Happy Friday! I am deep into my Christmas reading list and am loving it! This week I am featuring Last to Know, a romantic suspense by Brandy Heineman. There’s a lot to love about this novella — my review posts next week. Brandy is joining the suspense discussion panel at Turning A New Page Book Festival in Perry, Georgia in January. I cannot wait to meet this talented Georgia author!
Here’s the first line:
Nadine Notaro tapped the marble cornerstone of the historic Foster building as she navigated snowdrifts and hurried for refuge from the cold.
All she wants for Christmas . . . is an end to this terrible year.
Silver bells are ringing, but family drama and flaky finances have Nadine Notaro wrung out. The only bright spots this holiday season are her job at the Blissford Historical Society and her cheery, dependable co-worker, Chase Garren—until the City Council cuts their funding. The lost income will be bad enough, but what about Chase? Though quick to remind everyone they’re just friends, she can’t stomach losing him, too.
While packing up the Society’s record collections, Chase and Nadine discover a journalist’s cache of negatives pointing to a decades-old scandal and cover-up. Entanglements with the City’s biggest power players pull their strings, but every clue brings them closer to the truth—and each other—until Nadine finds evidence of a betrayal she never thought possible.
Casting light on the lies may ruin Christmas and their friendship, but it stands to cost them much more.
Brandy Heineman is a book hoarder, cat herder, and author of inspirational dual timeline novels. Antique shops and digital newspaper archives top her list of happy places, and she fuels her day job in marketing and life as a novelist with endless cups of tea. Her debut finaled in the 2014 American Christian Fiction Writers Genesis Contest, and after its initial publication, was rereleased in 2020. Brandy has served as president of the North Georgia chapter of ACFW and lives in Metro Atlanta with her husband, Michael.
I have not read this author! Enjoy and have a wonderful weekend!