Showing results for "The Baby" in Short Stories

Evie loves running her beach café in Cornwall, but with a baby on the way she's been told to put her feet up. Helen's come to Cornwall to escape the stress of city living. She hopes a seaside life will be the answer to all her dreams. When she sees a job advertised at the café, it sounds perfect. But the two women clash, and sparks fly. Can the pair of them put aside their differences in a crisis?

The sound of a vehicle door opening was like opium to their dog Boo. Police car, garbage truck, animal control van, serial killer in a stolen pickup, it made no difference to Boo. She'd jump in with anyone. "Name's Corey Smith," the serial killer said, introducing himself with a smile aimed over Boo's back straight at Flannery Sommers.

You fell in love with Jack Remington and Savannah Braden in Bursting with Love (The Bradens). Now fall in love with them all over again and experience the birth of their first baby while catching up with your favorite characters from the Love in Bloom series in Our New Love. As always, the Braden stories are filled with family, fun, and the truest, deepest love of all.

The minute I saw you, I knew you had to be mine. Untouched, you looked my way, refusing to turn away. I live in the mountains. I am damaged; ruined from my previous life. I have built walls around my heart, but now, thanks to you, they are tumbling down. You ought to be with someone else. You are the only one I now desire. I promised myself not to love again. I did not want anyone by my side. Until you moved into my cabin.

His wolf can sense her, but is he worthy of her? Forget what anyone tells you: the holidays are hell. Bickering family members, rushed shopping, and every woman stressing over setting the perfect holiday spread. Ginger knew this full well as she struggled to keep her cakes and pastries in stock...just when you think you have life figured out, six feet of the right kind of problem walks in the door. Now there's a problem I'd like to tackle.... Wait, what's going on with his eyes?

Mark is the dominant alpha with a badge and a past he can't escape. The one who left me tangled in memories after a steamy night. Now, this muscular silver fox sets my heart racing.

Buzz Wheel Press Release: Don’t drink the Lake Starlight water! Bailey babies are busy growing in their mommies tummies and the Baileys are having a triple baby shower to celebrate. If you want in on the pool of who pops first and when contact me. ;)

A sister struggles with guilt as she helps her brother plan to run away with a man he’s seeing in secret. When the police pull them over one night, everything changes. Bitch Baby is a short story from Halle Hill’s Good Women, which delves into the lives of twelve Black women across the Appalachian South.

Can a reality TV marriage have a happily ever after? Tyler and Laney met under unusual circumstances on a reality dating show, but their love was true. Now, that the fame is gone and it's after their celebrity wedding, will their love stay strong? This short story follows The Cowboy's Reality Bride. While it can be listened to stand alone, the characters will be more dear to your heart if you listen to how they met first.

He’s a widower attending a medical conference. She’s a recent divorcee hoping to get her groove back. He’s noticed her before, but this time is different, with an empty ring finger to prove it. Can he convince her they’re meant for more than a week long love affair? Jack: I’ve attended this medical office convention before, but this is the first time I’m feeling bold. But I didn’t expect the shy woman I’ve been checking out for the last couple of years to not only be available, but interested in a Vegas fling.

Immerse yourself in the evocative world of the 19th century with "An Ominous Baby," a compelling short story by the celebrated author Stephen Crane. Narrated by Mike Vendetti, this short audiobook transports listeners to a time and place fraught with stark social contrasts. Join a curious street urchin on an adventure in a higher-class district, where the echoes of privilege clash with the whispers of poverty.

'Butch Minds the Baby' & 'Breach of Promise' from The Damon Runyon Theatre Hour. Damon Runyon is acknowledged as one of the great writers to come out of 20th-century America. Runyon's short stories are almost always told in the first person by a narrator who is never named and whose role is unclear; he knows many gangsters and has no job that can be gleaned from his musings, nor does he admit to any criminal involvement; he’s a bystander, an observer, an average street-corner Joe.

Davey’s Rule number 85: Daddy will always treat his boy like he's Daddy’s world...because that’s how it should be! Revisit all your favorite couples and families from Daddy’s Lap in this five-part, seven-story collection that shows them all living their happily-ever-afters. This collection of shorts is number eight in a series about not-so-perfect Daddies, adorable “boys”, and one sassy brat with an insane list of rules.

From James Leo Herlihy (author of Midnight Cowboy) comes a series of grim yet insightful short stories in his first collection, The Sleep of Baby Filbertson. Both an examination of the darker themes of alienation and isolation and an elevation of the oddities and quirks that make up human nature, Herlihy’s seven tales tackle the anxieties of fragile people and get to the heart of a world inhabited by perennial outsiders.

A storyteller in the very best southern tradition, Lee Smith pens unexpected plots vibrant with luminous prose. Her powerful short stories in Me and My Baby View the Eclipse capture those extraordinary moments in everyday life when greatness and tragedy shimmer through the surface. This collection was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

Gemma's life has fallen apart. In a desperate attempt to put the pieces back together, she has turned to a life of crime against the very people who took everything from her. Her thieving ways are about to catch up with her in the intense blue eyes of New York's most eligible billionaire. Cillian Sera is not only rich and powerful, but devastatingly good-looking. He's used to getting pretty things and the sleek Gemma Cross is definitely something that he wants to conquer. But there's no way she'll give him a chance.

Beautiful young brunette Grace Purdue heads to the local barn dance with the intention of pursuing the town's most eligible bachelor. What she finds when she gets there, however, is that as eligible as the oil tycoon might be, he is also crass, inconsiderate, and bigoted...none of the things she - nor any other woman with a brain in her head - should be looking for in a future husband. Fortunately for Grace, the night is not a complete waste of time when she runs in to the blue jean, cowboy hat wearing Arthur Monroe.

Have you ever heard of “Handy” Andy Ketter? One day a stranger walks into a sports bar and tells the tale of a baseball player so good that everyone in the bar raises their eyebrows, but none have heard of him. Who is Andy Ketter? How good of a baseball player was he? And if he was so good, why haven’t any true-blue baseball fans heard of him? The answer will certainly surprise you, and may even make you think about what’s really important in life.

All Amanda Wainwright wants is a little romance - from the right man. When she starts receiving candy and flowers anonymously, she dares to hope for a love connection. Will her secret admirer turn out to be Mr. Right, or will he end up being Mr. Wrong?

A novelette about an unlikely superhero.