Fourteen Authors. One contemporary romance. Fifteen happy endings Edited by Belinda Holmes Long distance relationships don't work Nix Sutherland is at a crossroads. She loves running the family business, the famous Sydney Harbour-side Cafe Nix, and she also loves Linc, whose vet practice is in Melbourne After months of jumping on planes and swapping cities, both of them too stressed and tired to enjoy being together it’s all come to a head. In the middle of a typically busy day at the cafe that includes everything from broken hearts to breaking waters, cops to canoodling couples, Nix realises that loving the cafe means giving up Linc. Meet Nix and characters from the novels of favourite Escape authors in fresh original shorts, and experience a day in the life of Cafe Nix. Authors in order of appearance: Elizabeth Dunk Juanita Kees Sandra Antonelli Jane O’Reilly Nicole Flockton Cate Ellink Ros Baxter Jenny Schwartz Ainslie Paton Jennie Jones Lee Christine Lily Malone Rhian Cahill Amy Andrews