Twenty years ago, Trent Hardy and Dean Pennington were on the brink of a loving relationship. Then Dean's family suddenly whisked him half-way around the world.For a time the two tried to maintain contact, but life intervened, and they lost touch. Though he'd not heard from Dean in years, Trent still continued to hope.Following a vivid dream in which a voice repeatedly instructs Trent to Go to him, Trent is led back to Dean, who is delighted their love has survived the long separation.But is all as it seems? Can Trent hold onto Dean this time, or is it too late?

I spent the last year of my life missing out on epic college experiences. After the accident when I was 15, I refused to let anyone get close enough risk losing someone I loved again. That means no parties, no boys, and definitely no hook ups; but my best friend Savannah has vowed to make sure this year is different for the both of us. I'm not sure I can say no any longer when I meet two guys who are after me for very different reasons. Could one of them be worth tearing down the walls I've built around myself? Or will I lose everything if I let the other one close enough?

Rivers Sullivan bears both visible and invisible scars—those on her shoulder from a bullet wound and those on her heart from the loss of her fiancé during the same brutal attack. Not even her background as an art therapist can help her regain her faith in humanity. Still, she scrapes together the courage to travel to St. Simons Island to see the beach cottage and art gallery she's inherited from her fiancé. When she stumbles upon recovering addicts running her gallery, she's forced to reckon with her own healing.After the tragic drowning of his cousin, James Cooper Knight spends his days trying to make up for his past mistakes. He not only dedicates his life to addiction counseling, but guilt drives him to the water, searching for others who've been caught unaware of the quickly rising tides of St. Simons. When he rescues a peculiar blond woman and her sketch pad from a sandbar, then delivers this same woman to his deceased grandmother's...

The Astonishing Color of After meets Eleanor & Park in this breathtaking and beautifully surreal story about a friendship between two teens that just might shake the earth around them or at the very least make them face some painful truths about the nature of what drives us apart...and what brings us together.Billy Sloat and Lydia Lemon don't have much in common, unless you count growing up on the same (wrong) side of the tracks, the lack of a mother, and a persistent loneliness that has inspired creative coping mechanisms. When the lives of these two loners are thrust together, Lydia's cynicism is met with Billy's sincere optimism, and both begin to question their own outlook on life. On top of that, weird happenings including an impossible tornado and an all-consuming fog are cropping up around them—maybe even because of them. And as the two grow closer and confront bigger truths about their pasts, they must also deal with such...

Ends of the Earth: A Novel

Adrian Bear is just right. The sun is setting. There isn't a town in sight, much less a hotel.But there is a cabin...Goldie is out for answers, not romance. But when the cabin's billionaire owner discovers her sleeping there, and he offers to help her find her long-lost aunt, she's not about to tell him no.She knows it's a risk. But the man who let her eat his oatmeal, sit in his chair, and crash at his cabin is too irresistible to let go.

So, you died. What happens next? Apparently, you get to wait in line. A short story.