Borrowed Hearts traces the development of Rick DeMarinis's incantatory voice, including newer work as well as stories selected from his three previous, highly acclaimed collections: Under Wheat (1986), the winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize for short fiction; The Coming of the Free World, a New York Times Notable Book (1988); and The Voice of America (1991). The title story was included in 1991's The Best Stories of the South, and "Your Story"...

TEMPORARY DADDY No woman could resist a single dad with a toddler in tow. At least, that was what journalist Nick Hansen set out to prove for his article on dating. So in the name of research, the confirmed bachelor borrowed his two-year-old nephew and became instant daddy. But Nick never counted on meeting someone like beautiful Shannon McEvoy. From the moment she rescued his runaway "son," sparks flew between Nick and the feisty redhead, providing...

When a Palestinian Israeli boy is given a chance to attend a prestigious school in Jerusalem, he falls in love with a classmate and discovers that he might have to conceal his identity to keep her love.

A gecko tries to borrow a tail from other animals after losing his own from a snake bite.

On Galapagos a bird's spending habits put him in debt when he borrows money (sardines) from a greedy seal.

Trauma. Addiction. A man given 48 hours to live. Meet Anthony Williams III, who rose above it all. In his self-help memoir, discover how you can start achieving incredible things, no matter where you are in life. Opening up to deep and important discussions about overcoming sexual abuse, addiction, life-changing surgery, and personal growth through trauma, On Borrowed Time guides and gives you essential tools for overcoming your personal prisons and...

What would you do if the very system you believed in, worked for, even lived for, turned against you? A new boss. A fake girlfriend. A secret identity. What could possibly go wrong? Hannah Adams quickly learned that being Jameson Beaufort's personal assistant entailed more than just keeping up with his schedule and fielding his phone calls. Unprepared for assuming the role of his fake girlfriend, she struggles to remember the most important part of...

When a tip-off is received that militant religious extremists are taking over the peaceful Vale of Kashmir, dealing in drugs and guns to fund their war, two top agents are sent in to investigate. When the mission looks impossible, who do you call? UNACO. The Vale of Kashmir in India, precariously caught between Afghanistan, Pakistan and China, is one of the most serenely beautiful places on earth... and one of the most deadly. When Malcolm Philpott,...

Forsaking all others... Gage Trembath is getting married. He is the only one who knows it, but the statement is true nonetheless. The woman he had once loved has been married elsewhere for a time, and he can put off his own marriage no longer. The woman he has chosen to marry, without love, is sensible, quiet, musical, and amenable, which should enable him to have a good marriage and a content life. That is all he wants now, and Honora Berkeley makes...