Disclosure / Disclaimer: I received this ebook, free of charge, from Hyperion Avenue via #Netgalley, for review purposes on this blog. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it. All opinions are my own.
A romance author takes a trip to her childhood beach home, but her summer is upended by the startling return of a deceased childhood friend, newfound love, and . . . sea monsters?
From the author of On Earth as It Is on Television...
Synopsis:
At age ten, Jenni Farrow and her new best friend, Timmy Caruso, enjoy a glorious summer on Pearl Island filled with fireworks, beach days, and carnival rides (not to mention that strange sea creature they rescue from a tide pool). Then, one late summer day, Timmy disappears.
Thirty years later, Jenni—now Jenn Lanaro, bestselling author of the Philipia Bay action-romance series—is desperate to escape the fatigue of her career and her soon-to-be-ex-husband. With her Pokémon-obsessed kids in tow, Jenn rents a summer house on Pearl Island. But shortly after she arrives, a boy emerges from the nighttime sea. His name, he says, is Timmy Caruso. He’s ten years old. He’s on a mission to save the world, and he needs her help.
In the days that follow, as Jenn grapples with work deadlines, spirited children, and her burgeoning interest in a very sexy contractor, alarming and mysterious events unfold along the coast. And when a terror appears in the deeper waters, Jenn begins to wonder if, just maybe, Timmy is onto something.
Review:
Part chick lit, part sci-fi, part family dysfunction, Jenn is a character most of us can relate to. She's become the family bread-winner, but lost touch with the raising of her kids. So when her husband threatens divorce, all she can think is to find some solitude, spend some time with her kids, and to go thru her mom's house to close it and sell it. But what she finds in Pearl Island is her past coming back to haunt her, in a way she never expected-the reappearance of her best friend from years ago, spit back onto land by the sea that took him. Only what took him was a sea monster. An actual sea monster....As she struggles to come to terms with chaos that seems to be swirling around her, odd natural occurences start happening and her kids realize it is up to their family to save the world, only Jenn isn't quite sure about that...Meanwhile her editor's contractor for hire that is supposed to be helping at her mom's house, is proving to be a distraction not a help, but then he suddenly is more than just part of the solution they need to thwart sea monsters. A hysterical read with heart, don't miss this book!
About the Author:
Emily Jane grew up in Boise, Boulder, and San Francisco. She earned her BA in psychology from the University of San Francisco and her JD from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She lives on an urban farm in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband, Steve; their two children; their cat, Scully; and their husky, Nymeria. On Earth as it Is on Television is her debut novel.
Comments
Post a Comment