Love In A Hopeless Place

Two powerless beings are swept together in a transient struggle for survival. Could the human spirit transcend the brutality and indifference of their brief experience before they are once again swept helplessly apart? Far more than a love story - this is a story about love.

A woman, a man, a van and a plan. When the luck runs out, the lucky walk away. A short story set in the extremis of everyday.

A woman on the run from domestic violence with no one but her vulnerable and damaged teenage child as a companion, lives in isolation and fear. While her hand to mouth scenarios are played out in the shadow of a threatening suspense, a story of crime and love unfolds around her. She cannot risk her child. Her own longings for love and romance have to take a poor second place.

"Angela" - an intriguing tale by Emma Calin, the author of number-one best-selling short stories "The Chosen" and "Sub-Prime". A very short story. A mystery tale of a late-night taxi ride where the final passenger may not be all that she seems. The fourth story in the Love in a Hopeless Place Collection.