Moments of Gold (Anthology of Short Love Stories)

By Helen Scott Taylor

Six short love stories that tug on your heart strings.

A Christmas Crush: She's loved her sister's husband since she first laid eyes on him.
Jack's Garden: He's waited a lifetime for her.
A Fuzzy Tale: In the midst of sorrow, there is hope.
The White Room: Love shows her the way back.
The Fairy House: A little magic...
Shells on the Sand: Will she give him a second chance?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Helen Scott Taylor
• Release date: Dec 31, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301735983

Helen Scott Taylor

Helen Scott Taylor's first novel, The Magic Knot, won the American Title contest in 2008, was a Golden Heart® finalist, and was chosen as one of Booklist's top ten romances of 2009. Since then, she has published other novels, novellas, and short stories in both the UK and USA. Her published works have been finalists in a number of contests including the Holt Medallion, the Lories, the Prism Contest, the Write Touch Award and the Maggies. Helen lives in South West England near Plymouth in Devon between the windswept expanse of Dartmoor and the rocky Atlantic coast. As well as her wonderful long-suffering husband, she shares her home with a Westie and an aristocratic chocolate-shaded-silver-burmilla cat who rules the household with a velvet paw. She believes that deep within everyone there's a little magic. www.helenscotttaylor.com

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Moments of Gold

Short Love Stories

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Helen Scott Taylor

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Copyright © 2012 by Helen Taylor

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Moments of Gold

Anthology of Short Love Stories

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Table of Contents

A Christmas Crush

Jack's Garden

A Fuzzy Tale

The White Room

The Fairy House

Shells in the Sand

Thank You For Reading

Other Book by Helen Scott Taylor

About The Author

Table of Contents

A Christmas Crush

London 1995

The entrance door of Penny's London Deli dinged and the object of her fantasies walked in. A light dusting of gray now peppered the dark hair at Richard's temples. Affluence and maturing taste had replaced the white Saturday Night Fever suit he'd worn the first time she saw him eighteen years ago with respectable navy.

But his easy smile hadn't changed.

Neither had her reaction to him.

An almost unbearable pressure filled Penny's chest, a combination of acute longing and hope.

A tall blonde woman wearing a knitted wool coat with a faux-fur collar strutted in behind him on stilettos that pierced Penny's heart as effectively as their namesake blade.

During Richard's two-month buying trip in Europe to find artwork for his galleries, he'd obviously acquired more than new paintings.

When Penny first met Richard, he'd been out of her reach because he was too old for her. Then he married her sister, Izzy. To keep Richard in her life, she did the only thing she could—she made him her friend. Six months ago, when Izzy walked out on Richard, Penny had been his shoulder to cry on. She gave him the support he needed to recover from his marriage breakup without demanding anything in return.

She'd obviously waited too long to tell him she loved him.

Pen. He hugged her and kissed her cheek. I've missed you. He held her shoulders and looked into her eyes.

Too late, she schooled her expression to hide her shock at how fast he'd replaced Izzy.

You okay? Something happen I should know about? he asked.

No. Penny turned away and rearranged the cheese samples put out to entice buyers to try something new for Christmas.

This is Madeline. Richard put his arm around the blonde woman's shoulders and led her forward.

Penny wanted to dislike the tall beautiful thief who'd stolen her last chance for happiness. But the woman smiled and held