David Cole is having a quiet dinner in a Parisian restaurant situated on the bank of the River Seine. Seeing a young woman crying her eyes out a few tables away, David makes a crucial life-defining decision and invites her over to join him. What will be the outcome? Find out in “Affair of the Heart”. ##It's a free short story from the pen of Christopher Forward. So why don't you download it?? ##David Cole has a mundane job working for a company that sells toilet basins and other toiletry equipment to construction firms in France. “Coals to Newcastle” would be an apt term if it were not for the fact that David has a knack of talking French building companies into buying anything his employers, Ridgely’s, can produce. Paris has long been his predominant place of work and everything changes one fateful night in Marcel’s, a restaurant, situated on the bank of the beautiful River Seine. Could the girl he meets just be a one night stand? Or will it turn into “An Affair of the Heart”?

When beautiful Caroline Carruther visited Jay Hamilton at his ranch in Wyoming, she knew his appraising look and incredible blue eyes spelled danger. Caroline, the daughter of an ambassador, had no intention of rushing into an affair--but when Jay swept her into his arms for the first time, she knew she was lost. The exquisite days and blazing nights they spent together were unforgettable. Caroline wanted to be with Jay, but their lifestyles were so unalike. Would the passion that drew them together be enough to withstand their differences?

The Marquis of Claymore had been rejected by the Beauty of the Season and he was determined to marry the first beautiful woman he could find to assuage his pride. There were the Wanderley twins, with Wanda as gorgeous as could be, and her twin, Ellie, obviously not in the same class. But Wanda was almost engaged…

As the newly appointed CEO, Claire Sheffield is out to prove to the board of directors that she can transform her father’s stodgy, old-fashioned airplane company into a modern powerhouse. Getting romantically involved with one of her executives is a distraction she can’t afford. Then company playboy Helmut Forrester offers Claire the best of both worlds: a steaming hot affair and no complications. Helmut has been waiting for the CEO job for years. When the retiring company president gives the position to his daughter instead, a complete newcomer to the company, Helmut makes a wager with one of his friends: bed the beautiful new boss. Soon he realizes that Claire’s long legs and luscious mouth aren’t nearly as attractive as her intelligence. Before he knows it, things are complicated. Very complicated. When Helmut’s past office indiscretions nearly cost the company a lucrative contract and Claire has to fire him, she knows that her own conduct could blow up in her face. How can she keep from risking her career for him when she has already lost her heart?**

Long Slow Affair of the Heart, A

Can Rachel really feel the emotions of a dead woman through the heart transplanted in her chest? Or is it simply that Robert McCord always has that affect on women?