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Missy Kinkaid has always been the light of Sullivan’s Island—bold, unapologetic, and the emotional center of her family, her friendships, and the renegade group of divorced women known as Scarlet’s Harlots. But when the death of her estranged mother sends her into an unexpected breakdown in the cereal aisle, Missy is forced to confront the...

From award-winning author Kirsten Pursell, Finding Scarlet is a coming-of-middle-age romance about self-discovery, friendship, and starting over after divorce.

After a thirty-year marriage ends, Scarlet leaves behind the familiar—and the expectations shaped by too many Nicholas Sparks novels—to reinvent herself on Sullivan’s Island, South...

*Amazon Best Seller*
Winner of multiple awards in women’s fiction, divorce fiction, and contemporary romance

Jenn is fifty-something and newly empty-nesting, living in a picture-perfect home that feels anything but full. Her marriage is safe, stable—and quietly suffocating. With her children grown and the silence growing louder, Jenn finds...

Helena “Harvard” Schmitt could not leave her life on the mountain soon enough. A life of academic rigor at Harvard was made possible by her extraordinary athletic gift: running. Thor Himmel was the Harvard equivalent of a movie star: attractive, intelligent, and unattainable. As Helena and Thor run from their demons, their paths inevitably and...

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Award-winning memoir of adolescence, identity, and coming of age in the 1980s

On Becoming Me: Memoir of an 80's Teenager by Kirsten Pursell is a raw, honest coming-of-age memoir told entirely through the author’s teenage diaries, journals, poetry, and letters. Set against the backdrop of the 1980s, the book traces the...

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Jack Carp was the most sought after hand model in Los Angeles. Heartbroken by a recent break up, he sets out to commit emotional suicide by drowning his sorrows in fast food. Instead of death by burger, he is discovered as the new face of Burger Barn, catapulting him to corporate icon status. Advertising is a brutal industry...

In the 1980’s, I was a teenager trying to find my place in the world. Poetry was one of my coping mechanisms.

In love: I hoped. I dreamed. I imagined. I experienced.

In life: I struggled. I hated. I cried for help. I hoped. I overcame.

I could be complex. I could be simple. I could be powerful. Misunderstood. Frustrated. In other words: A confused...

Renamed Finding Scarlet. Ebook copies of The Scarlet D available at select retailers.

From award-winning author Kirsten Pursell, follow Scarlet as she navigates self-discovery, love, and friendship later in life in this coming-of-middle-age romance.

The BookFest Awards (2025): 2nd Women's Fiction; 3rd Romance
Firebird Book Awards Winner (2025):...