Genre:
Literary / General Fiction
Themes:
Angsty
Coming of Age
Dual Timeline (Past and Present)
Family Relationships
Loss / Grieving / Widow
Married or Established Couple
Misfit / Socially Awkward
Return to Hometown
Heat Level:
Fade to Black (sex scenes are mostly implied and use euphemistic language)
Archetypes:
Doctor / Nurse / EMT / Midwife
Student
Teacher / Professor
Geographic Location:
United States: Midwest
United States: South
Setting:
Academic / School / University
Small Town / Rural
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Lesbian
Turning for Home
By Caren J. Werlinger
Old memories threaten to pull Jules under. Is love enough to save her?
Like her mother before her, Jules Calhoon couldn’t wait to escape her small Ohio town. Unlike her mother, though, Jules couldn’t disappear forever. When she’s called back for her grandfather’s funeral, the visit unleashes a flood of memories and starts her on a lonely—and familiar—path. Her partner, Kelli, feels Jules slipping away but can’t figure out how to pull her back. In desperation, she turns to Jules’s oldest friend—and her ex—Donna. The problem is, Donna never could figure out why her relationship with Jules ended so long ago, and she never stopped loving Jules.When a lonely, confused teenager reaches out to Jules for help, the past and present are set on a collision course, igniting a chain of events that will leave none of them unscathed.
