Books by Carla Stewart

In this second novel by talented new voice Carla Stewart, one woman clings to her memories while another longs to erase hers.

It is the summer of 1958, and life in the small Texas community of Graham Camp should be simple and carefree. But not for twelve-year-old Sammie Tucker. Sammie has plenty of questions about her mother's "e;nerve"e; problems. About shock treatments. About whether her mother loves her.When her mother commits suicide and a not-so-favorite aunt arrives, Sammie has to choose who to trust with her deepest fears: Her best friend who has an opinion about everything, the mysterious kid from California whose own troubles plague him, or her round-faced neighbor with gentle advice and strong shoulders to cry on. Then there's the elderly widower who seems nice but has his own dark past.Trusting is one thing, but accepting the truth may be the hardest thing Sammie has ever done.

Award-winning author Carla Stewart returns to the 1920s in this vivid historical novel about a female pilot navigating love and life.

At a southern finishing school, two cousins discover that being rich doesn't guarantee freedom, and that freedom doesn't guarantee happiness.

An East Texas widow, determined to start over, inherits a rundown motel. When her first guest is her dead husband's mistress, pregnant and stricken with polio, a change of plans leads to a change of heart.