Book Genre: Women's Fiction

Cover for Jessica Baverstock's short story Lines

Heather Patterson lives a life of converging and diverging lines.

Her husband had been incompatibly perpendicular, merely crossing her life temporarily on his way to 'better things.'

Her teenage son is gradually drifting away from her as he heads for adulthood.

And her father has completed the arc of sending her off into the world and then welcoming her back to his home in need of care.

Is it too much to expect that someone with matching tastes could converge with Heather's own continually straight line?

Can she find a parallel love?

Cover for Jessica Baverstock's short story Roast Chicken for Dinner

Angie dreams of having a baby—of holding her own warm, tiny newborn to her chest—but always wakes to the reality of being childless.

So when Angie's sister, Marjorie, invites herself and her newborn baby around for dinner at Angie's place, Angie must face her emotions head-on.

Crybaby Cover Art
As a child, Ellie had a problem with crying. The slightest thing could start her sobbing. Which made her a perfect target for bullies.

But she cured that habit.

At least she thought she had.

Until, as an adult, she finds herself once again in a flood of tears.

Tears that don’t make any sense to her.

Tears that are different to those she’s ever cried before.

Cover for Jessica Baverstock's short story Mrs Merkle's Cats.

Mrs. Mildred Merkle wasn’t the kind of person to change her habits or routine, especially not for the inhabitants of her own home.

But three cats—Tinnitus, Reflux, and Mange—have different ideas.

As Mrs. Merkle adjusts to her felines’ needs, she comes across a day which is unlike any other.

A day which will fundamentally change her life, if she can figure out what makes today different.

Cover art for the short story called The Importance of Shoes by Jessica Baverstock

Clothes maketh the man. Shoes maketh the woman!

So Sibelle believes. But now she’s hit mid-thirties. Without the woman-making shoes. Definitely without a man!

If she can crack the shoe problem then the man issue should follow.

In theory!

In reality Sibelle needs an intervention! From someone capable of impossible feats. Or, more to the point, feets…

An irresistible tale of sweet romance found in a stunning pair of stilettoes.