The latest tomes from local authors:
The Hopefuls
by Jennifer Close
Alfred A. Knopf
After a quick romance in New York City after 9/11, Beth and Matt marry and move to Washington, D.C., so Matt can work on the Obama campaign. Beth loyally follows and has a hard time adjusting to the new city. But once the couple befriends Texas-born White House staffer Jimmy and his wife, Ashleigh, Beth begins to find a life she likes. Drinks, dinners and political talk run the gamut, and soon an invitation for Matt to run Jimmy’s own campaign in Texas turns a close-knit friendship into one of jealousy, angst and infighting. Get a peek into the world of ambition and politics and what it does to relationships. (July 2016)
There Will Be Stars
by Billy Coffey
Thomas Nelson
Known as a drunk around town, Bobby Barnes’ only solace is with his twin boys and their mountain-view car rides at night—and it is something that will replay. After an accident Barnes wakes to initially think he’s in heaven or some afterlife, but it’s his own Groundhog Day nightmare: He and others are trapped in this one day. A few try to escape this world of secrets and mystery as it begins to crumble around them. (May 2016)
