Rita Hestand

Romancing the Short Story Rita Hestand

Four Short Stories for Young Adults and New Adults: Gentle Ben-Ben comes home from Juvenile and needs a job, and old school mate helps him get it. Part of me-Amy Benefield is pregnant. Kevin is the father, but he won't own up to it, even though Amy was a virgin when he took her. Now her other best friend Carson Walker steps up and offers her marriage. Easy to Love-When best friends become more than best friends, what could possibly be the problem. Could age and race alone separate the two love birds? Forever Man-Jolene had been abused by her father even before her mother died. So when Luke Garza came along and wanted to date her, she knew her father would never permit that.