I just finished reading Confessions of a Catholic School Dropout by Patti Lavell. I’m not sure whether I should be laughing or crying so I did both. I was shocked at the things that happened to the author. She was the only girl in a...

Luke Beiler and Elizabeth Schrock loved each other and were certain to get married. But then why did Elizabeth decide to jump the fence? Carson Welch and Brianna Mitchell were dating, but Carson had found Jesus and Brianna didn’t want anything to do with his...

In Dandy Day by Annie Wood, Dandy is a 35-year-old waitress who, in her grandpa’s words, “thinks too much, talks too much, [and] wonders too much.” Even with all that over-thinking, she can’t seem to figure out why none of her past relationships have worked...

Bella Summer Takes a Chance by Michele Gorman talks about Bella, a 38-year-old aspiring musician, who works as a consultant to pay the bills. When Bella, or B, as she calls herself, realizes that she isn't in love with her boyfriend of ten years, she...

Single in the City is the story of Hannah, an American from the small state of Connecticut, who decides she needs to make a few changes in her life. Rather than doing what most red-blooded women would do and get a haircut or start a...

We are introduced to the heroine, Anna-Kate, on possibly the worst day of her young life. After receiving a brief but to the point text ending a four-year relationship, Anna-Kate feels dejected, even though she knew Jared wasn’t the man for her. Sarahbeth Caplin describes...

Socrates said, ‘The unexamined life is not worth living.' Starting from that premise, Donna Baier Stein creates characters who are questioning who they are and how they really fit into the world and families around them in her thought provoking anthology, Sympathetic People. Examining feelings...

An Uncertain Faith by Allie Potts is the story of a woman whose faith in her husband and marriage is thoroughly tested. Charlotte finds herself with increasingly less time on her hands, trying to hold down a job and run the family home while her...

In Christmas Carol by Michele Gorman, Carol is not a fan of Christmas. So, when she has to attend her sister Marley’s wedding over the Christmas weekend, she tries her best to be happy. This becomes pretty difficult when she finds out that her three...

In Checking Inn by Emily Harper, neurotic Kate runs the Summerside Inn. Obsessively using checklists on her much-loved clipboards, she organizes just about everything in her life. Being the perfectionist that she is, you can only imagine how she reacts when a renowned hotel critic,...