HEARTS MADE OF STONE is a Refreshing Read

[Untreed]

This short story of romance in today's hyper-modern world is an exercise in precision:

The story was told beautifully, in my opinion. Not a single page was wasted. Arthur Carey was able to do so much with only seventeen pages. Imagine what he could have done with more.

You'll find the full review at Sab the Book Eater and a book excerpt at Untreed Reads.

Hearts Made of Stone by Arthur C. Carey:

Breaking up is hard to do. So why not get someone else to do it for you? Better still, why not capitalize on romantic failure and turn it into a profitable business?

That's the plan Aaron Felting and Dana Larson hatch over tea and cookies after meeting in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Although Aaron falls for Dana, he soon finds she’s more interested in being the CEO of their successful Silicon Valley startup created to end the romantic entanglements of strangers than their own relationship.

How much more interested? Let's just say Aaron is about to get something worse than a cold shoulder...

A novelette.