First wife Rachel is the homely chef if you can call canned gray meat five-star cuisine. Second wife Emily is the young, shy, and scared one who wishes she could fade into the background. And Tina is the sassy bombshell from Vegas who is no stranger to drugs Read more...
Oh, to be thirteen (almost fourteen) again and "know" everything. Growing up in San Francisco in the eighties, Eulabee and her friends have been through what, at that age, is it all together – crushes, dance lessons, getting into trouble telling harmless lies around the neighborhood to pass the Read more...
Welcome to the 2030s, where fires are ravaging the DC area, so everyone is masked up. Artificial intelligence is both a blessing and a curse – the police force that has synthetic implants for partners are more effective, but it has also rendered many redundant, resulting in massive Read more...
Cooper Haynes was the cutest, most popular boy in the senior class, and he asked if Jamie would be at the Stillwell party tonight! The only thing in her way was the babysitting gig she’d committed to for the Ryerson twins, but fifty dollars and some Read more...
Once upon a time, there was a cold winter during a great World War, and a poor woodcutter and his wife lived in the forest. The poor woodcutter’s wife prayed to any and every god and celestial being to realize her life’s greatest hope Read more...
Vanessa Yu is an accountant in the family business, eternally single hopeless romantic, and resistant fortune teller. The one thing she wants most in life is love, but her “gift” makes having that impossible, so she finds herself single at 27, and at the center of Read more...
Heart of America, Wichita’s “premier” antique mall, is as full of quirky antique dealers as it is items of questionable vintage. Margaret is the tenant with the longest tenure and self-proclaimed best and most authentic taste. Ronald, an elderly postcard collector, delights in small Read more...
Have you ever had a friend that was in a relationship you couldn’t see working out? Imagine your friend, your best friend of eighteen years, was effervescent, engaging, full of life and light, and just seemed to have found a smug and overbearing partner Read more...
Sex scandal? Check. Strapping, handsome, single with a suspicious secret? Check, check. Theft? Conspiracy? A gossipy, meddling mother? Camels? All of this, wrapped up into the latest installment in what is soon to become your new favorite Amish romance series? You better believe it.
Did you ever read that thriller about the woman that got murdered in her trailer, and her daughter and her daughter’s best friend went missing? You know, the one where the cops initially investigated the scene and didn’t even realize they had overlooked the Read more...
Lexi has just gotten dumped and ushered very unceremoniously out of her shared residence with her long-time boyfriend. Finding herself newly and unexpectedly homeless, and with a bag of the less-than-essentials (a toaster, can opener, and pair of socks), she boards a train using her Read more...
Imagine how unsettling it would be to have an intruder in your home without realizing it. Imagine that you awoke to realize your daughter was murdered by said intruder in the night while you were sleeping. Imagine that the reason that the night passed like any other for you Read more...
If anyone keeps getting kicked while she is down, it’s Julie Weathers. Living in the tightknit, small town of Wedeskyull in the Adirondacks, she has endured one tragedy after another, and that has taken a toll on both her physical and mental health. After finding herself at Read more...
Beth, her older brother, and her younger sister are reliving, in precise detail, the road trip adventure they took with their grandpa twenty years ago. Their grandpa has recently died, and in order for these three to receive a multi-million dollar inheritance, they must strictly adhere to Read more...
Tall, dark, and handsome Alex, widowed nearly a decade ago, is now married to beautiful, charismatic, and exciting Natalie. They share a home near the sea with his teenage daughter, Jade. Life is pretty good for Alex – his marriage definitely has that spark, his daughter and Read more...
HE CAME IN WITH IT is a true story of despair, helplessness, perseverance, and finding hilarity in unlikely places. It is a story of a family shattered and rebuilt. It is a story of a mother’s reflection on Read more...
Ryan is a loving dad to adorable baby Henry, and a husband to his smart and practical wife Amanda. He enjoys playing a game of basketball with friends and posting perfectly-filtered photos of his life and family to Instagram. He is a VP at a small PR Read more...
Estella Wirono had carefully curated the slideshow of pictures to display favorite memories from her Opa Irwan Sulinado’s life as three hundred family members and close friends gathered to celebrate his eightieth birthday. Seat assignments were meticulously made to prevent any uncomfortable social situations from unfolding Read more...
Laura Mueller
Growing up, my favorite summer
vacation activity was curling up on
the porch swing with a stack of books
to escape into a magical other world.
Doing so is still a favorite activity
years later. As a Fresh Fiction
reviewer, I’m excited to help you
discover your next favorite page-
turner and build your book collection!