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  • Published: 29 February 2012
  • ISBN: 9781448107865
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256

Passing Strangers

and other stories



Brief romantic encounters that sparkle with humour and poignancy.

Meet Maggie and Don, the conventional married couple, whose lives are dramatically interrupted by the arrival of Beth, Maggie's beautiful but impulsive friend ...

Anne, the plain and practical secretary who dreams of capturing the heart of dashing Bruce Gordon, the firm's accountant ...

The young man and woman alone in a crowded airport terminal who find brief solace in each other's company ...

Just some of the marvelous characters, young and old, that people this richly observed collection of short stories.

  • Published: 29 February 2012
  • ISBN: 9781448107865
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256

About the author

Marie Joseph

Marie Joseph was born in Lancashire and was educated at Blackburn High School for Girls. Before her marriage she was in the Civil Service. She now lives in Middlesex with her husband, a retired chartered engineer, and they have two married daughters and eight grandchildren.

Marie Joseph began her writing career as a short-story writer and she now uses her Northern background to enrich her bestselling novels. Down-to-earth characters bring a vivid authenticity to her stories, which were written with both humour and poignancy.

Her novel: A Better World Than This won the 1987 Romantic Novelist's Association Major Award.

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