It Started Like This

Recognition for It Started Like This!

GLOBAL BOOK AWARD SILVER MEDAL: Clean Romance
BOOKFEST SILVER MEDAL: Romantic Comedy
BOOKFEST SILVER MEDAL: Wholesome Romance

A man and woman meet. They talk. They talk a little longer.

They share an experience -- perhaps an adventure. Every great romance tells of the events that conspire to bring a man and woman together for the first time -- and forever. And when it finally happens, it's the delicious magic that embraces their whole story.

But sometimes, you want to skip the meal, pop a bonbon in your mouth, and get that great feeling right away. Maybe you're not in the mood to commit to a full-length novel to experience that special moment.

In It Started Like This, you've found a half-dozen stories that don't mess around. Each distills to its essence the drama and comedy of that first -- sometimes unexpected -- encounter when the world begins to change for a man and a woman:

• THE POODLE AND THE PUG
  Man's best friends introduce a society lady and a career tough guy.
• THE MOM AND THE MAN
  A teenager connives to get her single mom to investigate their intriguing new neighbor.
• THE PLEDGE AND THE PI
  A shy fraternity pledge takes an upperclass sorority sister on an impromptu adventure of a lifetime.
• THE DONOR AND THE DATE
  A woman doesn't want a date -- until she has the date she didn't want.
• THE GENIUS AND THE GYM STAR
  A love-struck computer jock plots an unlikely course to meet his unsuspecting crush.
• THE SINGER AND THE STEW
  A quiet man solves a flight attendant's noisy problem.

Couples meeting, talking, falling, with an unexpected escapade along the way. Encounters between smart and savvy lovers-to-be that put you right in the middle of that awkward first dance, a man and a woman not knowing quite where to put their feet but holding on anyway.

These are stories of beginnings. You won't want them to end. Click "read Sample" now to begin the first story.