Patrick Ryan Books in Order

In Florida's landscape of space launches and hurricanes, Teresa Kerrigan struggles to hold a twice-divorced family together. Linked stories follow her four children as illness, faith, rivalry, and unusual hopes reshape their relationships across the years.

Former best friends Sam and Charlie reconnect during the Florida summer before their senior year. One struggles with a closely guarded secret while the other faces family neglect and a threatening dealer, leaving them with few other allies.

Garth feels understood when his easygoing uncle Mike arrives, accepting him without hesitation. Helping with Mike's increasingly mysterious errands draws Garth into secrets that force him to question both his uncle and the person he is becoming.

Competitive twins Judy and Kyle both become fascinated with Garret, a mysterious schoolmate who moves into their attic and claims to be a vampire. Their rivalry exposes the risks of pretending to be someone else to win affection.

Nine stories set around Cape Canaveral follow people whose private ambitions contrast with the space program's public milestones. Beauty contestants, engineers, scouts, retirees, and families confront longing, regret, and unexpected possibilities for connection.

An encounter between Margaret Salt and hardware-store owner Cal Jenkins in 1945 changes the course of two Ohio families. As the town moves through the postwar decades, a hidden truth reshapes relationships across generations.