A romantic drama, Five Feet Apart follows two teens with cystic fibrosis—Stella Grant (Haley Lu Richardson) and Will Newman (Cole Sprause)—as they deal with a budding but forbidden relationship.
CF patients must maintain at least six feet of distance to reduce any risk of cross-infection, a rule strictly upheld by Nurse Barbara (Kimberly Hebert Grégory) and the hospital staff.
A determined rule follower, Stella has organized her life around her treatments and harbors the hope that she will someday receive a lung transplant. Cynical Will, on the other hand, likes to flaunt the rules and take risks.
Stella initially dislikes Will and admonishes him to follow his prescribed regimen. In exchange for sketching her, Will agrees to take more responsibility for his treatments.
As they grow closer, Stella decides to bend the hospital rule and “take one foot back.” Using a billiards cue, she keeps five feet away from Will during their encounters and secret dates.
The storyline is an engaging one, with many tender and bittersweet moments. My favorites include the scavenger hunt that Stella sets up for Will, the surprise dinner party hosted by best friend Poe (Moises Arias), and the sharing of their scars.
Intertwined are the crushing blows that many CF patients and their families must endure: the sudden death of a close friend and ally (Poe), the realization that a drug trial isn’t working (Will), and the final parting of the ways.
Bring lots of tissue and prepare yourself for an emotional rollercoaster.
When hotel inspector, Tallulah Thompson, is called in along with her pug, Franny, to investigate renovation delays, she meets an extremely annoyed and dapper turn-of-the-century innkeeper. The only problem is he’s in limbo, neither dead nor alive, and Tallulah and the pug are the first to see him in a hundred years.
When a wild mustang is shot in Montana, renowned horse whisperer and telepath, Emma Horserider, is called in to calm the herd and find out what happened. Once on scene she is almost killed by a bullet-spewing drone, and calls her black ops brother for back-up.
One soars like an eagle. One strikes like a thunderbird. But forboth hearts, revenge can be deadly when it’s nourished.
After working in health care delivery for years, Sharon Buchbinder became an association executive, a health care researcher, and an academic in higher education. She had it all–a terrific, supportive husband, an amazing son and a wonderful job. But that itch to write (some call it an obsession) kept beckoning her to “come on back” to writing fiction. Thanks to the kindness of family, friends, critique partners, and beta readers, she is published in contemporary, erotic, paranormal, and romantic suspense–as well as textbooks! When not attempting to make students, colleagues, and babies laugh, she can be found herding cats, walking her dogs, fishing, cooking, dining, and laughing with family and friends, or writing.
January Bain has wished on every falling star, every blown-out birthday candle, and every coin thrown in a fountain to be a storyteller. To share the tales of high adventure, mysteries, and thrillers she has dreamed of all her life. The story you now have in your hands is the compilation of a lot of things manifesting itself for this special series. Hundreds of hours spent researching the unusual and the mundane have come together to create books that features strong women who live life to the fullest, wild adventures full of twists and unforeseen turns, and hot complicated men who aren’t afraid to take risks. She can only hope her stories will capture your imagination and heart as much as they do hers.
Joanne Guidoccio 