Casey's Heart

It’s a Valentine’s blind date, Casey will never forget.

On a night made for lovers, a man is immediately attracted to a woman for no explainable reason. She’s slender, fair skinned, and has exotic eyes that mesmerize him to the core of his soul. He’s opening his heart to fate and asks her to dinner.

The woman is drawn to him, but she agrees to the date for very different reasons. The choice is easy for her. She needs this chance encounter with a stranger to satisfy a compulsive vital need. In her mind, her romantic heart is forever broken.

Their sensual energy is strong. Passion stirs quick for the lovers who are hoping Cupid’s arrow will strike for them. This isn’t a sappy romance. There’s a climax, but no happily ever after. Read to the end to discover what happens when Casey is unable to protect a lover’s most valuable organ, the heart.


Casey’s Heart is a glimpse of fate short story that takes just 2600 words to tell. Included, as a bonus is preview of Martha Henley’s debut psychological thriller, Don't Kill For Me. It’s a twisting tale of a woman with a past, a secret admirer’s odd love notes, confessions of murder, and a serial killer that wishes Eileen eternal peace.

Don’t miss reading this quick to read horror short or the bonus chapters introducing you to the Rest in Peace Killer’s terrifying mission to please one woman by committing murder on her behalf.