Angie Lynch

Sixteen years ago, Jordyn and Annie were young, in love, and expecting their first baby together through the miracle of artificial insemination. Their happiness was cut short however when their first baby boy died only hours after birth. After a successful pregnancy and birth, they brought a second son into the world a couple of years later. Today, Jordyn is a single mother raising 14 year old Nicholas and has finally gained stability and routine from their pre-chaotic life. Though the memory of the son she lost and the brother Nicholas never got to know remains in her heart, Jordyn convinces herself that she is fulfilled and complete with no plans to have any future children.Until the phone call that changes her life. Phoenix King, a teenager needing an emergency placement from an abusive home, is requesting to stay for the night with his friend Nicholas' family . Suddenly, Nicholas has a new life as a brother and Jordyn has a new path to walk as the mother of two teenage boys at home and one in the basement. The similarities between herself and her new foster son are undeniable and Jordyn begins to wonder if there is a spiritual connection that goes deeper than a bloodline between the two of them. Could this boy be the reincarnated spirit of the baby she lost so many years ago?

Nic Darnell never took the easy path. Her life was filled with loss, death, addictions, and pain. When she accepted a marketing position at a reputable company it was meant to be just another job and a way to pay the bills. But from the moment she met her new coworker, Danica Carrell, it became much more than that. Her unplanned journey of self discovery took a surprising turn when she realized she was breaking the one cardinal rule of being a lesbian - never fall for a straight girl. But maybe some rules are meant to be broken...

In 2001, A.J. Caputa was a young, single mother of 4 year old Emilie. Meeting Samantha Carey, an experienced and out lesbian, would undoubtedly change her life forever. 17 years later, Beauty in the Thunder, finds A.J. at age 43 and once again single. This world weary, experienced lesbian is not the wide eyed girl she once was navigating her way through unfamiliar LGBT waters. Now the mother of two and grandma of one, she finds herself in unknown territory, once again, as she handles some of life's toughest blows with blood, sweat, and tears. But she didn't sacrifice everything to find her own truth just to give up at the first echo of thunder.

A.J. Caputa is a hard working, single mother to her four year old daughter, Emilie. With her little girl by her side she thought she had everything she could ever need- a good job, great family, close friends. And then she met Sam. Sam turned her life upside down, without even trying, when A.J. discovered the feelings she had for this amazing woman were feelings she never knew were possible. Raised in a conservative Christian family, being gay simply wasn't an option. It was taboo and it was a lifestyle for "those people". Faced with feelings completely foreign to her, A.J. must make the ultimate decision in her life. Come out and live life as a gay woman or remain in the life that's familiar and acceptable. And if she chooses to be true to herself, how will that affect her relationship with her daughter, her family, and God? Will the dark closet she's hidden in for so long keep her safe or will it end up suffocating her?Beyond the Rain explores the deepest depths of fear from her own to that of her family in a way that's honest, humble, and heart wrenching.