Martha fails baking cakes and tartlets. She burns down her own oven. She leaves and searches the wishing well. To fulfill her dream: Bake delicious cakes. After a long travel, Martha finds a well. To test it, she wishes for a golden ring. The water boils and keeps her hostage. A short story about human wishes in the fantasy series Wishing Well Universe.

Isabella looks forward to celebrating her twenty-fifth birthday today. Still in bed she opens the first present. Inside, she finds the copper-red ring. Byrid walks up and down his room. Being the heir of the griffin dynasty means responsibilities. Only, he gave his ring away a decade ago. Customs require he marries the woman with the ring. Thrown into a strange world, Isabella finds herself married to Byrid. Thanks to the ring on her finger. A sweet romance love story spanning worlds and generations.

Tahir al Kalim trades with the powers of the universe, with the traders from beyond his world. For others. Always successful. Never for himself. Today differs. He needs a trade for himself, for his country, his family. The importance hinders his concentration. With the prince already dead, Tahir only sees one chance to right everything. To right his false customer choice. A Merchant Universe short story. And an electrifying tale of a man whose concentration will shape the future of his people.

Arianne freezes in her office. The new manager lets the heater turn down to the minimum allowed temperature. Aside from that, the garlic scent and his aura fascinate her more than they should. Tom starts early on Monday morning. As interim-manager his job description says to find the sloppy workers and fire them. He meets sweet, generous Arianne. A talk in his office. A croissant crushed into pieces. A date over dinner. Desire for each other building each second. But work stands in their way. A sweet romance short story.

Marissa joins today's dance course lesson to relax from a long workday. Carolyn, the new instructor, with the lovely curves rises her interests.Usually Marissa loves her partners thinner. Like herself. Without cuddly curves. With none she ever formed a lasting relationship.Besides, will this wonderful dance instructor ever look twice at her? Struggling and stumbling over the choreography? With a body missing any curves?In daily life, Marissa decides easily. Not so in her love life. Read Dance to your love and find out, if Marissa unveils the courage to ask Carolyn out.

Five strong women. Each one stands on the crossroad of her life. With, at best, half the facts needed to choose the direction. Five original short stories. Written for and first published in this genre-spanning collection. Lottery Win: A Walk through the Third pair of DoorsThe Griffin's Wedding RingLove as a Christmas PresentThe Flower on the Mountain TopLove Against all Rules

Frederick receives an invitation to Marius' wedding. Marius he loves so much. A love he never talked about.Marius waits for Fredericks answer. His last try to escape a standard wedding agreement with a woman.Will Frederick find the courage to call Marius? Will Marius grow a backbone and walk away from an arranged marriage?Find out. Read "An Invitation To A Wedding" a sweet gay romance with two men, knowing each other since school days.

Deidre Uhland usually resides in calm places. Her library, her solitary home, the park. Despite that, she stands in the hot, grease smelling fast food restaurant. During the late afternoon rushhour. With her broken wrist hurting more by the minute. Waiting for Samuel, an old schoolfriend. Late to his own invitation. Deidre finally marches to the door to leave. There she runs into Samuel. The hint of romance, two different lifestyles. A sweet second chance for Deidre and Samuel.

Eliné waits for her chance to leave the place of shadows. A place robbing her memories bit by bit. Roberto walks the pushing cart through the forest. The beaten pathes with the leaves reduce his speed. He should set up the Christmas tree and the presents on the cart for the family in their vacation home. Roberto finds a sleeping woman on his path. He picks her up and falls in love with her. No matter her lack of memory. Eliné tries to talk to the nice man who picked her up. But her memory is mostly gone. A romantic, lovely, Christmas short story about love at first sight and unexpected time travel.

Marita, wolf shifter, follows her friend and leader to their little packs new territory. One part shall become a wild jungle again. The perfect place to claim as their new territory. One she investigates immediately. Until the scent of a strong, vivid, trustworthy man reaches her nose. Fascinated about him, she stops in her tracks. Raffael, forester and responsible of the whole forest, enjoys the end of a successful workday. The forbidden area, starting point for a natural jungle only lacks one thing, aside from time: natural predators to keep the wildlife balanced. Walking his evening round through the forest, a blond beauty with braided hair falls into his hands. Marita knows she must keep away form the forester, or else she would fall for him. Or rather, she would seduce him. Raffael does not trust those strange tourist, walking barefoot through the forest at nightfall. But she sure does look lovely and feels warm against his hands. Can they find...

Doris knows trouble lays ahead. Her plan to get laid on her birthday went south, just like her birthdayparty in the forbidden forest. Now she faces the consequences of celebrating in the forbidden forest: Per court order she must clean up the mess and it's already late. Achim smiles. The girl, accountable for polluting the castle ruin must come back to clean-up. He basks in the sun, enjoying the warmth on his fur. Soon, she will be back. The girl he dreamed about ever since that night. He'll offer her a better kiss than that stupid boy who ran at his first howl. On Doris' return to the forest, she mets Achim. He offers a kiss, but forest people are dangerous. Instead of accepting she knees him and runs. Shortly before she reaches saftey, a wolf stops her in her tracks. This is book 2 of the action packed, wolf shifter romance series with standalone novels. Great characters, strong emotions, and high stakes.

Morag Merrim finds himself in an alien world. Away from the spaceship Flora without any clue how to get back. Morag Merrim finds himself in an alien world. Away from the spaceship Flora without any clue how to get back. Minutes ago an employee called in sick. Happy for the chance to do hands-on work, Morag fostered the energy bubbles himself. Find out how the energy bubbles change everything. Struggle for your balance. Grab this tale of a spaceship featuring unexpected technology. An action-packed journey into another world.A short story in the »Flying Worlds« universe.

Zelon got the water his home planet needs to survive. He finishes take off procedure. Finally. He desperately looks forward to showering with the fresh water. Getting rid of the tight, muddy clothes. He finds out, that his shower might be impossible to get. Join Zelon on his space travel from one planet to another. Discover what dangers come your way, when you plan on showering, instead of staying on the captains place on the bridge. The Water Theft is a fast-paced science fiction short story.

Nea lives in the rainforest. Large leaves cover her from nightly rain. A hard blue, foreign chip smashed through them. Nea never saw such an item. Nea's curiosity rise. Who made this? Shall she find out and leave the security of her group? An alien artefact smash through the peace of daily life in the rainforest.

Her mother refused fairy life. Now Tona must succeed as a weak human. At university. Of all places! Tona wishes to live as fairy. Dorm mates from hell. A study group in the same vein. What could be worse?In Tona's opinion? Her mothers decision to reject life as a fairy. A life Tona fights to get back. The first semester just started and problems stack up: A hostile dorm mate. Another dorm mate pleasuring girls each night. A Math teacher forming random study groups, pooling Tona with her nightmare students. Tona lacks sleep. Overtired and exhausted she scrapes along. Without any idea what to do she seeks the courage to keep going. Fail in one world and lose access to the other. A fantasy short story of a young woman who lost everything. A raw decent into madness, motivation and courage.