The Lantern Rite
The lantern went lit at the mountain lodge at nine sharp, and Lexie Hooper was ready before the old man finished the blessing.
Stories in Romance tagged old classmates now adults, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 22 to 26 minutes. Writers to know: The Crimson Story, Bay Horizon and Word of Violet. Readers usually start with “The Lantern Rite” and “The Tile Job”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
The lantern went lit at the mountain lodge at nine sharp, and Lexie Hooper was ready before the old man finished the blessing.
I took the whole first week of June off, which for me is basically a miracle.
The minibus hit the last pothole before the cobbled lane and I grabbed the seat in front of me, said a small thank-you to nobody in…
You would not believe my day job.
My life, at twenty-three, was a machine I'd built myself, and every gear in it turned exactly the way I wanted.
The bus to Copper Hill runs twice a day from the county seat, and I was on the afternoon one, which meant I got to sit behind a farmer who…
*This one came from a daydream about how a wedding can be a second chance at a first impression.
Every wedding I plan teaches me something about love.
I was three days into a slow week and one drink into a Tuesday when I saw Billy Hanson at the end of the bar, and I want you to know my…
Megan had been driving for four hours when the trees finally opened up and she saw the lake.
I was thirty-four, and I was proud of my life.
You don't expect to end up running a junkyard.