The story before the story…What happened before A Family Affair began? Bestselling author Mary Campisi answers this question in her new Park Bench series. These short stories make the perfect park-bench read, and are named after her signature park bench covers.In A Family Affair Shorts: Love, Book Three, Charles is determined to let duty prevail over desire and breaks off his relationship with Miriam. But he soon realizes his real...

The story before the story…What happened before A Family Affair began? Bestselling author Mary Campisi answers this question in her new Park Bench series. These short stories make the perfect park-bench read, and are named after her signature park bench covers.In A Family Affair Shorts: Peace, Book Five, Charles visits Miriam and Lily, as he’s done for the past several years. Their time is ordinary and enjoyable, and passes too qu...

They should have been married and working on their "happily ever after" but fate intervened and stole their chance. Can the residents of Magdalena help them get it back and give them a second chance?On the day Michael stands at the altar before family, friends, and most of the town of Restalline, Pennsylvania, he's prepared to pledge his life, love, and fidelity to the woman who owns his heart. There's only one thing missing--the bride.Elise loves ...

Heartache. Betrayal. Forgiveness. Redemption... It's time to head back to Magdalena, New York, and spend a little time with the people we love to love and even a few we love to hate.A lot has happened since readers left town in A Family Affair: Winter!Bree Kinkaid is dealing with heartache and betrayal the only way she can--denial. Her friends can't help her, she won't listen to her parents, and she rejects offerings of support and sympathy from the town a...

Heartache. Betrayal. Forgiveness. Redemption.Gina Servetti was raised to believe she wasn't enough--not thin enough, not pretty enough, not clever enough. She's more comfortable with a spreadsheet than a conversation and doesn't trust easily, especially where men are concerned, most notably the good-looking, smooth-talking ones like Ben Reed.When city boy Ben Reed arrives in Magdalena, he's not planning a long-term stay in a town filled with too ma...

The story before the story…What happened before A Family Affair began? Bestselling author Mary Campisi answers this question in her new Park Bench series. These short stories make the perfect park-bench read (listen), and are named after her signature park bench covers.In A Family Affair Shorts: Regret, Book Two, Harry Blacksworth commits an unthinkable betrayal against his brother when he has an affair with his sister-in-law, Glo...

It's time to head back to Magdalena in this holiday novella...The town is preparing to celebrate the holidays when a snowstorm hits and threatens to ruin the festivities. But that's not the only threat blowing into town...Pop's son is here from California to enjoy Christmas with his father, but when he leaves, he's taking Pop with him...or is he? Will the town give up the Godfather of Magdalena, or will they show Pop's son that when we open our hearts, any...

The story before the story…What happened before A Family Affair began? Bestselling author Mary Campisi answers this question in her new Park Bench series. These short stories make the perfect park-bench read, and are named after her signature park bench covers.In A Family Affair Shorts: Heartbreak, Book Four, Gloria finally decides to confront her suspicions that Charles has been having an affair and hires a private investigator. ...

The story before the story... What happened before A Family Affair began? Bestselling author Mary Campisi answers this question in her new Park Bench series. These short stories make the perfect park-bench read and are named after her signature park-bench covers.Book One: A Family Affair Shorts: Destiny. A chance meeting between Charles Blacksworth and Miriam Desantro in a grocery store becomes the key to the Truth in Lies series....

Are you eager to find a meaningful relationship, but find yourself caught in the cycle of partners seeking only physical connections? You're not alone; countless individuals experience this frustrating pattern of one-night stands.A relationship based solely on physical attraction rarely develops into the more profound commitment you crave. If you're ready to break free from this routine and uncover why you attract the same types of partners, "Don't Just Date for the Physical" is yo...

What happened before A Family Affair began? Bestselling author, Mary Campisi, answers this question in her new Park Bench series. These short stories make the perfect park-bench read, and are named after her signature park bench covers.Book One is aptly titled, A Family Affair: Destiny. Such a powerful word with so many meanings. Readers have long pondered the first meeting between Charles Blacksworth and Miriam Desantro, a meeting that would chan...