Cancel the Wedding
A Novel
Carolyn T. Dingman
-
“A
- buried
- town,
- long-hidden
- secrets,
- more
- than
- one
- canceled
- wedding.
- .
- .
- .
- This
- is
- a
- book
- you
- can’t
- wait
- to
- share
- with
- your
- friends!”
- —Cassandra
- King,
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- The
- Same
- Sweet
- Girls
- and
- MoonriseOn
- the
- surface,
- Olivia
- has
- it
- all:
- a
- high-powered
- career,
- a
- loving
- family,
- and
- a
- handsome
- fiancé.
- She
- even
- seems
- to
- be
- coming
- to
- terms
- with
- her
- mother
- Jane’s
- premature
- death
- from
- cancer.
- But
- when
- Jane’s
- final
- wish
- is
- revealed,
- Olivia
- and
- her
- elder
- sister
- Georgia
- are
- mystified.
- Their
- mother
- rarely
- spoke
- of
- her
- rural
- Southern
- hometown,
- and
- never
- went
- back
- to
- visit—so
- why
- does
- she
- want
- them
- to
- return
- to
- Huntley,
- Georgia,
- to
- scatter
- her
- ashes?Jane’s
- request
- offers
- Olivia
- a
- temporary
- escape
- from
- the
- reality
- she’s
- long
- been
- denying:
- she
- hates
- her
- “dream”
- job,
- and
- she’s
- not
- really
- sure
- she
- wants
- to
- marry
- her
- groom-to-be.
- With
- her
- 14-year-old
- niece,
- Logan,
- riding
- shotgun,
- she
- heads
- South
- on
- a
- summer
- road
- trip
- looking
- for
- answers
- about
- her
- mother.As
- Olivia
- gets
- to
- know
- the
- town’s
- inhabitants,
- she
- begins
- to
- peel
- back
- the
- secrets
- of
- her
- mother’s
- early
- life—truths
- that
- force
- her
- to
- finally
- question
- her
- own
- future.
- But
- when
- Olivia
- is
- confronted
- with
- a
- tragedy
- and
- finds
- an
- opportunity
- to
- right
- a
- terrible
- wrong,
- will
- it
- give
- her
- the
- courage
- to
- accept
- her
- mother’s
- past—and
- say
- yes
- to
- her
- own
- desire
- to
- start
- over?“Dingman’s
- love
- of
- .
- .
- .
- dry
- wit,
- and
- storytelling
- shines
- through
- as
- the
- novel
- progresses.
- She
- will
- be
- an
- author
- to
- watch.”
- —Library
- Journal“Part
- mystery,
- part
- soul-searching,
- Dingman’s
- Cancel
- the
- Wedding
- leads
- you
- on
- a
- path
- of
- discovery
- that
- is
- well
- worth
- the
- ride.”
- —Laura
- Lane
- McNeal,
- author
- of Dollbaby
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