In Not Yours to Keep by Zelly Ruskin, Billie, dealing with fertility issues, manages her work at an adoption agency. Her husband Tyler has practical worries over finances, but, despite their issues, they affirm their desire for a child. Then there's Anne, a woman haunted...

In One of Us Must Die by Zelly Ruskin, we follow Sterling, a mother who has spent decades putting on a brave face to protect her children from their cold, calculating father, Keith. On the outside, her life in a wealthy New York suburb looks...