A new collection of short stories, poems and non-fiction from the talented members of Words and Water Group. This international group was formed in 2013 to encourage donations to WaterAid. In 2014 there are contributions from many of the original members, and new members have joined. In this very high quality work you will find early morning sunlight glistening in a drop of water, pivotal moments in the lives of ordinary people, through to human annexation of another planet.This wo...

“Not a word on what happened today.” He pointed at the dog. “You got it? Not a word.”What do high school reunions, dead-end jobs, car crashes, and cliff divers have in common? Death, taxes, and Ryan Stone. There's no telling if each new short story in this collection will make you laugh, groan, or rage. What we can tell you, though, is that the dog doesn't die. You can trust us. Probably.

"Not a word on what happened today." He pointed at the dog. "You got it? Not a word."What do high school reunions, dead-end jobs, car crashes, and cliff divers have in common? Death, taxes, and Ryan Stone. There's no telling if each new short story in this collection will make you laugh, groan, or rage. What we can tell you, though, is that the dog doesn't die. You can trust us. Probably.

I'm in love with my stalkers…When Rafe and Grant came into my life, it felt like a fairy tale. Two of Hollywood's hottest stars are noticing me? The writer who was practically a hermit and scared of everyone? The woman who hid away in books and had never been in love? Unreal. I never realized the men I was in awe of shared a deadly secret and wanted to share one more thing— me.The woman I was before is gone, and it's far too late to get away from m...

Bound to a bell and cursed by a debt he could never repay, Raziel thought his fate was sealed. But luck finds him the day he's asked to save an infant's life. Tying his fractured soul to the child was his only way to break free.Now, years later, he's come to claim what is rightfully his.But claiming her won't be easy. Not only is Nasiah engaged, but Raziel has made enemies, and one of them wants to destroy him. Portals in his district are under attack, demo...

Kasey Corcoran lives his life in the fast lane; chasing cars is his profession, and chasing women . . . is one of his preferred pursuits. So when he meets Shauntelle Kendall, a bombshell with a fiery temperament and an even wilder heart, she is exactly the kind of woman Kasey is compelled to chase.Fresh out of a broken engagement, Shauntelle has sworn off men, especially the cocky—though outrageously attractive—Kasey. But when they're thrust together for a family wedding at an inti...

Two enemies. One cursed fate. An enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance that will set the world on fire.The eight kingdoms have not spoken for 100 hundred years after destroying the land of the witches, turning the kingdom into a wasteland. Until now.Mal blackburn will end the feud between the kingdoms by marrying the fire prince, known across the lands for being cruel. But Mal is not looking to conquer the cruel prince's heart. She wants to stab it.For ...

The witches have begun their revenge by taking the city of Spark. But they will not stop there. They intend to storm the capital, then the world. Fueled by blood and a century of betrayal, they march beneath a banner of ash and fire, determined to burn the kingdoms to their knees.Wren Wynter runs from prophecy and towards it, warning those who will listen that the end is closer than they know. But fate has a cruel way of twisting the paths of even its most faithful messengers....

He never stopped loving her.She never stopped believing she didn't deserve it.Sheriff Henry Wilder holds together a town full of broken lives and bitter secrets, but none of the damage cuts deeper than the woman who lives just thirty-six yards away—who hasn't dared meet his eyes in ten years.Louisiana Wright never left Thunder Ridge. She left him.Because she's convinced she's poison—a barren woman with nothing left to give, ...

Luca Bishop has one rule: no dating until his first-grader graduates high school. Period.Between running a growing auto body shop and solo-parenting, romance isn’t just off the table—it’s somewhere in the garage under a tarp.And with his schedule, it's time to hire a nanny.Enter his daughter's gorgeous new dance teacher, who's also their next-door-neighbor. The one who smells like cinnamon. Who makes his kid beam and who laughs like sunshine.

He was just a dream, right?When I was young, I often dreamt of an alpha boy. With him, I belonged. I was important. Loved. We were going to marry and be together. Once I actually figured out how to get to him.But that was years ago and the foolish fantasies of a lonely teenager. Parallel worlds were only a theory. Alpha males were assholes who wanted to get their way. Soulmates were just stories for children.Then everything changed.One morni...

Across an ocean, the baby growing inside me starts a deadly Mafia war.A battle that can’t be survived by all three men I’m falling for.Dax knows the baby I’m carrying is his, and he’ll burn the world down to keep us both safe. But in the depths of a Scottish castle, a bet is placed on his life and an ultimatum given. Fight or die.With Lynx as his opponent, and his demons barely kept beneath the surface, there is no winner without losing one of them.Luca’s fa...