title: Angel in the Alley
author: Sargeant, Patricia
description: Twelve all-new stories of women's resilience, empowerment, and fulfillment, by bestselling and award-winning authors.
  
  In this engaging anthology of never-before-published stories, twelve authors are united by their unique visions of the female experience? A young woman is torn between the security of her fiance and the excitement of an old flame--a desperate wife is forced into the workplace for the first time in her life--an ambitious professional woman finally finds the courage to take control of her career--and her man--an emotionally fragile divorcee finds resolve in the ethereal visitations of an archangel...
  
  These are just some of the women who discover and rediscover their own wonderfully fallible but ultimately strong selves in the shadow of love-- romantic love, platonic love, new love, and lost love. Readers will be touched, inspired, charmed, and entertained by these original stories of disparate longings, unsettled lives, and the power of love.