A Day in the Life with Ivy Meadows by Cindy Brown

I should never do anything pre-coffee. “It was only a teeny fire,” I told my uncle over the phone. I sat outside on the steps of my apartment complex, watching the Phoenix Fire Department carry equipment out of my second-floor apartment. Black smoke trailed behind...

A Day in the Life with Nicki Valentine by Susan O’Brien

I’d say today was “the most hectic day ever,” but that describes most days in the Valentine household. Each day seems to top the last, and I can’t decide whether traveling to Florida with Jack (seven), Sophie (five), and my irresistible colleague Dean (35, in case...