with you this silent night
a bittersweet but romantic 1953 Christmas Eve story
with you this silent night
It’s Christmas Eve, 1953, and Maribelle Winfield is done trying to fake smiles when inside, her heart is breaking from the all-too-recent death of her baby son. Little does she know that her husband Elliot is drowning in grief just like her. Can they break past the silence and find a measure of peace this snowy December night?
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Invisible
a historical fantasy story in Heard in Silence
Though deaf since childhood, Elizabeth Thatch has an inexplicable love for music. When she sneaks into an orchestral concert of high society, she gets recognized by an old childhood friend who completely disrupts both her night and her resolve to stay hidden in the shadows.
to be loved
a fantasy romance short story in Tell Me You Love Me
A young noblewoman’s recklessness cost someone his life.
Stricken with regret and shame, Evangeline has fled her home city in disgrace, rejected both by the family she loves and even, she fears, by God. She’s desperate to start a new life all alone, separated even from Reed, the private investigator who stole her heart years ago. But he’s just as desperate not to let her face this nightmare on her own. How can his most relentless efforts ever convince her that she is still wanted?
A Cheap promise
a To Be Loved prequel (flash fiction)
My heart pounded a sickly, steady rhythm, stomach seizing with each jolting bump of the carriage over the slick cobbled roads. Nothing I did could stop the fear that whatever was wrong, it was all my fault.
The fateful prequel to To Be Loved.
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Saraina Whitney 