Lily Hart is having the day from hell when she gets pulled over for speeding. Officer Vince Jordan gets a lot more than he bargained on when he tries to pull Lily in line. Little do they know that they both frequent the same little coffee shop and that chance will have them run into each other again... Completed short story for the #CoffeeShopsBrewStories contest.

Brinley Toupes is twenty years old. In her mind, life at home with her parents and overprotective brother was the pits. All she had wanted the last few years was to graduate high school then leave for greener pastures. When she left home, she had one mission--graduate with an Early Childhood Education degree and enjoy the freedom she has always yearned for. Since leaving her hometown two years ago, she's managed to keep her head down and her big brother at bay. Stopping at a coffee shop was only meant to calm her nerves from the impending visit from her brother. Treyton Finch is twenty years old. After graduating high school, he dove headfirst into being a Navy Seal. In the two years since joining, he's made a small family out of his brothers on the field, Bear and Animal. He's never needed or wanted anything other than the two guys he called family. Stopping in a random coffee shop before leaving on a mission, finding the perfect girl was no where on his radar. What happens when Treyton sees Brinley in a coffee shop? Do instant sparks fly? Do they allow themselves to feel anything? What does Brinley realize when Treyton needs to leave? This is a short story (one-shot) entered into #CoffeeShopsBrewStories contest.

Bad-boy turned bush pilot Conner Morgan was content with his life until Andie Turner reentered it. He could easily fall for her, if only her Christmas shop wasn't in his building, the one he's about to sell to developers. Andie hasn't seen Conner since he broke her heart in high school. She'd never get involved with him now, but only he can save her little shop on the shores of Lake Superior. As they work together to renovate the historic building in hopes of attracting a different buyer, Andie wonders; is the bad-boy actually good for her now? *This story was in the top ten of Harlequin's So You Think You Can Write Competition 2015, as a shorter version (50,000 words). I recently published the full length version (87,000 words) with a new cover. I hope everyone enjoys the longer version! *Contains love scenes that may be inappropriate for some audiences.

Five years later, Brielle Goodwin was quite literally falling for her biggest crush all over again. Except this time, they were coincidentally caffeinated. *** My entry for the Teen Fiction prompt of the #FiveYearsSinceCollabContest. 08/25/2020 Update: I'm so pleased to say that this is the second place winner!

Gray Matthews spent every summer of the last ten years at Camp ArrowWood... it was the highlight of his summer. Three years he's been a summer counselor at his beloved camp, and every summer is better than the last. With his friend Ryan by his side, it's set up to be the best summer of his life. Violet Woods has grown up knowing that being a counselor at her uncle's camp in the mountains of Colorado was always on her bucket list. When she's finally old enough to spend her first summer as an adult on the training staff, she never expects to meet a certain green-eyed counselor the night before camp starts. Will secrets exchanged under the moonlight change the course of their lives? What happens when Violet has to return home early, leaving Camp ArrowWood behind for five long years? Short Story entry for the #FiveYearsSinceCollabContest Prompt: New Adult It's been five years since a few friends' lives became irrevocably intertwined at a summer camp. Now their paths have crossed again and they must come to terms with what happened that summer. Complete, but I reserve the right to revisit these characters in the future.

When Alisha Bradley starts a new job, the last person she expects to run into, is her former college flame, Dean Hudson. Although Dean seems to be even more handsome than he was before, he gives her the cold shoulder, and soon sparks fly. Is there still unfinished business from their past, between them? Short story entry for the Five Years Since Collaboration Contest. Prompt: Exes Past (Romance) - It's been five years since your break up. You're finally meeting your nicest ex again as office partner and he's being such a jerk. How do you manage to cope?

Cora Stephensen was in an accident that she can't remember, parts of her mind seemingly locked forever. A lost love remains a mystery as her family tries to protect her from herself. Will she ever remember what happened last summer? Short story entry in the Last Summer Contest 2020 First Place winner in the @NARomance prompt Prompt - New Adult Romance: Last Summer, fresh out of college, you fell in love with someone but they disappeared - and was presumed dead. Now you are committed to a new relationship your family doesn't support because they know what happened last summer. Tell us what happened last summer.

*** 3rd place winner in the Rewind the Classics Contest by @WattpadFairytales A modern-day re-telling of Cinderella. Cindy Rella is an up-and-coming actress who is engaged to the man of her dreams. It seem as if the stars have aligned but is it all but a dream? When she jet sets to Paris to film a new movie it's the break she needs to clear her head. And there she finds a possibility of happily-ever-after she wasn't expecting.

Special Valentine's Day short story A pair of vintage Valentinos. A replacement Galentine's Day date. A night to remember.

Idris has a terrible morning - a morning so terrible, he'd love to just disappear into thin air. But the world forces his hand, and so he finds himself in a coffee shop, needing to get his caffeine boost to survive the day. He couldn't expect to stumble into June, a woman so unlike and yet so very like him, that he doesn't know what to make of her. A story about the strange way of life, and how special we actually are. This short story was written for the #CoffeeShopsBrewStories contest. (C) Copyright reserved - Jana Malek (Jane C. Rain) 2020. The author expressly asserts all intellectual property and moral rights over this work. Any attempt to recreate it in any way will be reported and pursued accordingly.