the setup… Albert Entwistle leads a very simple life. He’s a postman serving the Lancashire district, living alone with his beloved cat Gracie. He’s friendly to the people on his route but not so much as to engage with anyone, even his workmates. A few months before his 65th birthday, he receives a letter from… Continue reading The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain @MattCainWriter @SimVan @recordedbooks @librofm
the setup… It’s been over ten years since Emma Dean’s husband Harry died suddenly from a heart attack. He was president of the local bank, a family tradition, and left her well cared for financially. Over the years, she’s carved her own path, creating and managing the town’s art center where she helps promote and… Continue reading All That We Are by Mariah Stewart #MariahStewart @BrilliancePub
the setup… Four years ago, Lydia (Liddy) Bryant’s beloved daughter Jessica took her own life at the age of twenty-nine. One year later, her husband Jim packed up and left without explanation, leaving Liddy to grapple with her grief alone and find a new life path. She’s turned her focus towards buying the local bookshop… Continue reading Goodbye Again by Mariah Stewart #MariahStewart @BrilliancePub
the setup… Nora Hamilton is a screenwriter for the romance channel (think Hallmark). She’s a recently divorced mother of two who decided to write something other than her usual formulaic story, this time more close to home and personal. It’s about the end of her marriage to Ben, a man who never worked during their… Continue reading Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan @annabelmonaghan @hillatious @PRHAudio
the setup… Natalie Fincher is a songwriter who isn’t composing these days. It’s been 2 1/2 years since her beloved husband Russ died following complications from a hit and run accident on his bicycle. She’s struggling with her grief, not bouncing back the way her well meaning friends feel she should and is beginning to… Continue reading The Key to My Heart by Lia Louis @LisforLia @SimonAudio @librofm
the setup… It’s 2019 and the setting is the funeral for BettyKay Beecher, a former nurse and mother of two daughters, Clara and Abbie. The sisters are grief stricken and are struggling with their own relationship with each other, growing further apart now that Clara is living in Chicago. The sudden arrival of a guest… Continue reading Blog Tour: The Sunshine Girls by Molly Fader @MollyOKwrites @andi_arndt @HarlequinBooks
the setup… It’s been two years since Maggie Flynn lost her husband Art who died from a terminal illness. She was his primary caretaker during that time, devoting herself entirely to the man she loved dearly. Now her 40th year high school reunion is coming up and she’ll be returning to her hometown in Wyndham… Continue reading An Invincible Summer by Mariah Stewart #MariahStewart @KateMarcinVO @BrilliancePub
the setup… Chuck Ayers, Ella Burke and Kirsten Bonato all have one thing in common. They are coping with loss, though their circumstances and methods of dealing with it differ. Chuck’s beloved wife Cat recently died from cancer and he’s not ready to let her go, wondering if he should continue in paths of routine… Continue reading A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella @JoellaWriting @staceyglemboski @MelissaARedmond @bdwagner @SimonAudio @librofm
the setup… Tova Sullivan is a 70-year old widow who works nights at the Sowell Bay, Washington aquarium as the janitor responsible for mopping the floors. She loves what she does as it keeps her busy but it’s her fascination with the giant Pacific octopus named Marcellus that delights her every night. Marcellus was rescued… Continue reading Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt @shelbyvanpelt @MarinIreland @michaelurie @HarperAudio @librofm
the setup… Mark and Rachel are married with two children and they decide to vacation on the Cape with her abrasive twin brother Geoff, his wife Sasha and their two small children. Rachel and Geoff have their own method of communication that Mark and Sasha just accept as a “twin thing.” the heart of the… Continue reading Shell Game by Rumaan Alam @DearFajer @BrilliancePub
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