Short Reads

"There's a ten-car collision on the highway, and I'm trapped in one of ten. For some reason, none of the ambulances can get to us.I desperately call..."

"My husband, Matthew Lorenzo, dies unexpectedly. Soon after, my in-laws come to me with an outrageous suggestion. "Why not let Matthew’s twin b..."

"I don't kick up a fuss when Jasper Sutton's childhood sweetheart once again takes my spot in the front passenger seat. Instead, I obediently head t..."

"My boyfriend, Drew Myers, has proposed to me 99 times. Meanwhile, his childhood sweetheart, Tammy Fowler, has relapsed into depression 99 times.Whe..."

"I'm in the middle of my pediatric shift when an emergency call comes in.A three-year-old boy arrives, hemorrhaging and unconscious from a car crash..."

"My daughter, Emma Blackwood, was sick.We were thirty thousand short of the treatment that could save her life. My husband, Nathan Blackwood, looked..."

"Three years into my marriage with Shawn, I found out I was pregnant.I nervously but joyfully prepared to surprise him with the news.Yet what I rece..."

"When my husband returned home to visit his parents, I noticed that he forgot to bring back the specialties he had bought. I ran after him, only to ..."

"There is a medical dispute at the hospital.A patient's family member comes at us swinging a knife. Without hesitating, I push my husband, Maxwell C..."

"In eight years together, my boyfriend—Shayne Raffield—blocked me eighty-eight times.This time? Because I missed his call. At my best friend's birth..."

"When I turn 20, my grandfather's old friend—now the richest man in the country—lays out photos of his grandsons in front of me. He says, "Pick..."

"I was a mermaid from the deep sea. Out of curiosity and playfulness, I was caught by a fisherman and endured unbearable torment.Just when I was on ..."

"Valentine's Day. I was stuck on ER duty at Brighton City Hospital.Theodore Madoff, who was supposed to be working late, strolled in carrying his st..."

"Katherine Nolan, my husband's first love, was drugged while studying abroad. When she returns to the country, she is pregnant, just like me.On the ..."

"My Alpha mate Kieran ordered our eight-year-old son to burn my mother alive because his Omega assistant accused me of killing her pet dog out of sp..."

"Ethan West and I were together for seven years. Because of one promise, I gave up the thrill of being a gold-medal race car driver to become a hous..."

"I receive a mysterious parcel on my fifth wedding anniversary. Inside the box are photos of my husband, Luke Madden, being intimate with his assist..."

"On the twelfth anniversary of our mating ceremony, my Alpha mate gave me a ten-million-dollar Moonlight herb.Fresh from the healing clinic after my..."

"My boyfriend found my menstruation disgusting and forced me to undergo subdermal implantation. From then on, I no longer had periods and couldn’t c..."

"My in-laws were hit by a car crash. I called my husband, begging him to give me some money to pay the hospital bill.He said, "Oh, if you want ..."

"Grayson Harmon's childhood friend, Sophia Lexton, got into a car accident. She didn't just lose her memory—she came away with some post-traumatic s..."

"My mate and my brother hated me for twelve years.They believed I stole their precious Sarah's herbal research and bullied her for twelve years into..."

"While inspecting my company’s cold-chain operations, my wife, Mandy Snow, and the college boy I’d been sponsoring suddenly vanished.As I passed the..."

"On day ten of our cold war, Barry posted a pic—him and Lyla, locked in a kiss. His 'one true love.' I sent in my study abroad application without a..."