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Loyalty to the past is safe. Love requires risk. Emily is done chasing perfect. After her fiancé leaves over the one thing she cannot give, she’s determined to rebuild her life quietly, without heartbreak, without hope. Jacob already lost everything once. When his wife walked away, he learned the cost of not being enough, and he refuses to go through that again. But when Emily and Jacob meet, the connection is immediate, undeniable, and dangerous. Because the one thing that broke them before could destroy this too.

The prestigious annual anthology features prize-winning stories by an international array of talented writers, including Weike Wang, Colm Tóibín, Louise Erdrich, Samanta Schweblin, Jenny Xie, Kevin Wilson, Brandon Taylor, and Catherine Lacey. Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge...