The Headlands

by Amy Craig

Diana watches a childhood acquaintance leave the Northern California Art Institute in shame. She raises her eyebrows in reproof, knowing Emelie leveraged family connections to claim her residency, but produced nothing of merit. Without the same latitude for failure, Diana returns to her job and focuses on The Institute’s new crop of artists. She singles out James, a lean painter from upstate New York. Their summer fling looks promising, but Emelie returns, and a murder devastates the artistic community. When the authorities arrest James for the murder, Diana secures his freedom from jail, but he has little interest in her romantic overtures. As the summer winds down, they struggle to decide if the head or the heart will win.

277 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 15, 2018

About the author

Amy Craig lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with her family and a small menagerie of pets. She writes contemporary romances featuring intelligent heroines. She can't always vouch for the men. In her spare time, she plays tennis and expands her husband’s honey-do list. Before pursuing writing, she worked as an engineer, project manager, and incompetent waitress. For more information and social media links, visit www.amy-craig.com

Reviews

[Anya Pavelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked that I was able to dislike the female lead in this book. Sometimes, it's fun and delicious to root against a character. The pace of the book was well set, and I liked the description of life inside of an artistic community. As someone who majored in art during my undergrad, little details in the book struck me as familiar. Fun read!

[Jenifer · Rating 1 out of 5]

Boring. Predictable.

Way too much unimportant filler. It was 45% in before anything significant happened. After that I skimmed a lot and didn't miss anything.
I thought I would like Diana because right away she was brazen and powerful but soon we see she is an internet stalker who became a whiny baby then turned pathetically obsessive and psycho.
Were we supposed to root for James? I think he's a loser douchenozzle and in no way liked him.
I received a copy of this book from Hidden Gems but I just can't recommend this snoozefest.