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Book Details:
Book Title: What's Not Said by Valerie Taylor
Category: Adult Fiction (18 yrs +), 316
pages
Genre: Women's Fiction, Chick Lit
Publisher: She Writes Press
Release date: Sept 15, 2020
Format available for review: print, and NetGalley Download (mobi
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Content Rating:
PG-13 + M. WHAT'S NOT SAID is rated PG-13+M because of four F-words,
moderate cussing, two explicit sex scenes, and a couple of implicit sex
scenes.
Book Description:
In WHAT'S NOT SAID, we meet Kassie O’Callaghan, a middle-aged woman who’s
on a mission to divorce her emotionally abusive husband and start a new life
with a younger man she met while on a solo vacation in Venice. When she
learns her husband has chronic kidney disease, her plans collapse until she
pokes around his pajama drawer and discovers his illness is the least of his
deceits. Then again, Kassie is no angel. As she struggles to justify her own
indiscretions, the separate lives they lead collide head-on into a tangled
web of sex, lies, and DNA. Still, mindful of her vows, Kassie commits to
helping her husband find an organ donor. In the process, she uncovers a
life-changing secret. Problem is, if she reveals it, her own immorality will
be exposed, forcing her to decide whose life to save—her husband’s or her
own.
WHAT'S NOT SAID (She Writes Press) is Valerie Taylor's debut novel. Its
sequel, WHAT'S NOT TRUE (She Writes Press), will be published in the fall
of 2021. While WHAT'S NOT SAID is the first installment of a series, it is
written and can be read as a stand-alone novel.
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Guest Post
The Night the Lights
Went Out in Venice
By Valerie Taylor
Author of What’s Not Said (She Writes Press,
2020)
Readers often choose books by setting—whether imagined
(think Game of Thrones), or real like Boston and Venice in What’s
Not Said.
They say, write what you know. Having scenes in Boston was
rather easy since I had lived there, and my beta readers from there were eager
to correct my mistakes, like which way the one way streets actually traverse.
Since I’d spent a week in Venice in 2016, I felt comfortable
including it in my story. Nevertheless, I returned there in 2019 specifically
to experience the city again, especially St. Mark’s Square, from the
perspective of Kassie, my protagonist. That way, if I’d gotten anything wrong
I’d be able to edit my manuscript before its final submission.
Venice had other ideas. You might recall, at the end of June
and early July 2019, much of Europe was a furnace. Venice hit 100 degrees when
I was there. I spent more time seeking out restaurants and venues that were air
conditioned (clue: not many are) than following in Kassie’s footsteps.
During my first couple of days there, I did return to the
Doge’s Palace and hopped on and off the vaporetto multiple times. But I didn’t get
to relax at a café again in St. Mark’s Square and enjoy a glass of pinot grigio
and listen to the dueling bands. Though I tried. The cafés weren’t serving due
to the blistering heat. No one wanted to sit there.
Frustrated, but not ready to give up, on my last evening
there I made one attempt at St. Mark’s Square. One failed attempt, that is. As
soon as I stepped foot into the Square, almost on cue, the lights went out. All
the shops, cafés, and tourist attractions around the Square’s perimeter went
dark. The culprit? A band setting up for a concert. With the scaffolding and
folding chairs in place, there was one last thing on their check list. Test the
sound system.
Poof. The shops went dark. The shopkeepers flipped over
their “Open” signs and locked their doors. I meandered back to an
air-conditioned restaurant near my hotel in a neighborhood not affected by the
blackout. My glass of pinot grigio tasted just as delightful and fruity there,
and I grudgingly accepted that my earlier memories of St. Mark’s Square would
need to suffice.
Lesson learned? Non
tutte le ciambelle riescono col buco. Things don’t always turn out as
planned.
Please contact me at: www.valerietaylorauthor.com
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Meet the Author:
Valerie Taylor was born and raised in Stamford, Connecticut. She earned a
B.S. Marketing degree and an MBA from Sacred Heart University, as well as
a graduate certificate in health care administration from Simmons
University (formerly Simmons College). She had a thirty-year career in the
financial services industry as a marketer and writer. After her divorce,
she spread her wings and relocated her career to Boston and then to
Seattle. When she retired, she resettled in her home state to be near her
two grown children and granddaughter. She’s a published book reviewer with
BookTrib.com; and a member of Westport Writers’ Workshop, Independent Book
Publishers Association, and Women’s Fiction Writers Association. She
enjoys practicing tai chi and being an expert sports spectator. WHAT'S NOT
SAID (She Writes Press) is her debut novel. Its sequel, WHAT'S NOT TRUE
(She Writes Press), will be published in the fall of 2021.
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