Harlan Covington

The ward smelled of cheap medicine, boiled cabbage, and old age—so thick and heavy it felt like you could

Emily refused to help her daughter, because long ago, she had left her without a home. The whole village

**Diary Entry** Emily sat on the kitchen stool, staring at the ring with the small stone that Victor

— Why on earth did you tell me all this? — Irene asked quietly, her voice unfamiliar even to herself.

They sat once more in that little café on the corner of the old quarter—Clara and Edward. She was tall

A REASON TO LOVE “You’re awfully sharp today,” remarked Oliver, watching Amelia pack her

As Close as It Gets “It’s a shame Grandma Eleanor didn’t come again,” whispered Emily

*Diary Entry* The surgeons refused to operate on the orphan. But when the cleaner walked into the operating

**Diary Entry** In my later years, my eldest son stopped speaking to me. He went back to the woman who’d

**Diary Entry** My friend Emily is an incredible cook. Truly divine—she could turn a courgette and a