Love isn’t always first dates, first kisses, passion and romance…sometimes it can be hate-filled, vengeful and nothing like the movies."Love can be greedy or selfish or hurtful at times, but the only thing it isn’t is impure. To love is to allow your inflated self to subside and let another person in. He’d lost his conquest, but he’d forfeited to keep her safe. Longing can bring out the monsters lurking in us all, and sometimes they take over. But the heart hopes…"(Up in the Tree House by Archit Joshi)Thirty six twisted anti-valentine tales of torment, torture, and treachery. Romance on Wheels by A.L. Paradiso The Anniversary Dinner by Angela Zimmerman Up in the Tree House by Archit Joshi Foreword by C.L. Williams The Call by Chris Bannor Red Fallen Snow by Cindar Harrell Mr Right by D.M. BurdettSecond Date by David Bowmore Roasted by Dawn DeBraal Eternity by Eddie D. Moore The Best Part by G. Allen Wilbanks Buster by Gregg Cunningham Tuesday Night Special by Hari Navarro Beneath the Blue Irises by J.M. Ames One Perfect Love by J.W. Garrett If I Can't Be Loved… by Jasmine Jarvis Cecily's Cure by Jodi Jensen Love Potion by Joel R. Hunt A Name Like Velma Kettering by Michael D. Davis Heartbreaker by Michele Freeman The Power of Love by Nicola Currie No Substitute by Nicole Little Just the Way You Are by Paula R.C. Readman My Fair Minstrel by Peter J. Foote Belladonna by Raven Corinn Carluk Our Love Cannot Be Broken by Shawn M. Klimek Hillbilly Necromancer: a Love Story by Shelly Jarvis Stay by Stacey Jaine McIntosh A Solution by Stephanie Scissom Cold Love by Stephen Herczeg The Way We Carve Love in Our Eyes by Terry Miller Cliches and Truth by Virginia Carraway Stark City of the Hungry Coyote by Vonnie Winslow Crist A Good Heart by Wendy Roberts The Ham That Broke the Camel's Back by Wondra Vanian Wolf Heart by Zoey Xolton