I Need More!

5.0 out of 5 stars

By J. Kelley

I like reading short stories. I love reading novels. I really would love for some of the short stories in this collection to be coaxed into novels. So, Sophia Valenti, if you're reading this review, please please please tease out more from the delicious triangle in your story 'Carrying a Torch.'

Andrea Dale, if you're reading this, I am dying to know more about Catriona and the devilish Jake. I know you must have more to tell.

And even though I was provoked by 'Trial by Fire,' I couldn't stop reading it. And I have to admit, it would unfold as a compelling novel, if Bella Dean were so inclined.

And 'Where There's Smoke,' by Kristina Wright. This story has plenty of emotion, vulnerability, lust, deceit and confession, and adrenaline. It has romantic love, forbidden love, and still, innocence.

I know it's the whole point of a short story: leave the reader wanting more, dramatic endings, etc. But it doesn't mean I can't dream of how these stories would continue, or beg for just a little more.