Looking for a Distraction (or maybe a Hiding Place?)
Welcome to Zombie Week! Our clocks went forward last night, and I’m already dreading the coming week. Moving to summer time puts my internal clock out of whack, and every year it takes me at least a week of headaches and yawning at inappropriate times to adjust to the change.
Over the years, I’ve learned that having a distraction – like a project that I’m excited about – helps me adjust more easily. And with that, it seems, I’m in good company.
Zach Hellig, the main character of my newest book Hiding Place, is set on finding a distraction to help him deal with his grief.
Zach is convinced that there is no such place, and no such distraction… but then he finds an old, fortified tower in need of complete renovation and falls in love with the place. The delicious, brooding neighbour is a bonus, as is the thirty-year-old mystery he uncovers in the course of his renovations.
It’s a story of grief, and comfort, and resilience and – as usual with me – of endings that are new beginnings. And yes, there are yellow roses.
Hiding Place is available from my store now, or from all major retailers on Friday, 31st March.
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