Coming of Age Stories

Mark takes a Caribbean cruise - unexpectedly by himself, after his girlfriend breaks his heart. Onboard the ship, he meets a teenage girl named Riley and her family. The family asks Mark to participate in a very special tradition, one that he's never heard of. The story covers what happens on the cruise, and what happens in subsequent years, as Mark and Riley try to maintain their relationship. / (Reviews)

Defenceman: Parallel Ice (A Non-Canonical Saga) builds on Cold Creek’s Defenceman series while offering a new interpretation. Michael Stewart’s journey extends beyond the rink into intrigue, modeling, and the launch of his AI: Aegis. From Ann Arbor to London, Japan, and Spain, the story explores honor, love, betrayal, and resilience. Rivals and allies test his limits in the arena, courts and shadows—where triumph demands sacrifice and heart both on and off the ice.

Coming of Age. Dean and his friends are board game players. None of them ever expected that gaming could lead to meeting girls, and to romance. Dean never expected his best friend's sister to be interested in him.

A story in the Hazelwood High Universe
Not unlike Lolita, a story that looks at the erotic interests of those below legal age, examines the effects of a sudden sex life thrust upon many different types of minors, and a piece that challenges how we psychologically view sex and its consequences, the good and the bad. / (Reviews)

A Story in the Growing Pains Universe
This is the twenty chapter book that shows Andy's summer holidays and then as he adapts to College life. He meets the stripper Abi, he has a complex relationship with his classmate while his sister is intent on causing as much trouble as possible. This books shows Andy's sexual awakening and as Abi introduces him to a world he had not seen before. This book starts slow and has little sexual content for the first four chapters.

A Climbing the Ladder Story
Part of the A Well-Lived Life universe
'Climbing the Ladder' is the story of Jonathan Kane, a young man from rural Ohio, who begins a new life in Chicago in the mailroom of Spurgeon Capital. This is a story in the 'A Well-Lived Life' universe, and provides history and backstory for Spurgeon Capital, the Spurgeon family, the Glass family, the Lundgren family, Anala Subramani, Tom Quinn, and others from the 'A Well-Lived Life' series. The story stands on its own, and does not require reading any other stories in the universe.

Two tees collaborate on the design and construction of an awesome tree house. While building their creation, they also build a friendship and more.

Artist Jett Blackburn's paintings reveal the soul of his subjects. They have the power to change the viewer, the model, and the artist. Sometimes emotionally, sometimes terminally. Join this digital native and his accumulation of girlfriends as they break the ties with their parents and move off to college and self-discovery. All characters are over the age of 18. / (Reviews)

Lotta really wants to join her best friend Emily at this year's summer camp, but she has trouble coming up with the cash. Emily has an idea how Lotta can make quite a bit of money mowing lawns, but things somehow get a bit out of hand - not that Lotta complains too much. What if Lotta gets caught, though? And how far would she go to make it to camp? What will happen once she gets there? A naughty journey of discovery and liberation with a hint of plot.

A Story in the Naked In School Universe
What happens when the Naked in School Program comes to a high school in Fairbanks, Alaska? Emma and her classmates, using a blizzard of cool tactics, give it a frigid reception as they try to stop it cold. This is a gentle story about the coming of age of a brilliant young woman who discovers her own sexuality while dealing with some unforgiving bureaucracies as she grows up in a world with the Program. Warning: There's romance. And physics.