Every day passed in a blur, but also seemed to drag on. Every day was exhausting, but everyday was the bland and the same with him gone. She wondered sometimes if he’d found someone new to love, if the distance had finally let him see how he could do so much better.

She, obviously, hadn’t found anyone. She’d been in her lab, working on the new seaweed properties he’d brought her so long ago. It w...

A shriek echoed through Regent’s Park, cutting through the delicate bird chirping and children laughing. William tensed beside her, his head beginning to scan the crowds, probably looking for the disturbance.

She could feel him preparing to run into danger, and felt her adrenaline pick up at the thought. But it didn’t matter, she reminded herself petulantly. She was an-almost- married woman now an...

What does whole hearted look like? How do two headstrong people find love?

And if you find love, is it a fast burning flame or a smoldering ember? Can love ever last?

WW fears being used. He wants love and to avoid a lonely life. His fear is is both of losing his job (safety/security/future employment) and of belonging/esteem (not actually being respected, by Eliza or by his peers)

He desires res...

This is a story for people who like adventure thrillers, and enjoy the quirky cottage mystery humor. It has the elements of a thriller with the randomness of real life in an absurd education thrown in.

The story is about a former CIA-courier, who is going to grad school to re-invent herself and shed her “cover stories” in order to become a “real person” with “real friends”. Unfortunately, danger ...

Eliza never particularly cared for Easter. She went to church with Ivy, of course, as if Ivy would allow any other outcome, but sitting in church during the Mass was especially tedious. Eliza had never been much for sitting and just listening, while contemplating her immortal soul.

This year, it was odd to sit with Ivy and Mr. Potts. Although it was nice not to be two ladies alone, it was still a...

The Friend

Charming, calm, searching for love (lonely?)

A charming woman, who is in grad school and handles the stress and chaos with calm and grace. She is charming and makes friends easily, but is lonely - she needs many friends as an extrovert, but is also looking for love. She drives forward the B plot by first falling in love with the wrong guy, and then falling in love with The Duke

The Par...

She’s average in most ways - not skinny but not fat, not tall but not short. Maybe a little taller than the average for a woman, but not a giant - 5’6”? She’s not very athletic, but tends towards an athletic build. She has ugly plain brown hair - entirely “flat mouse brown”. She thought about getting it dyed but was too afraid of changing her appearance - what if she chose the wrong color?

She’s a...

This isn’t who she is. This is ridiculous, hiding in her apartment as an armed student roamed the campus somewhere and university and county police desperately searched for him. Mathilda could feel the itch to climb on the roof and at least survey the ground. The CIA had never given her any training, and certainly no weapons, but it still feels wrong to sit as a passive civilian when she could gai...