Unstoppable

Women on the edge ... powerful stories about strong women.
A bundle of seven of Tonya Thomas's women's fiction short stories.

DANGEROUS CURVES
What happens when plastic surgery goes terribly wrong? Kim Westfall spent the first 23 years of her life feeling inadequate. Her lifelong desire was to be a curvaceous woman, but after breast implant surgery she felt anything but glamorous as her dream of being a foxy chick turned into a living nightmare.

DREAM HOUSE NIGHTMARE
The house that has everything is worth busting your budget for ... isn't it? Carrie Burton pushed to get the house of her dreams. But money is tight, and all their resources go to keeping up with the Joneses and soon Carrie’s life is one of constant conflict over money, childcare--and a marriage that's suddenly on the rocks.

HIDDEN AGENDAS
Power couple Lisa and Jim Mitchell thought they’d live a perfect life. Then Lisa decided to start their family—without consulting her husband. From that day on, things changed. Their hidden agendas affected not only their marriage, but the lives of their new family when Lisa suffers the heartbreak of a child who fails to thrive, as well as debilitating postpartum depression, leaving their union on shaky ground. Will Lisa end up being the first wife?

MARRIED WITH STEPCHILDREN
When Elise married the man of her dreams, she thought her life would be perfect. She hadn’t reckoned with her husband's three spoiled daughters and an ex-wife who continued to drain him dry--emotionally and financially. What will it take to keep this marriage from imploding?

MOM CAN'T LIVE ALONE ANYMORE
Kathy Wilson was a loving daughter and wanted to do the right thing when it became apparent that her mother wasn’t able to take care of herself any more. But getting her mom into assisted living became a nightmare. Can there be anything more heartbreaking than telling a parent "you can't live alone anymore?"

THOSE SHE LEFT BEHIND
When Kathryn Garner took her life, she could not have known the devastation she would unleash for her family, friends, and the people she came in contact with every day. She was hurting, but she did she have any clue as to the pain her ultimate solution would cause the other women in her life?

Dealing with the aftermath of suicide is difficult for family, friends, and even people who knew the deceased in everyday situations. That one desperate act unravels so many lives. Sometimes it helps to know that there are others going through the same kind of turmoil as Those She Left Behind.

THE HOARDER'S DAUGHTER
After her father's death, Dana Morrison noticed that her mother’s house was becoming cluttered. First she saved grocery bags, then newspapers, and empty boxes. In no time flat, her home was filled with junk, junk, and more junk! Dana made the mistake of cleaning house, but that just made matters worse when her mother decided that her trash was more valuable to her than her daughter. Is there any way out of this mess?

Tonya Thomas writes contemporary short fiction with themes affecting women. It's fiction women of all ages and nationalities can relate to. She hails from Newark, New York, where she lives with her husband and two cats, Sasha and Simka.

Visit her website at TonyaThomas.net