Her Troubled Mind
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Fiction
Rosemary Run - Prequel Short Story
by Kelly Utt
Format: Ebook
About Her Troubled Mind:
If Rosemary Run had a matriarch, it would have been Miriam Candler. Bright, beautiful, and willing to oversee the family business, Mim had lived up to everyone’s expectations and had taken the pressure placed upon her in stride. Until the day it all burnt to the ground. Literally.
Heartbroken after the fire and stripped of her family’s sole source of income, Mim must face a harsh reality that’s different than the one she’s always known.
Can she salvage her reputation? Will her father and grandfather forgive what she’s destroyed? And will she buckle under the strain of having disappointed an entire town?
This e-book original short story of approximately nine-thousand words is a prequel to the Rosemary Run Series of thrillers. It can be read in a single sitting.
About the Rosemary Run Series:
In the charming Northern California town of Rosemary Run, there's trouble brewing below the picture-perfect surface.
Don't let the manicured lawns and stylish place settings fool you. Nothing is exactly as it seems. Secrets and lies threaten to upend the status quo and destroy lives when— not if— they're revealed.
With surprising twists and turns that will keep you guessing to the end, each dramatized Rosemary Run novel features a glimpse into a different woman's nail-biting story.
Books can be read in any order.
Books in the Rosemary Run Series
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Readers are Raving
“Short and interesting story. Long enough for the story to be interesting yet short enough to read in one setting. Mim Candler is running the grocery store in Rosemary Run that she inherited from her Dad and Grandfather. The store catches on fire and she barely gets out. Just what happened and who set the fire? Good prequel to the Rosemary Run series and a surprise ending.”
“A well-written introduction that got my attention...
I think that it is more challenging to write a good short story/novella – expectations are still high and there is less space to satisfy a reader with. I was pleasantly surprised by Her Troubled Mind. Immediately, we become familiar with the main character and get inside of her head. I liked Kelly Utt’s writing style and how she paced divulging the details to create mystery and keep the reader guessing. I felt the warmth of Mim’s family and of the residents of Rosemary Run and look forward to returning there in the next of series.”
“Family is everything. Well written light psychological suspense that questions ‘how far we will go for family’. Mim is a good daughter who always knew her parents had hoped for a boy to carry on the family owned grocery store in Rosemary Run. She has been groomed all her life to take over the business. When it burns to the ground she must decide how far she will go to protect the family name and reputation in her small town.”
“I enjoyed this book and thought it was good for a prequel because it made me want to read more.”
“This is book zero an amazing start to a brand new series that I have loved reading very much. I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves reading about thrillers.”