Transformational Books
They carry truth, memory, and meaning from one generation to the next.
Our mission at Ember & Vine is to help authors publish stories their stories—both fictional and true. We believe in the transformative power of the written word and in creating space for voices that might otherwise go unheard.
In addition to our limited publishing model, we partner with Indie authors who value excellence, collaboration, and long-term impact. Together, we create books that are professionally produced, ethically published, and deeply human.
Upcoming Indie Titles
Grace for Grief
A Mother’s Journey of Love and Loss
Pam Kirk McCarty
There is no right way to grieve the loss of a child. And no timetable for when the pain should ease. In the raw, disorienting days after loss, many parents are left asking the same question: How do I keep going when my heart is shattered?
Written by a mother who has walked this road, this memoir offers an honest, empathetic companion for the early years of grief. With candor and tenderness, Pam McCarty shares what it looks like to survive unimaginable loss—one breath, one memory, one fragile moment of hope at a time. Through personal stories, intimate mother-daughter moments, and poignant reflections shaped by lived experience, she reminds grieving parents that their pain is real, their grief matters, and healing is not a betrayal of love.
This book does not offer quick fixes or unrealistic solutions. Nor does it deliver academic opinions on how to grieve. Instead, it offers something far more sustaining: heartfelt understanding. It shows how love endures, how a child’s presence can continue to shape a family’s life, and how joy—unexpected and hard-won—can return without erasing loss.
Before We Were Women
A novel
Sunita Reddy
Three women. Three secrets. One summer that changes everything.
Anita Kumar was fifteen when shame stole her voice. Pregnant and afraid to disappoint her successful parents, she allowed others to decide her future—and her daughter’s. Years later, she buries her grief beneath competence, scanning every child’s face for the one she lost.
Born into wealth but raised in fear, Ashley Spady escapes a violent home only to find herself trapped in a cycle she doesn’t know how to break—until an unexpected diagnosis forces her to confront the truth about herself.
Adopted and blessed with an extraordinary memory, Robin Zymanski dreams of becoming a writer. But as questions about her origins deepen and her vision begins to fade, she must decide who she is when the future she imagined slips from view.
When their lives converge in the summer of 2009, the three women form an unlikely bond that reshapes their understanding of identity, forgiveness, and belonging. Before We Were Women is a moving novel of resilience and sisterhood—about confronting the past, reclaiming your voice, and discovering that family can be found in the most unexpected places.