Erin Bartels Books

When Kendra Brennan moves into her grandfather’s old cabin on Hidden Lake, she has a problem and a plan. The problem? An inflammatory letter from A Very Disappointed Reader that’s keeping her from writing her next novel as long as its claims go unanswered. The plan? To confront Tyler, her childhood best friend’s brother — and the man who inspired the antagonist in her first book — in order to prove to herself that she told the truth as all good novelists should.

On the night of December 31, 1989--as the Berlin Wall is coming down, the Soviet Union is inching toward democracy, and anything seems possible--a down- on-his luck musician crashes a party and crosses paths with the accomplished and enigmatic young heir to a fading musical dynasty, forever altering both of their futures.

Estranged sisters embark on a hiking trip on the tenth anniversary of their parents' deaths in an attempt to reconnect. In the wilderness of Michigan's Upper Peninsula they'll face their deepest fears, question their most dearly held beliefs, and begin to see that perhaps the best way to move forward is the one way they had never considered.

Michael Sullivan is a talented lyricist and a decent guitarist, but since he was kicked out of his band (and his apartment), he's not sure he'll ever get a record deal. Living with his loser uncle in a beat-up trailer and working a dead-end job, Michael has little reason to hope for a better future. Until the invitation for a swanky New Year's Eve party shows up in the mailbox. It's for his uncle, with whom he shares his name, but his uncle is going out of town.

Es ist eine seltsame Bitte, mit der ein alter Mann an die Reporterin Elizabeth Balsam herantritt: Sie soll einer Verwandten, von der sie noch nie gehört hat, eine alte Kamera und eine Schachtel Fotos überbringen. Elizabeth ist wenig begeistert. Doch dann wird ihr überraschend gekündigt und sie hat plötzlich jede Menge Zeit. Im 150 Jahre alten Farmhaus ihrer Großtante Nora stößt Elizabeth auf eine Reihe rätselhafter Gegenstände. Welche dunklen Geheimnisse verbergen sich im Leben von Mary Balsam, ihrer Vorfahrin, die während des amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs allein auf dieser Farm zurechtkommen musste? Und warum will Nora ihr nichts über sich selbst und ihre mutige Entscheidung, in den 1960ern einen Schwarzen zu heiraten, erzählen? Je tiefer Elizabeth gräbt, desto bewusster wird ihr, welch ein Schatz in ihrer Familiengeschichte lauert – und dass die Entscheidungen ihrer Vorfahrinnen bis heute Auswirkungen haben ...