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I want her. I need her. Nobody can tell me what I can or can't have. Samuel Smith had it all since the moment he was born. His family had the most powerful journalism, fashion, beauty, and gastronomy empire. SaStel magazine was the legacy they left him when his grandfather passed unexpectedly and the mystery surrounding the disappearance of his parents. That was by far what a broken teenager tossed aside when he didn't fit the standards of what his father expected or a lost young man who took alcohol as his medicine, loneliness as his life partner, and pain as his life hold needed. It was too late when he took control of who he was. He has become someone unreachable, someone dark and broken, selfish and ruthless, someone who will do anything to get what he wants or needs the most. This time. It was a mother of two, with hair as dark as charcoal, eyes as blue as the sky, cheeks as pink as strawberries, lips as red as cherries. An angel, a fragile creature that he could easily attract and bend at his will with his looks, wealth, and attention. But that was by far who Ruby Rao was. That exterior shell hid way too many secrets and a past that would haunt her no matter who stood in the way.

"She blew out the candle. One germy puff and the flame was gone.'I wish I didn't feel so alone.'" Emotive. Wry. Unpredictable. Dreena Collins returns with a new collection of short fiction, exploring the challenges faced by ordinary people at pivotal moments in their lives. Contains stories listed in the Flash 500 Flash Fiction competition and the Dean Writer's Circle 'Zodiac' competition. Short stories for the modern world. Praise for Dreena Collins: "That Collins is a highly skilled writer is not in doubt. She is a master of the short story format." Simon Gary, author. "Dreena creates strong images with her writing, often focusing on the little details. I felt more like a fly on the wall, a fly that has somehow found its way into the house to spy on people's private and intimate lives..." Georgie Bull, blogger. Listed and placed in numerous writing competitions, including Mslexia; Bridport Prize; Fish Publications; Flash500 and Retreat West, Dreena Collins lives in Jersey, Channel Islands. Her flash fiction collection, Bird Wing, was an SPR Book Awards finalist in 2020, and her debut novel (as Jane Harvey) was the Eyelands International Published Novel of 2021

When Morragh speaks to another person for the very first time, she has no idea that he is an invader in her land.What she does next constitutes a huge betrayal of her people, threatening her closest relationships and even her way of life itself.As the conflict between the Caledonian tribes and the Roman Sons of Mars intensifies, can she use her high status in the community to lessen the coming death toll or even prevent outright war?Set in 1st century Northern Scotland, SISTERS AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD is a story of chosen sisters, fierce warriors, divided loyalties and, ultimately, love.

HOW TO PULL APART THE EARTH is an homage to the intrinsic thread that weaves the culture of Mexico together with the United States, and the echo of colonization that works to erase it. Cordero skillfully exemplifies the complexity & beauty of growing up in a borderland, and the sacrifices paid for the dream.