The Book of Love

By a show of hands, who doesn't love a short love story? Especially the very short love stories perfect for cuddling with someone you adore with your favorite warm beverage in front of a cozy fire. (Yes, I know you felt that) And while you sit there-why not alternate reading stories to each other? Elizabeth Collins-Richardson is an attorney and a first lady in her church. But she is also very much a woman; madly in love with her husband, Pastor Lorenzo. After a long day at work, all she wants is a warm bath and a good night's sleep, but she is awaken with a kiss that turns into much more as the pastor arouses lust and desires that were locked away-until she met the man of her dreams. An average ordinary morning is turned into something so much more. But after they make love... In the narrative nonfiction piece entitled One Day I Was Lost, the author gives a first-hand account of how it feels to fall in love with a stranger. He met a woman who would become the love of his life at an airport. And just happens to meet her again at a book signing. But it's when he meets her the third time-online, that everything changes. The most unlikely of likes turns into a deep and abiding love, which prompts this woman, Charlene, to ask the foreboding question "when faced with the possibility of nothingness and the dire heartbreak of love which would you choose?" But the story ends unexpectedly and is sure to take your breath away. Lastly, Tariq was involved in a spring and fall relationship. He had never dated anyone as old as her and when she left him on a vacation at a Bed and Breakfast in Savannah, it crushed him. He would visit each year thinking it would allow him to get over her. Since his visits have not alleviated the pain Tariq brings a date with him and it's the year he comes accompanied, he meets an old fling who just happens to be alone on the swing. In this hot and sexy story entitled Back and Forth, we watch how their relationship moved to a certain pattern. A certain beat. And when he joins her on the swing at midnight, we watch how a love affair can be rekindled back-and forth. The Book of Love gives you ten stories that are sure to tug at the strings of your heart. Each account deals with a different aspect of love. From the love of a parent to the love of a stranger to the love that is lost forever. The book is moving and hot. Erotic and sensuous. Thoughtful and declarative. But most importantly, it will make you think while awakening something deep within. Ever since he burst onto the literary scene, Timmothy B. McCann's novels have been cherished by readers and lauded by reviewers. --Good Reads(Until... is ) "An excellent novel, stands head and shoulders above the rest." --Eric Jerome Dickey New York Times Bestselling Author