"Summer's End" is a poetry collection covering the essence of being human while maintaining a critical eye to expectations that you are subjected to as well as experience yourself. This book allows you to peek through the curtains of fleeting revelations of someone just trying to find their place in the world.

In this next novel in the Lowcountry Summer series, New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe returns to the charm and sultrybeauty of Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, and the Muir family--three half sisters bound by love for their grandmother and the Carolina lowcountry--in an unforgettable tale of family bonds and love as strong and steady as the tides.

"A sparkling debut from a new author we’re all going to want more from.”—Susan Meissner, bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things When an ambitious female artist accepts an unexpected commission at a powerful earl's country estate in 1920s England, she finds his war-torn family crumbling under the weight of long-kept secrets. From debut author Courtney Ellis comes a captivating novel about finding the courage to heal after the ravages of war. Alberta Preston accepts the commission of a lifetime when she receives an invitation from the Earl of Wakeford to spend a summer painting at His Lordship's country home, Castle Braemore. Bertie imagines her residence at the prodigious estate will finally enable her to embark on a professional career and prove her worth as an artist, regardless of her gender. Upon her arrival, however, Bertie finds the opulent Braemore and its inhabitants diminished by the Great War. The earl has been living in isolation since returning from the trenches, locked away in his rooms and hiding battle scars behind a prosthetic mask. While his younger siblings eagerly welcome Bertie into their world, she soon sees chips in that world's gilded facade. As she and the earl develop an unexpected bond, Bertie becomes deeply entangled in the pain and secrets she discovers hidden within Castle Braemore and the hearts of its residents. Threaded with hope, love, and loss, At Summer's End delivers a portrait of a noble family--and a world--changed forever by the war to end all wars.

In a quiet village near Brighton, Olivia arrives to spend the summer with an aunt she barely knows, running from a heartbreak she cant yet face. She's not quite sure what she's searching for, but what she finds is a small town brimming with secrets, a ghostly presence that seems to understand her loneliness, and two intriguing locals who make her question everything she thought she knew about love. As Olivia uncovers hidden truths about her aunts past, she's forced to confront her own fears and desires. With summer days fading and decisions looming, she must choose between running from her problems or finally facing them head-on. Will she stay in the village, where shes found a new sense of belonging, or return to New York to confront the life she left behind? A story of self-discovery, love, and the courage to embrace who you are. This story takes readers on a heartfelt journey of finding light in the darkest places.

In the summer of 1978, there was one thing they were certain of: Wendy loves Jacob and Jacob loves Wendy. But this is the thing with being seventeen, being in love feels strong and infinite - as if it could never end. Wendy departs and something tender and sweet develops between Jacob and a boy named August. None of the three has any idea yet that the summer marks the end of their youth.

Still I look in the mirror and all I see is you. I need to get you out of my system. Lola initially moved to Dublin to start over, but soon finds herself tangled in a heartbreak so bad she can hardly grasp it. The plan for the summer had been simple: Stay as far away from her home and as much in his as possible- but after having her whole life turned upside down all roads lead back to her tiny hometown in Germany. She had imagined three quiet months hibernating in her childhood bedroom, but returning home, shes surprised that life has not stood still in the time shes been away. Everyone seems to be moving on without her. Everything is different, and yet somehow, everything feels achingly familiar.

This is a collection of anecdotes, commentaries, memories and stories about the human life, the tragedy, the joy, the daily moments that define what makes us human. Moments of happiness, dread and uncertainty tell the story of humanity.

__________________ Dearest Husband, This is the story of all the boys who I thought might be you. They weren't. But I learnt a lot from them . And of course, This is also the story of how I met you In the end. __________________

thinking in poems is a collection of thoughts on relationships, poly explorations, friends, loss and grief. grief not only about people but places, wishes for the future, and a hurting planet. it describes the feeling of navigating the world as a young woman, angry, sad, melancholic and at times punishingly true. it is a collection that aspires to bring to live thoughts for the future, about the relations we could form, the work we could do, to articulate what we strive for. to articulate: whats next?

"Tell me about them", she says. "Well, then let me start at the end, lead you through the hinterlands. Here these characters have space to unfold, and I can study them at my leisure, as if they were special statues in a museum. I am the curator of this exhibition, let me show you around. In 60 pages I'm going to introduce you to this little world about entering adulthood and all the obstacles in-between, about sexual desires, and your own identity, about what it really means to grow up, and finally how not to compromise who you truly want to be. So, I invite you to let yourself fall into insanity, beauty, and a daydream again."