FOUR SHORT STORIES

Falling For Maddie Grace Maddie Grace has followed her passion, and against all odds has become the first female professional football umpire in Australia. Her high level of skill has earned her place, despite critics who say that women have no place on a football field, inhabited by thirty-six strong, fearless and often reckless men. When an on-field accident sees her caught up in play, and on the receiving end of a blow to the head that knocks her out, Maddie&rsquo,s career is in jeopardy&mdash,not because of the accident, but because of the young man who knocked her out. Zac Beecham is one of Australia&rsquo,s most loved professional sports stars. He&rsquo,s used to the intrusive paparazzi who seem determined to ferret out some dark and dirty secret where there is none. Having been open about his faith and Christian morals, he knows he is a target. So when he ends up on top of Maddie Grace, dazed and in a stupor from concussion, the media pounce on the visual images and decide to make a mountain out of a mole hill. Ridiculous headlines