Nearer Still Author: Melissa MacVicar Release: May 28th 2014 Series: Secret Affinity Publisher: Self published Source: Amazon Kindle Store Genre: Historical YA Rating: 3 Stars Website: Goodreads Page Expanding on the world of Melissa MacVicar's debut novel EVER NEAR, this digital-only short story explores the background of Jade’s grandmother, Winnie Ferguson, growing up as a black teenager and a budding clairvoyant in the early 1960s. When Stanley Irving gets arrested during a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter, he makes the front page of the Baltimore newspaper. Eighteen-year-old Winnie Ferguson’s father is furious with his daughter's boyfriend and tries to break up the young couple. Will Winnie stand up to her father, or will the pair be ripped apart by the tension surrounding the Civil Rights movement? My review of this short-story Nearer Still is a short story prequel set in the 1960's. There are two full length novels in this series.The fir...