Violette

by Henry Hoffman

Bright and beautiful, Violette Meadows is off to a promising start in her first year of college at a small private boarding school, before a vicious rumor, initiated by a major benefactor of the school, threatens to derail her career path. Not only are her future plans endangered but a budding romance as well. Drawing on the support of a loyal friend and the last-minute intervention of a school administrator, she is eventually able to survive the storm. Set in 1953, this coming-of-age young adult novella touches the deepest of human emotions during contrasting periods of personal tranquility and turmoil.

184 pages, Paperback

Published April 14, 2026

About the author

Henry Hoffman is a former public library director and newspaper editor whose fiction and non-fiction works have appeared in a variety of literary and trade publications. He is the author of four previous novels, including Bridge to Oblivion, the first of the Adam Fraley mystery/detective series, which received the Florida Publishers Association's Gold Medal Award for Florida Fiction. He is a resident of Southwest Florida.