A Letter from Hattie Davish by Anna Loan-Wilsey

My Dearest Friend, I’m writing at your bequest to describe a typical day in my life. Why I have no idea but who am I to question such a dear friend’s request? As Sir Arthur was called away suddenly to England, I have taken a new position, as social secretary to Mrs....

A Day in the Life with Kate Burkholder by Linda Castillo

Nestled in the heart of Ohio’s Amish Country, Painters Mill reveals its bucolic splendor in soft layers that fall upon the senses in small, breathtaking increments. It’s a rural community teeming with hundred-year-old barns, shimmering cornfields, rolling pastures and...

A One-on-One With Ally Daniels by Jenny Milchman

I’m not the pro—protagonist in Ruin Falls, I don’t think. Actually, I don’t really know what that word means, so I guess I could be. But I don’t think so because Ruin Falls is really my Mommy’s story. It started when we all went away on vacation. Me, my brother, Reid...

A Day in the Life Amelia Emmet by Lori Rader-Day

Today is the day I’m reclaiming my life. Ten months ago, some kid, a student at Rothbert University I’d never met or taught in class, tried to take it from me. And then he succeeded in taking his own. I guess I should feel bad about that kid, but he didn’t leave me...