The Missing Bishop
So there I am, five forty in the morning, standing in a field of lavender in a two-thousand-pound suit, and I want to tell you I felt…
Romance stories
Romance stories. Romance stories, from quick reads to long series. Reads run 24 to 26 minutes. Writers to know: Logic of Willow, The Quartz Quill and Salt Night. Readers usually start with “The Honey Pot at Dawn” and “Boots and a Tent”. Ranked by how many readers finish them. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
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21 22 The Houseboat Secret
I lost my wallet at the church fair on a Saturday in June, which is the kind of thing that happens when you eat a funnel cake standing up…
23 Coin Sink
My name is Iris Leland, I'm twenty-nine years old, and I have been standing in a convent garden since seven in the morning waiting for a…
24 The Tide Gate Sessions
The taxi dropped me at the end of the crushed shell road a little after four in the afternoon, and I stood there with my guitar case and…
25 The Final Lift
I got to the old bell buoy depot at seven in the morning with a clipboard, two coffees, and no idea what I was getting myself into.
26 The Snow Devil
The bus dropped me at the top of the cliff road at ten in the morning, and I have to tell you, my first thought was that Bette's…
27 The Lyre and the Hat
So here's how it starts, or how I remember it starting anyway, because honestly some of that weekend has gone soft in my head and other…
28 Bitter Cake
I got to the Baker place at ten in the morning, which was early even for me, but the bride's mother had insisted the house needed to be…
29 The Cider Sign
The call came in on a Tuesday morning while I was up a ladder in the Co-op depot rewiring a fault in the loading bay lights, and Paul…
30 The Exhaust Hanger Waltz
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…
31 The Accordion Loan
The flight out of the river strip near Livingstone had been cancelled at four in the afternoon, which was the kind of thing that happened…
32 Tremolo
I never thought the worst day of my professional life would involve watching a woman sing one song one time, but that's exactly what…
33 The Beekeeper's Frequency
I have a problem and the problem is the 8:14 express, or more accurately it's me, because I know exactly when that train comes through the…
34 Rear Echelon
Thirty days of leave and nowhere to go.
35 Revenge Highway
I had the revenge all mapped out, which is a funny thing to say about a man driving a Lincoln through the Panhandle with his wife of…
36 Flying Kites at Dusk
I'd like to tell you I drove up to Gaborone that morning feeling calm and confident, but the truth is I'd been rehearsing what to say for…
37 The Sagum and the Shave
Rita here, thirty-four, and I'll tell you right off that my life in Corrofin had gotten so predictable by last October that I could tell…
38 Last Call, First Kiss
I come through the kitchen door with the door swinging hard enough to bang the wall, and I don't even care.
39 The Last Shift
The night I met Eli, I'd been on shift for fourteen hours and I'd already told Delia I was done with this job twice.
40 The Rooftop Wager
The heatwave had been sitting on the city for nine days by the time I gave up on dignity.
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Logic of Willow, The Quartz Quill, Salt Night, Plum Chronicle