By Kaya McLaren ** Publication Date 19 January 2021 ** 5 stars Amy finds out she has breast cancer and must undergo a double mastectomy and chemo. Her husband, a cop who was a first responder at the Oklahoma City bombing, is still trying to cope with his own trauma, and now must be Amy’s …
By Emily Adrian ** Publication Date 28 July 2020 ** 4 stars Best friends. Inseparable. One boy. Both attracted to said boy. Only one ends up moving to New York and living with him. Carrie is left behind. Carrie who had a baby at 18 and has managed to become a sought after tattoo artist …
By Rachel Gibson ** Publication Date 21 July 2020 ** 4.5 stars Only child, Lou Ann, is a media mogul when it comes to her baby, Lulu the Love Guru. At 38, she has spent her whole adult life nurturing this baby, which has given her fame, fortune, and much happiness. Patricia, Lou Ann’s mom, …
By Amber Cowie ** Publication Date 12 November 2019 ** It’s always been my dream to live in the perfect neighborhood. You know the one where all the neighbors are friends, have communal dinners, kids are all buddies. The kind of neighbors you can count on under any circumstances. Well, I had that dream until …
By Emma Woolf ** Publication Date 10 September 2019 ** Lily is 30 years old and single. Well, sort of single. She’s been involved in a long term affair with her boss Harry. It’s not really a secret. Most of her coworkers suspect and her family knows, in fact, he’s even attended some family events. …
By Andrea Bobitis ** Publication date 9 July 2019 ** Miss Judith Kratt is a prim and proper spinster whose life is about to be turned upside down. Judith was born in Bound. Her father was the town’s most successful businessman. He made his money in cotton. As his business empire grew, he depended on his …
By Taffy Brodesser-Akner ** Publication Date 18 June 2019 ** Fleishman is a semi-happily married, forty-something, doctor in hepatology. Somehow being a doctor has fallen out of favor with the wealthy and elite in New York City. His wife, Rachel, is clearly not pleased with his vertical trajectory and feels the need to constantly remind …
By Richard Roper ** Publication Date 28 May 2019** Andrew works for the local council handling death. Not death as in the coroner’s way of handling, Andrew looks after those who have passed without family or friends to take care of them. Otherwise known as “public health passings.” Tasked with checking the deceased’s home for …
By Randy Susan Myers ** Publication Date 21 May 2019 ** There is an old Yiddish proverb, “You can never be too rich or too thin.” Well, maybe not a Yiddish proverb, but find me a Jewish mother of a certain era, and I guarantee her daughter will tell you she heard this at least …
By Robert Jacoby ** Publication Date 15 May 2019** Dusk and Ember tells the story of Richard Issych. A recent high school graduate who has no idea what he wants to do with his life. He is not one of the popular kids, or the jocks, or even the nerds. He is a kid who …