BLOGWORDS – Friday 27 June 2025– FIRST LINE FRIDAY – THE SECOND SILENCE by EILEEN GOUDGE

BLOGWORDS – Friday 27 June 2025– FIRST LINE FRIDAY – THE SECOND SILENCE by EILEEN GOUDGE

FIRST LINE FRIDAY – THE SECOND SILENCE by EILEEN GOUDGE

 

THE BOOK

 

 

THE BLURB

Noelle realizes it is time to move on when, rubbing lotion on her leg, she cuts herself with her wedding ring. The cut is slight, but it makes her realize that her marriage to Robert Van Doren is causing her nothing but pain. Although successful, wealthy, and boyishly handsome, her husband is a heartless man, who cheats on his wife and makes a living at the expense of the environment. Although it takes time to build up the courage, Noelle knows that leaving him is the right thing. But Robert Van Doren is not one to accept defeat. He punishes Nora by using his considerable power to get custody of their child. Leaving Robert is not the end of Noelle’s struggle; it is merely the first step on a treacherous journey towards freedom.

 

 

THE FIRST LINE

Burns Lake, New York, 1969

Mary Jeffers gaped in alarm at the man charging through the front door.

 

 

THE AUTHOR

I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up from the time I first learned to read and write. I wrote my first short story at age eight. My first writing gig was as a ghost writer for the wildly popular YA series "Sweet Valley High." I have since gone on to publish 21 fiction titles, and one cookbook, under my own name. My first novel, "Garden of Lies" was a New York Times bestseller, published in 25 countries.

"Where do you get your story ideas?" is the question I'm most often asked by readers. Curious by nature, I also come from a large family with more a few skeletons rattling around in the closet, which means I never run out of story ideas, many of them inspired by true-life events. I’m also a wife and mom of two adult children. No pets currently, but I have fun hanging out with my fictional pets, most recently Ranger the rescue dog extraordinaire in "All They Need to Know." My hobby is baking, and I get some of my best story ideas while kneading bread dough or rolling out pastry crusts. You never know what might come out of my "oven."

 

 

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