Sally Solari and a day in her life by Leslie Karst

I love my father. I really do. But he can also drive me completely nuts on occasion—like this morning. Dad and I each own a restaurant. His is Solari’s, that old-school Italian seafood place out at the end of the Santa Cruz Wharf. I pretty much spent my childhood...

Lady Althea Talbot and a day in her life by Tessa Arlen

My name is Althea Talbot and I am the Earl of Montfort’s middle daughter. Since 1914, when war broke out, we live in the country all the time now. So what does an independent and resourceful girl like me do at home when half of the world is at war? Apparently Germany...

Alexandra Atwood in her own words by Terry Ambrose

Hey Journal, Since me and my dad moved to Seaside Cove, things have been super amazing. I’m learning the bed-and-breakfast business from the ground up. That’s good, right? Marquetta is totally awesome. She’s teaching me to cook. She said I’m a natural. That meant a...

Bess Ellyott and a day in her life by Nancy Herriman

Wiltshire, England 1592 “Tell me his name.” The crone had eyes as pale as chips of ice. So pale and clear that the irises nearly faded into the whites. Bess found she could not return the woman’s gaze, but instead searched for aught else to stare at. The rush mats...