Love Flu (Uncollected Anthology, Issue 15: Heart's Desires)

By Dayle A. Dermatis

Isa juggles being a nanny to tween Gretchen, studying for her MBA, and honing her magical cooking skills. Time for romance? Hah!

Then Gretchen casts an ill-advised love spell, and Isa’s world gets turned upside down.

In ways nobody—including Isa, Gretchen, and Gretchen’s divorced parents—expects.

Sounds like everybody’s going to be in need of Isa’s special hot fudge sauce...

“Love Flu” is part of Uncollected Anthology, Volume 15: Heart’s Desires.

“One of the best writers working today.” —USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith

• Language: English
• Publisher: Soul's Road Press
• Release date: Jan 20, 2018
• ISBN: 9781370371327

Dayle A. Dermatis

Dayle A. Dermatis is the author or coauthor of many novels (including snarky urban fantasies Ghosted and the forthcoming Shaded and Spectered) and more than a hundred short stories in multiple genres, appearing in such venues as Fiction River, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and DAW Books.Called the mastermind behind the Uncollected Anthology project, she also guest edits anthologies for Fiction River, and her own short fiction has been lauded in many year's best anthologies in erotica, mystery, and horror.She lives in a book- and cat-filled historic English-style cottage in the wild greenscapes of the Pacific Northwest. In her spare time she follows Styx around the country and travels the world, which inspires her writing.To find out where she’s wandered off to (and to get free fiction!), check out DayleDermatis.com and sign up for her newsletter or support her on Patreon.* * *I value honest feedback, and would love to hear your opinion in a review, if you’re so inclined, on your favorite book retailer’s site.* * *For more information:www.dayledermatis.com

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Love Flu

Love Flu

Uncollected Anthology 15

Dayle A. Dermatis

Soul’s Road Press

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Love Flu

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Isa juggles being a nanny to tween Gretchen, studying for her MBA, and honing her magical cooking skills. Time for romance? Hah !

Then Gretchen casts an ill-advised love spell, and Isa’s world gets turned upside down.

In ways nobody—including Isa, Gretchen, and Gretchen’s divorced parents—expects.

Sounds like everybody’s going to be in need of Isa’s special hot fudge sauce…

Love Flu is part of Uncollected Anthology, Volume 15: Heart’s Desires.

One of the best writers working today.

—USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith

Love Flu

The Fentons had a kitchen that was made for cooking, even if Isa disliked the modern white-on-white-on-white everything : subway-tile backsplash, cabinets, floors. The marble counters, including the one on the vast prep island, at least were shot through with veins of pale grey, breaking up the sterile feel a tiny bit .

But