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Martha Holmes character intro

Martha Holmes is falling out of love and back into her life – except she barely recognizes it anymore. Fresh out of the fallout of her marriage, a relationship that spanned almost ten years, she finds herself single and starting over at 33. Crumbled, cheated on, and heartbroken, she hasn’t dated in almost a decade and feels overwhelmed at the thought of trying again – what even are dating apps and how do they work? What are the rules and how have they changed? Can she keep up in the fast-paced world of casual hook-ups and instant gratification?

She is an old-school soul, a romantic turned cynical. Instead of jumping back into dating, she’s focused on a major case. Martha is an independent private investigator, and a former investigative journalist. Unravelling mysteries is what she does best. Her keen eye for detail, strong instinct and determination makes her a reliable woman to rely on to uncover secrets. Her job consists mostly of busting deceitful spouses, solving troubled marriage lives and busting workplace fraud. She’s tired of the mundane cases and the repetitive nature of human beings hurting each other in petty ways. But when the cold case of two missing girls comes her way, Martha finds her purpose as a PI once more: to help others and to find the truth.

Behind the work day, though, is a woman who wants to turn off her phone and curl up in bed to cry until she can’t feel a thing. Maybe turning off the online world will turn off the rest of the world. Make everything stop for just a little while so she can process and grieve. Instead, she leaves her work day to light a cigarette, drink a cocktail and numb it all out once more.

(Image by Štěpán Karásek from Pixabay )

When not working or partying, Martha loves writing, photography, and shopping. She has far too many notebooks she has yet to use, a dress and shoes for every occasion, drinks too much coffee, loves food and daytime naps. Her work and party lifestyle make her nocturnal unless she has to be somewhere. Especially now that she doesn’t have a marriage to balance with it all – her time is truly her own once more.

She was the teenager who never quite fit in. Her home life was unsteady when she was young, with her mother stuck in an abusive relationship she eventually escaped.

Martha and her sister, Amy, are close. Also constantly at Martha’s side is her best friend, Daisy, a social media influencer and star. The women are inseparable. Amy and Daisy have been in the dating world much longer than Martha has – the trio are bound for adventures while Martha seeks to answer the question embedded in her heart since being betrayed by her husband: is there life after love?

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