Ever since the day when Esteban strode onto Gerry Quinn’s dilapidated car lot, things had never been the same. A car salesman past his prime, Gerry was sinking under the weight of loan shark debts and desperate deals. Esteban’s arrival in the setting sun of that forgotten Tuesday had seemed like the reprieve he so…

Maggie Reynolds, a thirty-year-old independent bookstore owner from White Plains, Maryland, had always been a sensible woman. But lately, heartbreak had her doing uncharacteristic things. After five years of a harmonious relationship with her now ex-boyfriend, Charles Bowers, she found herself single and alone, grappling with the debilitating loneliness that replaced him. So she decided…