This entertaining collection of short stories will take readers from the frozen Arctic, to Victorian England. In Murder by Bear, readers will meet Julia. Her close encounter with a polar bear in Churchill, Manitoba, makes her question her marriage. In Escape, set in British Colombia, Canada, Marilee tries to outrun her past. Victorian England sets the stage for The Encounter, in which a desperate Emily scratches a living on the streets of London. In First Impressions, Ann dreads her upcoming arranged marriage to the mean-spirited George. As a bonus you can read the first chapter of Marlow's upcoming novel, Sun Seeker.