Twelve all-new stories of womenâ"s resilience, empowerment, and fulfillment, by bestselling and award-winning authors. In this engaging anthology of never-beforepublished stories, twelve authors are united by their unique visions of the female experienceâ? A young woman is torn between the security of her fiancã© and the excitement of an old flameâ?a desperate wife is forced into the workplace for the first time in her lifeâ?an ambitious professional woman finally finds the courage to take control of her careerâ?and her manâ?an emotionally fragile divorcee finds resolve in the ethereal visitations of an archangel... These are just some of the women who discover and rediscover their own wonderfully fallible but ultimately strong selves in the shadow of loveâ? romantic love, platonic love, new love, and lost love. Readers will be touched, inspired, charmed, and entertained by these original stories of disparate longings, unsettled lives, and the power of love.