

Did you know flannel can be deceivingly sexy?I'm Charlotte, a fashion blogging, endo warrior (if you know, you know. If you don't, buckle up). If devoting my life to fashion has taught me anything, it's that flannel was never a good choice. But it turns out, I was wrong. Very wrong.The first time I met Elijah he told me I was insane and I called him a lunatic. Then he came to my rescue, like a knight dressed in flannel, and I had to eat my words. Apparently, not all country folk are serial killers intent on feeding you to their pigs. Who knew?Never in a million years did I imagine myself lusting after a dead sexy, flannel-clad, llama farmer. There's no way it would ever happen. Me, flannel, and llamas, do not mesh. But the guy is basically perfect. He's tall, built like a greek god, and kisses me like he was born to do it. Too bad he's currently sharing his bed with Satan's Mistress—I mean—Delilah, his baby rescue llama....

A young man takes his father to Hawaii, even though he's been dead for months. An organ player won't let her newly amputated arm stand in the way of Sunday duties. A grad student decides to take the fate of a homeless man into his own hands. A couple of criminals, new to rural living, find their idyllic life in jeopardy when nature strikes back. A stepdaughter moves in, a brother goes missing, and twins fall in love with the same girl. In Meteorites, Julie Paul's third collection of short fiction, characters are taken by surprise and must react and recover from what's entered their lives unbidden. Ghosts, giant animals, artists, imposters—you'll meet them here in these captivating stories of family dynamics and frailty, loss and atonement, faith and redemption.