THE THIRD BOOK IN MY NON-SERIES
Three years ago, after having written books in many genres, it was time for me to consider a genre(s) that I’d always wanted to write but had previously overlooked: suspense / psychological dramas. I never intended to write a series, but after writing my first one, Twice a Broken Breath (TABB), I didn’t want to leave New York City … or my characters. Out of my three novels set in NYC, this one is closest to being a thriller. The entire novel is told in first-person POV by Liam Tallamore, a man who has 24 hours to comb the city, without a clue, to find his eight-year-old daughter before his wife and her lover leave the country.
A year later, staying in New York, I wrote What the Years Remember (WTYR), the story of fraternal twins, Amber and Jade, who have been apart for 23 years. Amber has lived under a different name for she fears the return of her psychopathic sister who believes she’d killed Amber when the girls were sixteen. As I began to tell this story, I realized that the characters I’d written (and loved) for TABB would be the perfect people to help Amber once she learns her sister has committed murder in California and is back in New York.
Still, I didn’t consider that I was writing a series, but companion books. I took great care to write this second suspense book (with multiple POVs) without revealing any secrets from the Twice a Broken Breath.
And now, I’m publishing the third book in my non-series (blurb at the end of this blog), Too Far Standing Still, and once again, I’m introducing new main characters while once again asking some of my established characters from TABB and WTYR to step in and help drive the story.
Each of these three New York suspense novels are very different. Each one is a stand-alone novel, and to be really precise, the genres may slightly vary (from suspense thriller to psychological suspense). As a writer, while great stories are paramount, creating complex characters is what I enjoy the most.
Out of these three books, Too Far Standing Still introduces some morally gray characters. They weren’t necessary planned this way, but this is who they revealed themselves to be.
This book is the fifteenth book I’ve written, and it wouldn’t surprise me if I stick around New York City for a future novel. We shall see.
Here’s the blurb:
How far would you go to realize your dreams?
Tilly Henley was raised in a life of privilege. The daughter of prominent, wealthy New Yorkers, she wants for little. In her late twenties, she marries attorney Jim McNaughton, and the two of them happily plan to start a family. But, for the first time in her life, Tilly learns that being born into money doesn’t guarantee you get everything you want. Far from it. Unable to conceive, and now, after years of failed IVF treatments, her dream of motherhood is slipping away—and so is her marriage.
Complicating matters, Tilly and Jim also covet the $50 million trust her grandfather left for his great-grandchildren. Unfortunately, Tilly’s father, who controls the money, has his reasons for wanting the trust to go only to biological Henleys, making adoption out of the question.
With time running out, desperation turns to recklessness. What begins as whispered “what ifs” spirals into dangerous games of deception, betrayal, and unfathomable choices that could destroy everything.
When the stakes are this high, how far is too far?
Too Far Standing Still is available on Amazon in Kindle or paperback editions. It’s also free to read for KindleUnlimited readers.
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