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The False Flat
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| Author | Melissa Collings |
|---|---|
| Release Date | June 11, 2024 |
| Genre | Romance, Women's Fiction |
| Publisher | Montlake |
| Tags | BIPOC |
Description
In this uplifting story about friendship, love, and growth, one woman must untangle herself from a past that’s holding her back in order to move forward into the life that will set her free.
Penelope Auberge is at her breaking point. With an overbearing mother, a married boyfriend, and a boss who gives Pen’s high-profile finance clients to male colleagues, it feels like nothing she’s accomplished in her thirty-two years belongs to her.
Determined to build a life entirely her own, Pen moves from Minnesota to Tennessee to open a solo financial business. There, she meets siblings Deanna and Grant, who attempt to coax Pen out of her socially anxious shell. Hesitant to open up so she doesn’t get hurt (again), Pen is slow to develop a friendship with Deanna, and she’s determined to ignore her feelings for Grant, which is difficult given she’s joined his cycling group and a clear something begins blossoming between them.
Pen’s path in Nashville appears to be smoothing out, but she soon learns that packing up her past isn’t quite that easy. If she wants to start fresh, she’ll have to decide what she really wants―even if that means riding away from her old life for good.
About the Author
I
have always enjoyed entertaining people. Someone’s smile—or better, their laugh—gives me a rush of happy. When I was much younger, I told stories in classes, and while working as a receptionist the summer before my freshman year of college, I decided to write a book. Leaving it unfinished. I graduated college, a week later got married, a week later started PA school, and roughly 27 months after that, accepted a position as a neurosurgical physician assistant. I worked non-stop as a surgical PA for 5 years, eventually transitioning into orthopedic spine surgery. I had no time for writing.
It wasn’t until my husband and I decided to have children that I found time to return to the page. I wrote during naps and any chance I got and finally finished my first novel, INTO THE COLD, a young adult psychological suspense/thriller. I was nervous to share because…what if I wasn’t any good? I finally let my husband read it. He tore it to SHREDS! And so went my first exposure to criticism. If I’m honest, it hurt…a lot, but I received enough encouragement that I edited and edited and edited and wrote more, a lot more.
And now…I have an agent, Ariana Philips of the Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, Inc, and my first book will be coming out Summer 2024!
I love to write, inspire, entertain, and live life fearlessly (but with a healthy dose of caution). My motto: With God, Nothing is Impossible.
