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The Queen of New Beginnings

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What happens when your best hope for the future is through the past?

Voice-over artist Alice avoids telling the truth. It's not lying, exactly, and the freedom of reinvention makes those tough years in the past a little easier to bear. So when she meets writer Clayton Miller, she recognizes the suspicious signs of someone who wants to shrug off his old life. Untangling the web of secrets they've constructed creates an unlikely friendship—until Alice discovers that Clayton has betrayed her in the worst possible way.

The author of fifteen international bestsellers, Erica James deftly explores infidelity, bereavement, and the bonds of family with a sparkling voice that will resonate long after the book is finished.

Praise for Erica James

"Intense, compelling stuff."

—OK! magazine

"The author writes with a sturdy, feel-good optimism."

—Sunday Times

"It is a captivating read: beautifully written."

—Daily Telegraph

"You know you have made it as a storyteller writer when readers simply cannot put your book down...Erica James has this page-turning ability in abundance...I wouldn't have thought this writer could get any better, but she has!"

—Welsh Country

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    • Booklist

      April 1, 2011
      Lately, life has dealt Alice Shoemaker and Clayton Miller some heavy blows. While prickly Claytons superstar writing career has unraveled, thanks to a messy and public break with his girlfriend as well as his professional partner, gentle and secretive voice-actress Alice has found herself back in her childhood hometown and mired in the bitter memories that haunt it. A chance meeting of the two leads to an unlikely friendship and to Alice opening up about her eccentric parents, her chilly stepfamily (including her equally charming and craven stepbrother), and the chain of events that tore them apart. As Alice and Clayton draw closer together, Clayton is drawn back to the keyboard, unbeknownst to Alice. While this story could well have ended in disaster, James opts for a happy ending that, for the most part, is sensitive and honest, even though it lets some characters off too easily while condemning others too harshly. The writing is sometimes weighed down by obvious metaphors and needless repetition, but sharp dialogue and sharper characterization shine throughout.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2011, American Library Association.)

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