Faithless Friends and Replacement Lovers: Short Stories About Love and Loss

Faithless friends? Replacement lovers? Love is not always what it seems…A fanciful knight acts upon his romantic notions when journeying to battle. A successful career woman fears bumping into her long-lost best friend at their college reunion. A young man seeks his own way where life, women, and religion intersect. An Italian maiden considers giving up love forever by devoting herself to the convent. And more!From the multi-award-winning fiction author Elizabeth Horst, these fourteen short stories feature realistic characters from different eras who face varied internal and external challenges while deciding for themselves whether to be fleeting and false or faithful and true. Hovering between whimsical and philosophical, the book is meant to inspire and provoke the reader to think about the different kinds of relationships and friendships that we all face."This is a collection for readers who enjoy literary short fiction with a reflective bent, especially those who like stories about relationships, imperfect, hopeful, and sometimes heavy. If you appreciate narrative variety within a unified emotional theme, this book will land warmly. And if you’ve ever wondered about your own faithfulness to the people in your life, these stories will give you plenty to think about." ~Literary TitanFor all of us who wish for our own happily ever after where love at home and abroad are concerned, it’s a wonderful and timeless collection that will touch your heart and soul. Read more