About the Book:
Shannon Malone thought
she'd found her happy ending when she married Edmund Ridgeway, but a
diving accident on their honeymoon left her in a coma. Waking up to the
news that she's thirty years old would have been daunting enough . . .
but she also learns that Edmund has lost his interim battle with cancer
and the world has marched on without her. Her gorgeous doctor, Daniel
Petros, seems to know everything about her and becomes Shannon's tour
guide into a whole new world of madness where reality television has
taken over the planet and everyone's life appears to revolve around a
tiny screen on their cell phones!
As Shannon struggles to navigate through the changes-both in the world and
in her-she also must discern real memories from imagined ones. Did she
really ever wear capris pants and entertain in her living room, or was
that Laura Petrie from her favorite classic TV show? And where is her
beloved dog, Freeway? Oh, wait! That was Jonathan and Jennifer Hart's
dog, not hers.
Shannon's three elderly aunts flit through her life in true Sleeping Beauty
style with her well-being always a priority. And Edmund's sister
Millicent descends like the Evil Queen she is, trying to extract Shannon
from any claim on the Ridgeway family fortune. When a tornado moves
through town and Shannon is knocked unconscious, will Daniel's kiss
awaken her once and for all?
About Sandra D. Bricker:
Raised
as a Cincinnati Kid, Sandie Bricker spent her formative years dreaming
about the movies and television shows she would someday write. It came
as no surprise to anyone when she packed up her Ford Fiesta and migrated
to Los Angeles to study screenwriting.
“But life is what happens while we’re busy making other plans,” she
jokes. While searching for a way to earn a living and pay her tuition,
Sandie says she “stumbled into” her own business working as a personal
assistant and publicist to some of daytime television’s hottest stars.
When her mother became ill on the other side of the country, however,
Sandie put soap opera clients, film dreams—and Los Angeles—in her
rearview mirror to take on a new role: Caregiver.
“I
guess most people would see my career as a publicist as a sort of dream
job. But giving it up and moving to Florida to take care of my mom
until she died turned out to be the best thing that could have happened
to me!” she declares. When, at her mother’s urging, she channeled her
writing dreams from the screen to the page, a reader favorite was born!
“Twenty books later,” she says, “I’d say God had another plan for me.
The opportunity to combine my passion for writing with my Christian
faith is a blessing I never expected…and wouldn’t trade for anything!"
In November 2013, Sandie packed her car once again and this time headed
north. "I was raised in Cincinnati," she says. "So it feels like full
circle to find myself led back to Ohio." She is in the process of making
a home in Toledo where her home church and best friend of more than 40
years are located. This year, she has taken her established writer brand
of Laugh Out Loud Fiction and transitioned to Live Out Loud Fiction. "I think I've grown as a writer over the last couple of years," she says. "Although humor will never
filter out of my stories, I do think my readers have enjoyed the deeper
spiritual and life lesson threads that have become part of my
storytelling."
You can read more about Sandra on her website:
http://www.sandradbricker.com/
My Thoughts:
The last thing Shannon remembers is her and her new husband leaving the hotel on their honeymoon to go diving. She wakes up from a coma to find her new husband has died, and her very attractive doctor, Daniel knows more about her than she does. Her faith is shaken and she begins to lean very heavily on Daniel. He is the only link she has to her husband, Edmund.
In true Sandra style she has written a book that will not only give you a laugh or two, it will leave you thinking about the characters and their story long after you've closed the last page.
Highly recommended!
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