Ryan's Inheritance

by Dianne Venetta

The mother-daughter relationship should be one of the most special bonds on earth. No one loves a child the way a mother does. It’s for keeps. Unfortunately, Ryan Carrigan feels anything but loved by her mother, Laura. Distance and criticism seem to define her mother’s affection and Ryan can’t wait to leave home and never look back. She’s determined to forge a successful career in commercial architecture, building a brighter life for herself. But when she finds herself repeating her mother’s mistakes, Ryan quickly becomes disheartened. They are nothing alike, have nothing in common—or so she thought. When she finally discovers there might be more to her mother’s story, Ryan learns that closing the distance between them will prove more difficult than she anticipated. When the unthinkable happens, the women are forced to reconcile their past. Forgiveness can heal the past, but choices will define the way forward.

320 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 30, 2020

About the author

Dianne Venetta is the award-winning author of contemporary romance and cozy mystery novels, including Jennifer's Garden, winner of Best in Romance for 2012 Indie Discovery Awards. When not knee-deep in romance, she contributes gardening advice to various websites and publications and has been featured on GalTime, Huffington Post, Earth Eats (Indiana Public Radio) and Ideal Home Garden among others.

She lives in Central Florida with her husband and two children. When not whacking away at her keyboard you'll find her in their organic garden chasing grasshoppers and plucking hornworms all while drawing wild analogies between kids and plants and men. Definitely men. A girl's gotta have fun, right?

Dianne also enjoys volunteering in school gardens and has begun a children's series chronicling her adventures called Wild Tales & Garden Thrills. It's a crazy existence to be sure, but at the end of the day, if she can inspire someone to stop and smell the roses--or rosemary!--kiss their child and spouse good-night, be kind to a neighbor and Mother Earth, then she's done all right.