When young River is more-or-less forced to invite the new girl at school to her sleepover, she worries it might put a damper on the secret fun she has planned with her best friends... but who knows, maybe they'll find a way to salvage the evening?
Two men head to NYC for the world series and meet Beatrice on the train. Smooth talking gets her into the powder room with them and well that's why you'll want to read the rest of the story. PS: She has a sister waiting for her in the city.
A story in the Tech and State Universe
Christopher "Kit" Wainwright is assigned Nichelle, a black woman, as his lab partner. Hailing from an insular small town, he is uncomfortable interacting with her. As he gets to know her, his queasiness about her race dissipates and he begins respecting her. They become at first friends and then lovers. Kit is unsure how his friends and family will accept Nichelle. In the mean time her history-obsessed mother discovers that his and her families crossed paths over a century earlier. / (Reviews)
A Marine grunt returns to civilian life and is faced with a new mission to bring hope to an innocent girl. Sexual abuse, a horrendous crime, and a stunning revelation eventually lead them to an unexpected ending.