Racing Toward Providence

by Laurel Mills

Samantha Warren has one passion in life-her painting. She moves to a secluded cabin in Maine where she can work undisturbed. But Kate Sinclair comes along, and Sam discovers another passion. Just as their friendship is developing into something more, several events happen that will change Sam's life and disrupt the idyllic world she has created for herself. When Sam posts her land as a "no hunting" zone, she incurs the wrath of locals who have hunted deer there for generations. A stranger shows up and wants to buy her land, and someone is making serious threats against her. In the midst of these conflicts, her eight-year-old nephew is suddenly orphaned and needs a home, which only Sam can provide. Samantha's solitary life as an artist has been thrust into turmoil. How will she resolve these unexpected complications and what does providence have in mind for her?

Genres: Lesbian

196 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 2008

About the author

Laurel Mills grew up in Maine and now lives in Wisconsin with her partner of thirty-one years. They enjoy biking, kayaking, camping, and of course reading. Laurel is working on a new novel about an alcoholic who struggles to salvage her life from the chaos caused by her drinking.

Laurel is the author of five award-winning collections of poems, including Rumor of Hope, which won the Encircle Publications chapbook contest. She is also the author of three novels: Taking Flight, Racing Toward Providence, and Undercurrents, all from Intaglio Publications. Her work has been published in many magazines, such as Ms., Yankee, Kalliope, and Calyx, and in several anthologies, including Boomer Girls: Poems by Women from the Baby Boom Generation. She holds a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in Humanities, and often teaches writing workshops. She is Senior Lecturer Emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, where she taught English and edited the literary magazine Fox Cry Review. (from the author's website)