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Author Gabrielle F. Culmer captivates the readers’ hearts with a compelling novel about loss, love and healing in Arrive by Dusk.
Widowed at thirty-four, Mindy Croixe is a highly respected and popular artist. Her landscapes and aquatic portraits reflect all of the places from New York to Paris she had visited with her late husband, Lamont. Embarking on a new and important episode in her life, Mindy is participating in another art show, this one in Saint-Tropez on the Mediterranean Sea is a long way from her roots of Crystal Shores.
It’s here she runs into Blaine O’Neill, a friend from way back when in Crystal Shores. He’s in Saint-Tropez for the opening of yet another of his luxury hotels. At thirty-five, Blaine has been successful in building his conglomerate, but not his personal life.
Mindy is conflicted. She and Blaine were friends, good friends. But her late husband had given her so much, and she is still reeling from their life together and what it should have been. She’s not sure she can consider a relationship, not even for an old friend who knows her well.
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Mindy is a firm believer that true love conquers all. Her husband, Blaine, has been by her side for years, through even the most horrifying of tragedies. Now as she enjoys a life of marital bliss in upstate New York and Crystal Shores, Mindy has no idea that her husband is about to drop a bombshell that will change everything.
Mindy, who is busy planning a gala and riding her horses, wants a family more than anything. When Blaine tells her he wants to expand his empire to the film industry on the West Coast, Mindy decides to shun her misgivings and support his dreams—but only if he agrees to a bicoastal arrangement.
As their lives are propelled in a new direction and as a cast arrives on Crystal Shores for a film project, Mindy and Blaine must now try to stay focused on
each other, despite their hectic schedules. But as Blaine’s professional life unfolds just as he imagined it, will he find a way and the time to help Mindy
realize her own dreams?
Where Lives Lead is a contemporary tale of love, sacrifice, and hope as a married couple attempts to balance their very different professional dreams with a desire to start a family.
Easing Distractions
Amelie is enjoying her busy life in Knightsbridge with Lars, her husband of three years. She owns a property consultancy firm in London, and Lars is the senior partner of his legal practice. Her idyllic life is filled with family, work, friends, and love, and Amelie has no desire to exchange it for anything.
When Amelie and Lars are faced with new developments regarding the attempted heist of the family’s art collection, they unearth more uncertainty surrounding her late mother’s business dealings. As new leads take them down a shadowy path, an unexpected illness in the family causes more fear and challenges Amelie’s perspective on life. While she envisions a summer of galas, sporting events, and long walks, details emerge from an old case that haunt her happiness. After she is whisked away to an exclusive island, she finds comfort in Lars and her loved ones. But everything changes when an old, mysterious family acquaintance appears in London to assist in solving the case. Now Amelie must decide whether to continue relying on her dependable partner or turn to the unknown for solace.
Easing Distractions is a story about trust, hope, and reconciliation as a young entrepreneur attempts to juggle and overcome her many professional and personal obstacles.
