With Arms Wide Open

by Chelle Cordero, Lillith T. Lewi

A Collection of Stories and Poems Celebrating Living Life With Arms Wide Open The Visit Lillith T. Lewis Strength and Love and Family Chelle Cordero Banana Boats and Boatloads of Cousins K'lee Williams At Nine Kathi Anderson Flight of the Crones Smoky Trudeau Reflected Fear Milena Gomez Wide Open L.E. Harvey The Ties That Unbind Victoria Howard Season for Love Jacqueline Seewald The Cafeteria Sarah Natalia Lee The Color of Change Kate Evans Gami K'ee Williams Trey's Need Kelsey Chasen I Am 30 Namid Someone Formerly Known As Not-So-Braveheart Leah Samul Goodbye, Emily Dickinson Smoky Trudeau Forest Song Little Mother Ch. 9 Vila SpiderHawk Fifty and Counting Sue Stewart Synonymous with Ecstasy (or, an apologia for the thesaurus) Kate Evans The Journey Brenda Hill Yesterday s Hearts Marilyn Celeste Morris Promises Ryan Callaway Lonely Soul Ch. 19 Mary Quast

220 pages, Paperback

First published March 30, 2009

About the author

Chelle Cordero writes stories of Passion and Suspense. Vanilla Heart Publishing has published nine Cordero novels: Bartlett’s Rule; His Lucky Charm; Within the Law; Courage of the Heart; Final Sin; Hostage Heart; A Chaunce of Riches; Common Bond, Tangled Hearts; and Hyphema. VHP just published The Many Faces of Chelle Cordero featuring several short stories which attest to Chelle's unique range of writing abilities. She is currently working on her tenth novel and promises another action packed adventure and heartwarming love story. Chelle has been writing both fiction and non-fiction for the bulk of her adult life.

Her books have earned many plaudits which includes: Bartlett’s Rule was named one of Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s Top Ten Reads for 2009; Final Sin was an Honorable Mention in the Fiction Category of the 2010 NY Book Festival and a 2009 Pushcart Prize nominee.; Hyphema won the Dec 9, 2011 Friday Book Cover Vote on the Shades of Love website; A Chaunce of Riches was Winner of D. Renee Bagby’s readers’ choice for The Best Overall First Chapter, April 2010; and Hostage Heart, Final Sin and A Chaunce of Riches had top ten finishes in the 2009 Preditors’ and Readers’ poll. Chelle was also featured in “50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading” published by The Author’s Show in 2010.

Chelle Cordero maintains an author’s blog at http://chellecordero.blogspot.com/, a promotional blog at http://ccepotourri.wordpress.com/, and offers a weekly writing workshop for Kindle Blog subscribers at http://bit.ly/pILcG. Her website http://ChelleCordero.com offers information on all of her books and her appearances. Bloggers and the media are welcome to visit Chelle’s media room at http://chellecordero.com/media/ with downloadable photos and other information.

Chelle lives in the northeast with her husband, Mark, and family. They have two adult offspring. Jenni (& Jason) and Marc (& Trish); they also live with three mischievous and spoiled pussycats, one of whom has taken up permanent residence on Chelle’s desk. Chelle is a full-time freelance journalist for multiple publications; her articles appear regularly throughout North America and she writes a monthly column on NYS Emergency Medical Services issues as a NYS Emergency Medical Technician (First Responder News).

Reviews

[Jacqueline Seewald · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have one short story in this anthology, a historical piece set in the Regency era. I enjoyed reading the entire anthology. These pieces represent the varied voices of women. Many are nonfiction; still others are poems. These are inspiring writings. I recommend them!

[Namid · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great anthology! Interesting variation of writings. A very good read!