Clare Carlson by R.G. Belsky

My name is Clare Carlson, and I’m the news director of Channel 10 News in New York City. Running a big city newsroom is a pretty cool job. But I’m really just a journalist at heart. A reporter first and foremost. Always have been. Always will be. There’s nothing I...

Lila Macapagal by Mia P. Manansala

Hey everyone! I’m Lila Macapagal (LEE-la to my family, LY-la to everyone else). I thought I was living every girl’s rom-com dream: I had escaped my tiny, ridiculously named town of Shady Palms, Illinois, to go and thrive in Chicago. Honestly, if you had Googled...

Emma Lawson by Kris Calvin

Yes, I’m Emma Lawson. Time to chat? Sure, I guess so. We’ll have to be quick. I’ve got to get to work, but if you don’t mind walking with me we can talk. Though I have to warn you I’m not used to managing two dogs. Fox, stop it. Careful, the little one, Fox, will have...

Tilly Lockhart by Beth Prentice

If you’d asked me a year ago what I would be doing for my birthday I never would have guessed it would have entailed standing in the middle of a dirt filled paddock attempting to catch a chicken. But here I am, out in the middle of nowhere, sweat dripping down my back...

Marygene Brown by Kate Young

The wedding party seemed to be lining up for pictures, and the guests were starting to corral near the tent. When I got inside, my crew was nowhere to be seen. I could see Paul through the window on the opposite side of the tent. I searched for my staff and nodded...

Ella Shane by Kathleen Marple Kalb

I’d like to say I look forward to premieres the way children do Christmas. . .but the fact is that they’re rarely as wonderful as expected. Still, I hoped The Princes in the Tower might just be the exception that proves the rule. After all, not only was I opposite my...