Got this for my birthday! I really liked almost every story, and didn't actively dislike the others. It's hard to pick a favorite, but I think "Pearls" by Beth Revis or "El Destinos" by Leslye Walton might fit the bill. I was especially pleased to find a nice diversity of perspectives, relationships, & time periods represented. My one sadness is that some of these tales ought to have been chapters in fuller narratives -- the constraints of the short story format didn't 100% work in some cases.