"With vivid prose and a tender heart, Melissa Foster has crafted a psychological and emotional mystery fueled by love in all its forms."
Jennie Shortridge
Author of Love Water Memory
On
the surface Junie Olson’s life looks idyllic, from her handsome husband
and beautiful daughter to her successful business, the bakery she always
dreamed of opening. But in the past few months her world has slowly
unraveled. Her precocious child is withdrawing, showing unexplainable
signs of emotional regression, a condition that frays the bonds of Junie’s once
impenetrable marriage. When her father dies suddenly of a heart attack,
Junie packs up her daughter and goes home to help her mother.
Her homecoming stirs up memories of the nightmare she thought she
had put behind her, the disappearance of her childhood friend, Ellen.
Haunted by recurring memories of what happened on that fateful day, Junie must
gather the courage to revisit her past and untangle the secrets surrounding her
missing friend, and the trauma that has caused her little girl to climb back
into herself. As the pieces come together on the event that shook her
small town, and at the risk of losing everyone she loves, Junie will question
everything she thought she could rely on and everyone she thought she knew.
WHERE PETALS FALL is a gripping and
emotional novel with an undercurrent of suspense, featuring a determined mother
whose world slowly comes apart around her. Where Petals Fall will
appeal to fans of Lisa Scottoline's Save Me or Jodi
Picoult's Salem Falls, who love an emotional and gripping read.
They will root for Junie as they follow her transition into an indomitable
heroine who must reconcile what she discovers about her husband and family’s
tragic past, and find a way to put the pieces of her family back together and
carry on.
About the Author
Melissa Foster is the award-winning
author of four International bestselling novels. Her books have been
recommended by USA Today's book blog, Hagerstown Magazine, The Patriot, and
several other print venues. She is the founder of the Women’s Nest, a social and support community for
women, the World Literary Café. When she's not writing, Melissa helps
authors navigate the publishing industry through her author training programs
on Fostering Success. Melissa has been published in
Calgary’s Child Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Women Business Owners
magazine.
Melissa
hosts an annual Aspiring Authors contest for children and has painted and
donated several murals to The Hospital for Sick Children in Washington, DC.
Melissa lives in Maryland with her family.
Visit
Melissa on The Women's Nest, Fostering Success, or World Lit Cafe.
My review
This is the first book of Melissa Foster’s
that I have read as I was sent a copy in exchange for an honest review.
I really liked the characterization as the
reader immediately identifies with Junie as her seemingly perfect world begins
to crumble around her. Firstly her daughter is suffering from some kind of
regression and while various reasons are put forward for her behavior, it isn’t
until the end that we find out why. Melissa Foster kept me hooked throughout
and the ending wasn’t at all what I expected. I read a lot of thrillers and
romantic suspense so that is no mean feat.
The second problem that Junie faces is her
marriage crumbling as her husband Brian works longer and longer hours. I didn’t
really warm to him at all but I’m sure this is the author’s intention. He seems
to care little for his wife or daughter and blames Junie for mothering her.
When Junie faces a family crisis, she is left to deal with it on her own.
I liked the way that the disappearance of
Junie’s friend Ellen is woven gradually into the story and how the
repercussions affect the life today of all those who knew the missing child..
The flashbacks were extremely well done to give us just the amount of
information we need. There are twists and turns and secrets galore, which add
to the interest.
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