How far would you go to become a mother? To find love? Travel with five women confronting hard choices in vivid settings ranging from the lush tropics to misty mountaintops to snowy cities. A grieving mother faces corrupt baby brokers. An expatriate writer finds herself trapped having tea with a rapist. A hiker abroad seeks an elusive creature - love. This collection features the Houston Writers Guild Short Story Award-winning story, "Bargaining." Reader's Bonus: this eBook contains the first chapter of Ms. Pagan's upcoming, fast-paced mystery, "Zippo: Arson and Domesticity."