Synopsis

Abby Stafford, a rookie writer for an architectural magazine, believes she has everything she’s ever wanted. When she stops by her parents’ beautiful Victorian home to tell them of her engagement to Michael Thiesan, she makes a grisly discovery. Her father, Erik Stafford, an esteemed and prominent lawyer, is hanging in the attic. His mysterious suicide and her mother’s unexplained absence catapults Abby’s life into chaos. The traumatic event not only leaves her temporarily colorblind, a transient condition that haunts her for months to come, but also unlocks devastating childhood memories.

The story flashes back to Abby’s childhood.  We see her as a feisty girl who befriends a boy named Eli.  Abby and Eli, inseparable soul mates, form an alliance against her alcoholic and remote father and survive the rocky terrain of childhood together.  On the cusp of adulthood, they become lovers, but Abby destroys their relationship with one reckless action.

In the present, Abby struggles to make sense of the baffling circumstances surrounding her father’s death. When Eli unexpectedly resurfaces in Abby’s life, her imminent marriage is in jeopardy. All of her personal relationships threaten to crumble after she learns the truth behind her father’s suicide and discovers that she’s been betrayed by those she loves most.

Author Bio

Tamara Lyon has been writing novels since the age of fifteen. After graduating from Northern Illinois University with a B.A. in English, she took several career detours but returned to writing in her early twenties. In October, 2006 her first novel, Falling to Him, was released by Goblin Fern Press of Madison, WI. Falling to Him, a controversial Christian romance, garnered five stars from Midwest Book Review and was recently highlighted in the Wisconsin in Words segment on the WisconsinEye, a local television station based in Madison, Wisconsin.
Her loyal fans have been eagerly anticipating the release of Fixing Forever Broken. She is currently working on The Ugly Tree and Have a Little Faith, both of which will be released within the next two years. Lyon resides in Edgerton, Wisconsin with her son, Andrew, and her husband, Dr. Christopher Schmidt. For more information, please visit her website, www.tamaralyon.com.