“This is the rule, kid,” the man with the scarred face sneered. His name was Fifth Master Wu. “I saw you fight in…

The sun was dipping low, painting the sky in bruised colors over the faded vinyl siding and cracked pavement of the neighborhood. It…

“Please, let me out. I’m not a dog.” The voice was small, desperate, and filtering up from the basement as Richard Mendoza keyed…

Imagine being publicly ejected from your in-laws’ luxurious estate, in the middle of a party, to a soundtrack of shouts and stinging insults.…

The billionaire slammed his hand on the table, the sharp crack silencing the boardroom. Three interpreters sat wilted, unable to keep up. That’s…

I watched her work the room, a glass of champagne in one hand, her other hand resting lightly on the arm of her…

Robert Aguilar never imagined he would find his housekeeper shielding his son from his own wife. It was a Thursday afternoon in Pasadena,…

The buzz of the neon “Budweiser” sign was the loudest thing in the bar, a low electric hum that, on any other night,…

I became a widow on my wedding day… but years later, I discovered a secret that made me question everything. The morning of…

The sun was sinking slowly over Miami’s Biscayne Bay, painting the sky in violent strokes of rose and gold. The private yacht, the…