Book description
A novel of female friendship and summer romance from the RITA Award finalist and creator of the Branigan Brothers series.
Three dilemmas. Two friends. One abandoned treehouse.
Johanna Lawrence and Lilly Covington have a friendship that spans decades. From their days as college roommates to the years after…
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To say Guccione influences me would be an understatement, as she was one of my first mentors in the industry. The Chick Palace is unusual, in that it’s centered around the back nine of life—after children are grown, and after aging parents are no longer a responsibility, when the time has come for women to focus on themselves. However, Guccione’s usual colorful characters and robust setting will take you on a vacation well deserved in this era, not to mention in the brutal cold of winter.
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