B. Robert Conklin

Soft as Water (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A sensitive loner on the run from his past.

A rebellious young heiress with a death wish.

A bridge brings them together ... a mystery can tear them apart.

Following a life-shattering accident, conscience-stricken Will Archer seeks refuge in a small Ohio River town, where he plans to live out his life as a virtual hermit. But a chance encounter with Essence Warner, orphaned daughter of a jazz saxophonist and an aristocratic socialite, entangles him in a quest to discover the truth behind the cold case of her parents' mysterious deaths.

As Will deciphers clues, he becomes romantically entwined with Essence, forming a relationship that draws him into a sordid underbelly of small-town existence that threatens his own life. At the same time, he uncovers a dark secret that could set Essence free from her own path of self-destructionor does she have a plan of her own?

Soft as Water is a novel about bridgesbetween lovers across a riverand the dangers of mutual attraction when worlds divided by race, wealth, and culture collide. In the end, though, it offers a glimmer of hopefulness that survivors of traumaphysical, emotional, and sexualcan transcend their circumstances and find redemption through connection.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Skip the Preface Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798987230169
• Artikelnr.: 69901120

Autorenporträt

B. Robert Conklin (he/him/his) lives in Columbus, Ohio, where he enjoys the unpredictable moments of family life with his spouse, three kids, four cats, and two ferrets. His credits include stories in Blue Moon Literary & Art Review, THAT Literary Review, and Kestrel, with another selected for inclusion in The Strong Stuff: The Best of Fictional Café, Volume II. With a teaching background in composition and literature, he has also co-authored a college textbook to help emerging writers connect with their world. In a different medium, he practices the craft of cartooning.