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The call came on a Tuesday morning in mid-December while I was reviewing fabric swatches for a new boutique

Ethan tugged at his bow tie the moment they stepped outside. November rain had turned the sidewalk into

The hotel suite in Telluride smelled like cedar and fresh snow. Floor-to-ceiling windows framed the mountains.

The summer of 1994 smelled like cheap hairspray and rain on hot asphalt. I was seventeen, and my crutches

My name is Alice, I’m fifty-two, and I live in Boise, Idaho, in the same three-bedroom rambler I’ve been

The clatter of forks against porcelain couldn't drown out Nicholas's voice. He was holding

Her daughter set a mug of tea beside her. “Mom, talk to me. What happened?” Clara touched the edge of

Three weeks before his fortieth birthday, I slipped on our wet driveway and snapped my fibula.

Claire was up to her elbows in marinara sauce when Mark practically danced through the back door, his

Liana Hart paused just inside the entrance of the Plaza’s Grand Ballroom, one hand steadying the small










