In a small back alley in Tokyo at a century-old coffee shop rumored to offer patrons the chance to travel back in time, four customers reevaluate their formative life choices.

"It's London, the swinging sixties, and by all rights MI6 spy Joe Wilderness should be having as good a time as James Bond. Alas, his postings are usually rather unglamorous, but thankfully he has a knack for doing well for himself even in unpromising situations. In divided Berlin, he smuggled coffee into the East, a rather profitable racket until he had to transport something else-a spy. After an aborted mission on Berlin's famous "Bridge of Spies,"...

Getting into bed with the wrong guy can get you killed Wanting to free herself from her boyfriend, aging gangster "Maddog" Palmieri, Bobbi Ricci concocts a misguided plan with Denny, Maddog's ex-driver, a guy who's bent on getting even with the gangster for the humiliating way in which he was sacked. Helping themselves to the gangster's secret money stash, along with his Cadillac, Bobbi and Denny slip out of town, expecting to lay low for a while...

Betty Falconen: the most overqualified low-rent geneticist in Atlanta.Overwhelmed by old insecurities and struggles to pay the rent.Her dreams of cutting-edge research withering on life-support.Betty wanted more from life and work.Will a stranger in a coffee shop bring the change she craves?Or prove her fears right after all?An excerpt from DNA Never Lies:An offer too good to refuse, but at what cost?One last surprise waited for Betty: an application...

Diane needs to start over again. After returning from Ireland and turning the page on her stormy relationship with Edward, the brooding Irish photographer, she is determined to rebuild her life in Paris with help from her best friend Félix. She focuses solely on getting her literary café back on track--until she meets Olivier. He is kind and thoughtful, and she may have a future with him--until she stumbles across her former love at a photography...