Germany, May 1945, deep in the Harz Mountains a U.S. tank crew discovers a platoon of Germans preparing to ambush U.S. supply trucks.

Readers across the world are in love with author Sally Carmichael's series of romance novels that chronicle the epic love story between a human girl and a merman. But no one knows that Sally Carmichael is really Simon Hayes, a bitter, serious novelist - and Simon would like to keep it that way. When he is forced to meet a movie star about the movie adaptation, his life of anonymity starts to crumble.

In the small town of Calvin Alley, everybody plays the card game Spit at the annual Spit tournament. On the day of this year's tournament, Sherry, the champion for the last three Spit tournaments is forced to face a broken heart and new beginnings.

He's the only man on earth. And she's just not that into him.

Adam and Eve make a rocky attempt to rebuild paradise. Results are mixed.

A novelist battling writers block gets help when his main character materializes in his room.