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| South Haven, Michigan – Present Day Emma Page grew up as the black sheep in a publishing family. Her parents are both published and run a publishing house. Her older sister Jess runs the publicity for the publishing house. Unfortunately, her family lives beyond their means but can’t see it. Emma recently graduated from college and her family expects her to work for them. She would rather stay in Michigan at the beach house her grandmother owned and left to the family. Her grandmother was her idol. Emma has secretly written a romance novel, but she doesn’t feel comfortable telling her family. They disparage the romance book industry because they feel their books are “literacy masterpieces” and romances are trash. They recently signed to their publishing house Marcus Flare, who writes fiction that could lean toward being romance novels. But like her parents, Marcus dislikes romance books. Emma hates Marcus because he’s a smug bastard. As her family pressures Emma to come to New York to work for them, she ponders the past with her beloved grandmother and the books they both enjoyed, by an author named S. I. Quaeris, who wrote romance. The books continue to call to Emma and she can’t quite put her finger on why that is happening. Secrets are revealed in the tantalizing new tale from Viola Shipman in THE PAGE TURNER. I figured out the one secret early on, but more are soon revealed by the end. In fact, the ending wasn’t quite what I expected. Emma would be what some people call having “her head in the clouds.” She loves reading books, especially romance books but it is frowned upon by her parents. Only her beloved grandmother shared her love. After her grandmother’s untimely death, the cottage was left to the family, and they occasionally spent time there. However, her parents want to sell it and buy a mansion on Long Island amongst the rich and influential. They can’t quite see that they are spending beyond their means. Oddly, Emma is the sensible one because she suspects the truth about their finances. She could walk away and let them fall apart but the publishing company was founded by her grandmother to help her father publish his first novel. It’s her legacy. Meanwhile, Marcus continues to be a pain in the rear. He is not a likable person at all in THE PAGE TURNER and it’s confirmed time and time again. He finally backs Emma into a corner. She will have to choose family over truth because she has no other way out. It is about this time that this tale really takes off and readers will become engrossed in finding out what happens. Will Emma save the day…and the family business? She wants to tell her family about her romance manuscript but fears their derision. Will she finally get the gumption to submit it to either them or somewhere else? Will there be a happy ending? An emotional tale that tugs at the heart, don’t miss THE PAGE TURNER. Patti Fischer |
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THE PAGE TURNER – Viola Shipman