Melanie Neilan

Three years ago she stole a secret worth killing for. And now that she's back, this thief for hire has his own reasons for revenge. But just how far can he trust her?

High school athlete Cyd Loughlin lives alone with her depressive father in South Carolina, perpetually longing to get away from it all. When her aunt, famous novelist Miranda Ruth, agrees to host her for a few weeks during the summer, Cyd jumps at the opportunity. While there, she falls for a girl in the neighborhood, even as she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit.

Unfolding over the course of one very eventful day in his life, at 17-year-old preacher’s kid Henry's afternoon birthday pool party, the guests include an assortment of grown-ups from the family church, as well as Henry’s secular and religious teen friends — including the closeted young Logan, who clearly has eyes for Henry.

The Book of Leah is a coming of age story, a drama about love, culture, and above all a witness to history.

An Afro-Russian teenager must make a life or death decision after having his first sexual encounter with a white Russian pastor's daughter.

A teenage cancer survivor learns her friend from the hospital has died.

When faced with discharge, a psychiatric patient is ambivalent about returning to the real world.

Socially and sexually awkward Melissa finds herself alone with her crush after being ditched by her friends at a party one night.

16-year-old Zoe enlists the help of her two grandmothers, one Russian and the other Turkish, for a school cooking project. As the grandmother's rivalry escalates, Zoe wishes she hadn't bothered to ask them in the first place. The need for culturally identity clashes with the kneading of dough, and Zoe soon realizes how important both of her grandmothers are to her - and that sometimes the way into people's hearts is through their stomachs.