The Writing Desk
Rachel Hauck
- This
- happily
- ever
- after
- romance
- tells
- the
- captivating
- story
- of
- two
- women
- bound
- together
- across
- time
- by
- a
- shared
- dream
- and
- a
- mysterious
- writing
- desk.Tenley
- Roth’s
- first
- book
- was
- a
- runaway
- bestseller.
- Now
- that
- her
- second
- book
- is
- due,
- she’s
- locked
- in
- fear.
- Can
- she
- repeat
- her
- earlier
- success
- or
- is
- she
- a
- fraud
- who
- has
- run
- out
- of
- inspiration?With
- pressure
- mounting
- from
- her
- publisher,
- Tenley
- is
- weighted
- with
- writer’s
- block.
- But
- when
- her
- estranged
- mother
- calls
- asking
- Tenley
- to
- help
- her
- through
- chemotherapy,
- she
- packs
- up
- for
- Florida
- where
- she
- meets
- handsome
- furniture
- designer
- Jonas
- Sullivan
- and
- discovers
- the
- story
- her
- heart’s
- been
- missing.A
- century
- earlier,
- another
- woman
- wrote
- at
- the
- same
- desk
- with
- hopes
- and
- fears
- of
- her
- own.
- Born
- during
- the
- Gilded
- Age,
- Birdie
- Shehorn
- is
- the
- daughter
- of
- the
- old
- money
- Knickerbockers.
- Under
- the
- strict
- control
- of
- her
- mother,
- her
- every
- move
- is
- decided
- ahead
- of
- time,
- even
- whom
- she’ll
- marry.
- But
- Birdie
- has
- dreams
- she
- doesn’t
- know
- how
- to
- realize.
- She
- wants
- to
- tell
- stories,
- write
- novels,
- make
- an
- impact
- on
- the
- world.
- When
- she
- discovers
- her
- mother
- has
- taken
- extreme
- measures
- to
- manipulate
- her
- future,
- she
- must
- choose
- between
- submission
- and
- security
- or
- forging
- a
- brand
- new
- way
- all
- on
- her
- own.Tenley
- and
- Birdie
- are
- from
- two
- very
- different
- worlds,
- but
- fate
- has
- bound
- them
- together
- in
- a
- way
- time
- cannot
- erase.“Rachel
- Hauck
- enchants
- us
- again!
- Tenley
- and
- Birdie
- are
- bound
- together
- by
- the
- understanding
- that
- creativity
- is
- a
- guiding
- force
- and
- that
- their
- stories
- must
- be
- told.
- A
- tale
- both
- bittersweet
- and
- redemptive,
- The
- Writing
- Desk
- is
- your
- must-read.”
- —Patti
- Callahan
- Henry,
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- authorThis
- sweet,
- split-time
- read
- is
- a
- standalone
- novel,
- though
- characters
- in
- this
- story
- appear
- in
- Rachel
- Hauck’s
- book,
- The
- Fifth
- Avenue
- Story
- Society.
- Includes
- discussion questions.
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