The Unfortunate Life of Genevieve Ryder
Genre: Historical Fiction, Book Club Fiction, Women’s Fiction
In 1946, twenty-two-year-old Genevieve Ryder knows that the only way out from under her mother’s domineering thumb is to get married. Bobby McFadden is her perfect match. But when Gen realizes she’s pregnant and learns that Bobby is engaged to someone else, her life as she planned it is over. Forced to spend a year at Bethany House, a home for unwed mothers, Gen decides that keeping her baby is her way forward. The decision to choose this baby for the sake of her freedom will reverberate through her life. Is she serving herself or her child in her choices?
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Stories in Published Collections
I’ve got a few stories that have been published as part of collections. If you’re interested in speculative fiction (science fiction or fantasy), you’ll want to check them out.
A Time for Everything
A Collection of short stories all connected by the theme of Time. My short story, a Time to be Silent is published here.
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Parabolic Orbits
A collection of science fiction short stories, including my short story, The Delivery. (It is one of my favorite short stories I’ve written.)
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Coming Soon: Parabolic Worlds
This will be a collection of fantasy stories based on the parables of Jesus. I wrote a story about a shape shifting dragon.
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