Jasmine Bowen

Susan Stevens

It was the typical story of a childhood friendship. The older boy across the street who earned spare change by babysitting her from time to time in her upperclass home. He remained the down-to-earth badass who put a different kind of adventure in her life, but never let her have a taste of danger. When his family moved to the middle of nowhere "Midwest", they kept sporadically in touch. He fell in with a crowd of lower class kids, all struggling to make it in the world, walking the streets with switchblades and jumping upperclass rich kids, sleeping on couches instead of returning to broken homes. When she suddenly shows up, pretty still on the outside, but broken on the inside, it's up to her to find her place in the world. He won't let her associate with the riffraff he's fallen in with, unless it's in secret, in hidden places. He won't let her fall to where he now lives, but feels betrayed when her heart falls for his enemy. What happened to her in the big city that makes her cry at night and scream from nightmares? Can he take care of her the way he used to, or will she fall farther than he can reach?

The Bad Boy's Secret

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Short Story Press Presents Uncertain Throne They were princesses that were never supposed to inherit the throne, but to live happily ever after with their princes. Everything changed when a mass slaughter took the lives of the generation before, leaving an elderly king with no heirs, save them. Felicia rules the kingdom with a heavy heart, separated from her long term love to love a man who makes her choose; love or the throne. Eva, the sickly but strong-hearted princess, and James, the navy commodore and trusted advisor of Felecia, no longer have to hide their long term love affair. Eva and James think they finally have peace after being separated for 15 years by Eva's arranged marriage: an alliance once made to help fortify the country. Now, Felicia must choose her own love and happiness or the throne. Will she disrupt the finally peaceful and relaxing lives of Eva and James to have them take the throne? Or will she choose to live in misery without the man she loves; a man she cannot marry? “The Uncertain Throne” makes us realize what we must do in the most desperate of times and realize our true self. Not all of us would respond the same way; not all of us would become the same person or make the same choices we think we would make. Suitable for ages 13+ up, the morals of this story transcend age and time Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

Short Story Press Presents Uncertain Throne

They were princesses that were never supposed to inherit the throne, but to live happily ever after with their princes. Everything changed when a mass slaughter took the lives of the generation before, leaving an elderly king with no heirs, save them. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

Short Story Press Presents To say I Do by Jasmine Bowen • At 17, you are just beginning to know yourself, figure out who you are and what you like. But for some people, 17 is the start of a whole new world. • Caitlin left her Canadian home at 16 with a dream in mind; gain an American high school degree so she could enter a top notch American University. The goal? Become a translator at the UN. • Full of energy and promise, she works hard, working long into the night as a waitress to make enough money to live; rising early in the morning to continue getting top marks at school. • When she unexpectedly falls in love with an older man at the gambling club she works at it; she takes it in stride. Soon, at 17, Caitlin is running a household, getting top-notch marks, paying her half of the bills and preparing for graduation. • When the education laws change suddenly, it seems that all her work has been for nothing, and she will be stuck with international tuition fees, unless she changes her life forever. • She knows she loves Cordney more than anything; but will she love him the rest of her life? Are her dream and her love for Cordney about to become one? Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

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