I’m Vanessa, 34, and despite 7 years of marriage to Gregory, I’ve always felt like an outsider in his family. Last summer at their annual BBQ, I hoped things would …

Want the truth? Michael nodded, his jaw tight. He wanted to hear it straight, no sugarcoating. “Nobody’s going to look for your girlfriend, especially since your relationship isn’t even legal—just a …

The forest never forgets. In Clearwater, Idaho, they say it holds its secrets close, its cedars murmuring tales to the stars, its roots entwined with the echoes of every footfall, …

James slowly trudged along the riverbank toward home, lost in thought, as if holding a silent conversation with himself. “Well, that’s it, James, you’re unemployed now,” echoed in his mind. …

The rain poured relentlessly, drumming heavy drops against the windshield. But Ethan Parker didn’t pay it much mind, only flicking on the wipers to keep the road visible. He was …

Life is full of trials and surprises that can change our fate in one moment. Sometimes it seems that forces leave us, and there is only darkness and despair ahead. …

A timid young woman is forced to marry her sister’s blind millionaire fiancé, but in that darkness something unexpected begins to bloom, a love that dares to grow beyond lies …

Dr. Michael James Bennett, a 42-year-old plastic surgeon from Pittsburgh, had been driving his sleek SUV for nearly four hours along the muddy, potholed backroads of rural Pennsylvania, heading to …

I thought I knew who I was until a stranger at the pharmacy shattered my entire life with five words. She went missing 25 years ago. My name is Jessica …

I’m Rachel Morgan, 32 years old, and last Tuesday, my husband Kevin died of a sudden heart attack. The shock still hasn’t worn off. When I called my parents, sobbing …

The late afternoon sun filtered through the blinds of a cozy Craftsman-style home in Boise, Idaho, casting long shadows across the hardwood floor of Emily Harper’s bedroom. Elizabeth Ann Harper, …

My son and his wife said they trusted me. They asked me to watch their house while they were away, just for a week. They smiled as they left, even …