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A year in Portugal, Spain, Italy, and France to process grief and find peace
I Wish I Had a River
Pediatrician Anna Drury has been contentedly married to her husband Nick for three years when he receives a terminal diagnosis. In the two weeks before the fatal illness claims his life, Nick makes three urgent requests that Anna is determined to honor. She takes a year-long leave from her practice and travels to Portugal, Spain, Italy, and finally, France.
Throughout her journey, Anna discovers secrets about her late husband and his family that are troubling. Her healing depends on reconciling her husband's flaws and finding her own balance. For fans of Eat Pray Love, this novel will take the reader on a four-country journey of self-awareness and ultimate forgiveness.
“A magical journey through love, life, and loss.”
“Effortlessly intriguing…a wonderful, emotionally deep journey.”
“The writing is so detailed that I felt like I was there.”
Swiss Chocolate Series
Bernadette Maguire travels to Switzerland at age 20, a college student yearning for adventure and first love. Seduced by a handsome Swiss banker, her vision of adulthood becomes all too realistic when she realizes there are consequences to choices. Bernie’s life takes some unexpected turns that will take her decades to resolve.
What would you do if you looked into the face of your child for the first time and saw a grown man? In the sequel to Chocolate for Breakfast, Bernie Maguire, now in her 40s, has found the boy she gave up for adoption so many years ago. She is desperate to know him, but mindful that he might not want to know her. Her situation is complicated by a hotel employee who learns her secret and sees an opportunity to redeem herself at Bernie’s expense.
In the third installment of this award-winning series, Bernadette’s life is about to come full circle. But is she ready for what the future holds?
“I forgot I was reading fiction…..an impressive debut novel.”
“A wonderfully complex coming-of-age story.”
“Her saga from high school to deep middle age takes the reader on a bit of an emotional roller coaster…..This series has been a warm, sweet read, and has left me looking forward to more.”
Happy Ever After Series
Set in New York City, western Massachusetts, and Galway, Ireland, this series explores the loves and lives of Julie Tate, a Manhattanite turned country wedding planner, and her friend April Tweed, a recently retired soap opera actress in need of a career renaissance. With Julie struggling to find success in her destination wedding business, and April reconnecting with a long-ago lover, this series will explore the dynamics of longing and second chances. Three years since Julie’s brave new venture with her intrepid friend Freddy, Jingle Valley is supposed to be the place for happy ever afters. Will it live up to its promise?
“Martha’s strength as a writer is her character development.”
“An enjoyable romance tale that will leave you wanting more.”
“She draws you into the character’s life right from the first page.”
Standalone Titles by Martha Reynolds
Each of these books is a standalone classic. Bits of Broken Glass explores the remembrance of difficult teenage years as a high school reunion approaches. A Winding Stream is the only book that is not a novel; instead, it is a collection of notes and photos from a two-week, three-river canoe trip taken by my grandfather and a friend in 1924, through Rhode Island and Connecticut. Villa del Sol, the 2018 Book Prize winner in Literary Fiction from the Independent Publishers of New England, brings a young widow to the Swiss-Italian border for a respite from overwhelming coverage of her senator husband’s death (Swiss Chocolate series readers will be delighted at the surprise reappearance of a favorite character). The Way to Remember is set in small-town America in 1976, and centers around the life of a displaced young woman, struggling to figure out who she is. The Summer of Princess Diana is the story of a young woman’s summer, in 1981, spent as an au pair to a dysfunctional family in Switzerland, where she learns that fairy tales exist only in books.
