Book excerpt: Phil discovers that Kate, the voice in his Garmin GPS, is a lot more than a disembodied voice. Shes in trouble, and she needs his help! When a couple arrives from cold Rhode Island to their rented condo in Florida, all they can think about is warm temperatures and sunshine. But then the husband walks into a moral dilemma that almost ruins his week in the sun. Betsy decides to memorialize her deceased parents.in a most unusual way. Young, innocent Cheryl shocks her mother by opening the conversation at the familys Sunday dinner with I almost got involved in a bar fight yesterday. Larry Hawkins is a widower, MIT physics professor, and believer in time travel who is anxious to test his inventions and fulfill every old mans fantasy. Roberto Villarreal has no idea a life-changing adventure is about to begin when he picks up a stranger and his granddaughter at a rest stop in Mexico. Mark Tuttle and Sandy Roberts wonder if you can love all your children equally and yet love one more than the others. In the process they discover that Love is infinite. Kiss Me, Kate and Other Stories is a collection of short tales set in a variety of locations and illustrating the depth of the human spirit, the importance of laughter, and the miracle of love.