Ruth Mcleod Kearns: 8 books

What happens to a man who loses everything in a second? Co-written with her son, Spencer McLeod, "Away from the Sun" is the story of a man's painful climb to rebuild his life with little success. With the help of his distant father, he learns that life goes on - even if it's away from the sun. 

James has a great life: a successful career, a loving husband and two beautiful daughters. However, everything changes when he gets a phone call from a hospital informing him that his mother has weeks to live. After decades of anger and silence, James decides to travel back to his childhood home to help the woman he has yet to forgive.

For Casey and Susan, things didn't come easily. Their romance took some getting used to, living in Los Angeles was hectic and raising 2 boys was down-right insane. After being told by her therapist to vent through her blog, Cassie begins to realize that some of her biggest stressors were life's most...

When a woman’s life begins to revolve around the gravesite of her sister, with the help of a stranger, she fights to gain back the things that suicide threatened to take away. 

When Jasmine's husband died in a car accident, he left behind a wife and adopted daughter, Rosie, in a world of destruction and grief. The once financially stable world Jasmine grew accustomed to had been unwelcomely exchanged for a life containing 3 jobs and frightening loneliness.  Knowing...

Where does one go when they're truly unwanted? For Becky, it was anywhere but home. 'Weeds' is the heart-breaking story of a woman's struggle to find where she belongs, and the people she touches along the way.

What does it feel like to die? Follow the last ten minutes of Claire's life as she fights for and ponders the memories of the life she had with her true love. She would fight, that is, until it was enough.

How can I sum up 20 years of trauma nursing? I've simply experienced it all: from the adrenaline of hearing the code bells ring to the heart-wrenching sadness of closing a child-sized body-bag. I've worked in some of the largest, meanest trauma facilities across the nation - and these are my stories.