The sea has a tremendous pull on many people and for a variety of different reasons. For Cora Manchester, though, spending the summer after her senior year in high school in ‘The Pink Palace’ near the beach seems like a really bad idea. In an...

In Life Interrupted, a young adult/new adult contemporary romance novel by Kristen Kehoe, Rachel (called Flow by her friends) is a senior in high-school. She’s a volleyball player who is fierce and independent and may not always think before she acts. She's in love with...

In Laura English by Lynn Bornstein, young Jane Parks, longed for more in life. She dreamed of being an actress. Not just any actress. Someone of repute. She would spend hours in her own fantasy world, picturing herself on stage performing. The war interrupted her...