Four short stories of sweet, sensual romance...all with a touch of the paranormal. Honor Cafe Adrianne has made it her life's work to run a non-profit cafe for the homeless because she knows what it means to be hungry and alone. She expects to remain alone until Simon walks through her unlocked door after hours. He intrigues her with his chivalric language and desire to stay hidden in the dark, but she needs to know more if he wants her love. Living as a cursed vagabond for years has not prepared Simon for his powerful feelings for Adrianne and the danger in which those feelings put them. Their love could be his salvation, or their deaths. To try to save her life, he must leave her with his secret intact, but will he have the strength to walk away? The Lace Thief As Aveline Halifax prepares for the Valentine Tea Party to celebrate the pending sale of her family's historic home, she suddenly finds herself in the past, celebrating Valentine's Day - Victorian style - with another time traveler. Will the handsome police investigator help her figure out why they're stuck in the past and help them back to their future happiness? The Tripany of Calazar and Trulene The year of The Tripany has arrived. To the dismay of Princess Serafine of Trulene, her arranged marriage to the Royal Prince of Calazar will soon take place. In a time of parallel universes, transportation, and highly advanced knowledge, it seems barbaric to be forced into marriage, even to prevent a war. In one parallel universe, filled with fun and friends, Serafine has done the unthinkable-met a young man named Gil, and fallen in love. How can she ever return and marry Prince Aiden when she has no love for him? But how could she doom her planet to a war she can prevent? My Life and Times with Nickolopolus Christog Cringelenstien Clausener Miranda Jane, a milk bar waitress at the North Pole, looks forward to the end of her shift, but one last customer turns an ordinary work night into something magical. Read MJ's letter to the world in which she answers the thousands of questions she's received about how she became Mrs. Claus and what it's like being married to a famous elf!