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Madeline McKinney is seriously sick. Or so she thinks.
Diagnosed with illness-related anxiety and facing panic attacks, reclusive widow Madeline is reeling after the discovery of an old letter from her late husband—a famous musician with a cult following. Encouraged by the note, Madeline embarks on a trip to see every last tribute concert in her husband’s honor in order to finally say goodbye.
Since his father’s death, Dean Ramsey is on a mission to take care of his reclusive mother and younger sister. As a recent pharmaceutical school graduate, he’s been hired to oust Martell Pharmacy’s most frustrating customer: Madeline McKinney. If he can get her to stop coming to the pharmacy and causing a scene, there’s a hefty five-thousand-dollar bonus coming his way, which would pay for his sister’s first semester of college.
Madeline, desperate to regain control of her life, makes a bargain with Dean: he’ll drive her to see the first concert— and she’ll stop coming to the pharmacy. As the pair drive along the coast, Madeline finds there is more to Dean than his stoic exterior, and that at the heart of it all, he’s just as lonely as she is. Their chemistry, and Dean’s compassion and honesty, force Madeline to confront the root cause of her anxiety. She has to decide if she’s ready to swallow the toughest pill yet— and move on from the lonely life she thought she was bound to live or risk never having love in her life again. Madeline’s earnestness forces Dean to confront if he’s been living his life for his family, or for himself, and to risk it all for what he wants.
SONGS FROM VACATIONLAND is a novel bursting with heat, heart, and honesty about grief, and includes lyrics to eight original songs. This book will appeal to fans of Jen Devon’s sizzling chemistry and romantic sensuality in Bend Toward the Sun and Abby Jimenez’s mental health representation in Yours Truly.
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