Author: Harlan Covington
A frost gripped Charlotte’s wedding, the roses scenting the air like ghosts of the joy Eleanor
Hazel Everett puzzled everyone in Foxbury. Why did love elude such a capable woman? Smart, beautiful
My husband never came home that night. My voice sounded calm, chilled almost. Inside, I was scalded. “
Roman and Victoria had lived together seven years, inseparable since school days. Children hadn’
**17th April** Everyone on the cul-de-sac knew David as a hopeless oaf—clumsy as a bull, thick as a fence
I recall believing I’d wed a gentleman, yet while Emily settled the bill at the grocer’
The emptiness of the space Anthony had left behind seemed vast. Emily slept soundly in my arms, yet I
It was an ordinary Tuesday afternoon at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Patients filled the waiting area
The chapel held a profound, almost tangible silence. The air hung heavy with incense, tears, and that
So there was this girl, Lily Harrison, only twenty-one, walking into the registry office clutching white









