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The Reluctant Avenger
Same Old Truths
Ever since her ex husband, Dave, abruptly left town with the woman who helped break up her marriage, Kay Manning, has worked hard to provide a sense of stability and “new normal” for her two girls. With the help of a challenging (and oftentimes, wacky) job as an apprentice funeral director, Kay is proud she has survived and thrived.
Now, seven years later, Kay's stable world is rocked again by Dave's unexpected return and eager desire to resume his role as "Dad." But instead of the smooth co-parenting relationship Dave promises, Kay finds herself having to navigate around all the trap doors created by the old, familiar gap between what Dave says and what he does.
Can Kay find a way to push past her disappointment and unresolved feelings for Dave and finally move on with her life?
Now, seven years later, Kay's stable world is rocked again by Dave's unexpected return and eager desire to resume his role as "Dad." But instead of the smooth co-parenting relationship Dave promises, Kay finds herself having to navigate around all the trap doors created by the old, familiar gap between what Dave says and what he does.
Can Kay find a way to push past her disappointment and unresolved feelings for Dave and finally move on with her life?
305 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 12, 2013
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About the author
Delora Dennis
4 books9 followersBelieve it or not, Delora Dennis was born in a funeral home in Belen, New Mexico. Just like the family in the HBO series, Six Feet Under, her family lived in the funeral home established by her grandfather in 1936.
Delora launched her writing career in 1965, at the tender age of nine, with the production of her play (with a long-since forgotten title) by her elementary school's Home and School Association. Of course, the trajectory of said launch didn't exactly follow a straight path. Detours along the way included stints as a human resources manager, assistant funeral director,legislative analyst,speech writer, state fair exhibit manager, and independent video producer.
Delora returned to the path in 1993 and since then has been writing in one form or another - video scripts, website content, how-to books, product reviews, informative articles, blog posts, press releases, etc. Looking back now it's clear all of this was preparation for the type of writing she knew she had to try, but resisted like crazy.
"I've discovered writing fiction is like playing with a new toy. Once you've mastered the basics, the real fun comes from finding new ways to play with it. I'm having a ball."
Delora launched her writing career in 1965, at the tender age of nine, with the production of her play (with a long-since forgotten title) by her elementary school's Home and School Association. Of course, the trajectory of said launch didn't exactly follow a straight path. Detours along the way included stints as a human resources manager, assistant funeral director,legislative analyst,speech writer, state fair exhibit manager, and independent video producer.
Delora returned to the path in 1993 and since then has been writing in one form or another - video scripts, website content, how-to books, product reviews, informative articles, blog posts, press releases, etc. Looking back now it's clear all of this was preparation for the type of writing she knew she had to try, but resisted like crazy.
"I've discovered writing fiction is like playing with a new toy. Once you've mastered the basics, the real fun comes from finding new ways to play with it. I'm having a ball."
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August 6, 2016
"Same Old Truths (The Reluctant Avenger)" by Delora Dennis is a good family / divorce drama with great character development and some bite. Single mother Kay has to deal with her ex-husband's return to the neighbourhood with a decrease in his allimony payments. Struggling with her job at a mortuary while keeping busy with being a good and responsible mom her life is already tough enough, let alone court battles and single meetings.
Dennis shows brilliantly how Kay gradually finds the confidence to stop being the 'same old pansy' and come into her own.
An wonderfully inspiring novel, with a little romance thrown in. Recommended.
Dennis shows brilliantly how Kay gradually finds the confidence to stop being the 'same old pansy' and come into her own.
An wonderfully inspiring novel, with a little romance thrown in. Recommended.
January 28, 2014
What a roller coaster ride! Warm, funny, frustrating, sad, funny again and then finally...........satisfying! Brings together subjects that we all seem to avoid, but does so in the most endearing way. It's a must read for anyone who has believed in someone that didn't deserve it.
December 19, 2025
𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘹 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 <> [𝘻𝘪𝘲𝘤.𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰@𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮] 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵, 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬. 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘈𝘱𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥—𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.
January 20, 2015
327 pages of poor self worth, but still a fun ride...
Lots of guffaws with morgue life in between, or was it the other way around? All the way through, I was screaming at my Kindle for someone to give this woman some balls. I was on the verge of writing her a note to answer "yes" to her question, "Do I have stupid written across my forehead?," regarding her douche of an ex before remembering she was a character in a book. That's how mad I was and that's how wrapped up I got, which means great storytelling was involved. TO THE AUTHOR: This book was "chalk"ful of misquotes but a barrel full of "fund". Thank you for the ride, hearst aside;) Hardy horror horror.
Lots of guffaws with morgue life in between, or was it the other way around? All the way through, I was screaming at my Kindle for someone to give this woman some balls. I was on the verge of writing her a note to answer "yes" to her question, "Do I have stupid written across my forehead?," regarding her douche of an ex before remembering she was a character in a book. That's how mad I was and that's how wrapped up I got, which means great storytelling was involved. TO THE AUTHOR: This book was "chalk"ful of misquotes but a barrel full of "fund". Thank you for the ride, hearst aside;) Hardy horror horror.
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