Showing results for "The Kiss" in Short Stories

Wedding. Vacation fling. After her latest doctor visit and the dire news she received, Crystal Brooke decided she’s going to live life to the fullest before her treatment begins. Not only will she enjoy her best friend’s wedding, but she’s determined to have a vacation fling - a red-hot sex and no strings attached kind of thing. However, her boy toy ends up being someone who she never expected. Will Spencer succeed in making Crystal see him as something other than her friend?

'Amazing. The first three stories are the best things I've ever read.' Ann Patchett, via Reese's Book Club From Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich, a captivating collection of short stories. It was as though I was chosen-marked out by the python's kiss for...

Un joven tímido vive, gracias a un beso robado durante una fiesta, un torbellino de emociones. Se convierte de pronto en protagonista de un inesperado e inusual romance. A través de la pluma de Chéjov, quizás el mejor cuentista ruso de todos los tiempos, nos transportamos a la Rusia de finales del siglo XIX, en el que la pasión, la moral y los sentimientos están en constante conflicto. Un cuento inolvidable sobre los vínculos y las ilusiones de la vida.

Embark on an emotional journey through the touching narrative of "We Don't Kiss Hello and Goodbye Like They Do." This short story delves into the intricate relationship between a father and his son, exploring the delicate threads that connect them even as emotional distances widen. The protagonist, haunted by enigmatic thoughts of his father, delves into a labyrinth of memories in search of understanding.

American author Kate Chopin's "The Kiss" was written on September 19, 1894, and first published in Vogue on January 17, 1895. It is a short story about a woman scheming to marry a wealthy man.

One is never enough, which is why a romance collection filled with love stories is perfection. This collection contains all the kisses and feels (and standalone short story romances).

I’m just sneaking down to the bed and breakfast kitchen to get a drink when a tall, sexy mountain man kisses me! Out of nowhere! See, it’s dark, and he thinks he’s giving his ex-girlfriend one final kiss goodbye. Instead, he’s kissing me. What a crazy situation, huh? Well, when I run into him the next day, it’s a crazy situation then, too. And when I take back to the bed and breakfast, I can promise you that this curvy girl wants more than just a kiss. But now what’s going to happen? How can I keep from being just another ex-girlfriend?

It started with a kiss. A single kiss that shook me to my core. A kiss to silence me, and a kiss to numb the pain. I took his hand and in turn, he took me away. I thought when we ran away, we’d never have to look back. I was wrong. I think Sebastian knew, and so did I, that he’d be pulled back into this life one day. There was no way we could have gotten our happily-ever-after. Scars don’t ever fully go away, and this sinful place is etched into our flesh.

Beth Brockington thought she had everything figured out until her marriage fell apart just before the holidays. Now she's navigating twin five-year-olds, a bustling family store, and trying not to think about the empty space where her husband used to be. The last thing she expects is to feel her heart skip when Brett shows up looking like the man she fell in love with instead of the stranger they'd both become.

Doctor Ashley Hanes has one mission and one mission only - end her annoyingly long dry streak and ring in the New Year with a bang. Literally. When her long lost and oh-so-sexy ex-best friend Ethan Pierce shows up as if he hadn't broken her heart all those years ago, suddenly she doesn't want to bring home just any man. She wants Ethan.

Revenge is one of the great themes in literature, from Shakespeare to Poe. This collection contains 18 original stories commissioned for this volume plus a reprint of a classic Ruth Rendell mystery.

Meet the people who make it all happen—the photographers, chefs, and the writers who have helped orchestrate and document the perfect day for countless couples—as they find their own happy endings in three sweet novellas. Picture Perfect Love: A June Wedding Story by Melissa McClone When...

When travel writer Autumn Mitchell blows into Silverbrae, North Carolina, on a quest to uncover the perfect wedding destination, she expects scenic views—not a detour that changes everything. Enter Duncan Finley, a skilled craftsman as steady and rooted as the town itself.

In “The Kiss”, a lonely, love-starved soldier keeps a secret rendezvous for another man and becomes enamored with a woman he is never to see again. “The Duel” describes the collisions between men and women in hopeless relationships, and how two men are driven to settle the score in a clandestine meeting on a bridge, pistols in hand. In all of these stories, Chekhov’s brilliant portrayal of people from all walks of life and how they deal with the moral dilemmas their circumstances press upon them comes to vivid life in the listener’s mind.

As a new start and celebration, Maggie decides to take a trip to Bisbee and Tombstone, Arizona. Because of her fascination with history, the two places have always captivated her with their rich pasts. During a tour of the Queen Mine in Bisbee, Maggie's encounter with a miner named Joseph leaves her questioning her sanity. Claiming that he is her dead husband from the past, he is determined to prove to her that their love was real.

Never Kiss With Your Eyes Closed presents a well-rounded assortment of situationships while offering a nuanced exploration of the male psyche and the complexities of connection, love, and understanding. Through his writing, Darian invites readers into the unknown world of Small-town, USA, before taking them on an international journey that bridges cultures and experiences with insight and honesty.

Big Hot Kisses is a wingy collection of tawdry, "true" tales of lust, sex and passion. So come along on an irreverent, often humorous journey through some everyday "love" stories, where at some point you may surprisingly find yourself confronted with a familiar mirror image called real life.

Thrown to Earth from a parallel universe, the Bluesman seeks to save our world from being overrun by the horrid, mutated creatures that came with him. Armed with magic, skill, and his companion Scotch, he faces these monsters hoping to create a peaceful world for all. In Death Kiss, it all comes to a head when their archnemesis Lana completes her power symbols. Armed with more magic than ever before, Lana is primed to take over the world unless an old bluesman and his wise-cracking sidekick can stop her.

Oceanside is a gym facility like any other. But today feels different. Jenny, a personal trainer, and her fellow staff confront the true nature of love and hate. If it takes a village to raise a child, who made the villain?

After 12-year-old Mar's father unfortunately dies in a car crash during the Christmas holiday, she not only has to recuperate, but also live with her mentally ill mother without the calming presence of her beloved dad. Fast forward three years...Because Mar had blocked out her dad's death, she's never really admitted to herself that he's gone forever, let alone acknowledged or visited his gravesite. She suddenly decides to take a 14-hour journey on a Greyhound bus to finally visit her dad's grave and to face the truth that he's really gone.