A Lasting First Impression

Carl Nargle, Vermont’s #1 public television painter, is convinced he has it all: a signature perm, custom van, and fans hanging on his every stroke… until a younger, better artist steals everything (and everyone) Carl loves.

An aspiring actress responds to a mysterious classified ad and finds herself trapped in her new boss's twisted revenge fantasy.

After a near-fatal accident, soon-to-be father Pete Shelburn begins to suspect that his past has come back to haunt him. With his own father at death's door and his brother refusing to make amends with him, he's forced to save his family by confronting a nightmare from his childhood: a cursed cymbal-clapping toy monkey.

When confronting a restaurateur with a secret a customer bites off more than he can chew.

On the banks of a coastal village, a pair of young adult writers, two teen lovers, and mentally ill parents intertwine in three tales of love and forgiveness during separate stages of life.