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An uplifting tale of friendship, grief and lies.
Emma wants to forget;
Charlotte never can.
Together they remember.
A young journalist and an ageing author have little in common, until their secrets tear them apart.
Emma is an enterprising young journalist with a bright future, but her life and career are falling apart. In a last-ditch attempt to save her position, she accepts the assignment to interview the bestselling author, Charlotte Day.
The ageing Charlotte has a reputation for being cantankerous and is highly secretive about her past, one she considers too painful to relive and too shameful to share. Preferring her roses to people, she grudgingly agrees to meet this girl who gets through her defences, forcing her to confront her past.
As Charlotte and Emma’s relationship deepens, they become enmeshed in a tangle of secrets that changes their lives.
The art of great writing! ... Vicky Adin keeps a tight rein on her two leading characters so their actions and reactions are credibly grounded in genuine emotions. The alternating viewpoint and change of tone from Emma to Charlotte, from young to old, works, helping the reader see behind the lies and half-truths they tell each other. Their progress from antagonists to friends is seamless, as the layers of the story peel back like petals, exposing the truth at the flower’s heart.
– Bev Robitai, author of Sunstrike
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The Art of Secrets Book 2
Due for release 2022
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