Candy Caine's Crib

Nine short stories that take you into the lives of different people. A Case for the Law Books: A blind man wants a driving license, Taking a Shot at Love: Finding love in a doctor's office, Strangers in the Night: Finding your perfect match in Istanbul, A Golden Friendship: Two women become great pickleball partners and close friends. What could possibly go wrong?, Beware of What You Desire: A married woman becomes obsessed with another man and plots to seduce him, A Second Serve of Life: Two people find love playing pickleball until another woman decides to replace the first one, The Inescapable Past: A man's past threatens his newly found love, Age is Only a Number: Two people in their twenties learn that there's more to pickleball than hitting a ball back and forth, Love's Encore: Love is better the second time around.

Paige Winters thought she had everything: a charming fiancé and a great job, and a fairy-tale future. Only her world crumbles when she finds another woman in her bed. Heartbroken, she leaves immediately without hearing her fiancé out. She finds solace in another city, where fate leads her to an unexpected romance with an old acquaintance. Tragically, their time together is cut short. Paige is left grieving, but out of the ashes, fate intervenes once more, giving her a new beginning and a bright future.