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Lonely Hearts Complex
The simple serenity of small town living is shattered in the aftermath of a double murder. Two women struggle to find answers while balancing life and love.
Ruth is a divorced mother who is content with her uncomplicated life, even though she battles loneliness and feelings of abandonment. Dare she take a second chance at love?
Riley left college due to her ex-boyfriend’s criminal activities. In an attempt to hide from her past, she goes to the back-woods town of Tombora Springs to stay with her father who owns the ‘Lonely Hearts Complex.’
Ruth is a divorced mother who is content with her uncomplicated life, even though she battles loneliness and feelings of abandonment. Dare she take a second chance at love?
Riley left college due to her ex-boyfriend’s criminal activities. In an attempt to hide from her past, she goes to the back-woods town of Tombora Springs to stay with her father who owns the ‘Lonely Hearts Complex.’
88 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 13, 2019
About the author
S.K. Wee
15 books340 followersS K Wee lives in West-Central Wisconsin with her husband. She is retired from the Postal Service and spends most of her time reading and writing but loves to travel. Her first novel, Absence of Color, is the beginning of a four-book fantasy series, Spectrum of Color, which is available through Amazon. She also has written a follow-up trilogy centered on the children of the main characters we grew to love in the Spectrum of Color Series. The Whispers From Beyond Trilogy is now available in its entirety.
Since then, she had ventured into a few other genres: Contemporary Fiction with Larkin’s Landing and Lonely Hearts Complex. They are romance/mysteries set in the fictional small town of Tombora Springs in northern Wisconsin. If you enjoy paranormal fantasy check out Nun Worth Keeping where a young Catholic teaching nun is forced to make life-changing decisions. If you enjoy time travel, she has published a romance called Halwyn’s Portrait set in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan along the shores of Lake Superior.
More recently, she created a portal fantasy adventure, The World of Vallis series. Three stand-alone stories will soon be offered set in that universe.
Since then, she had ventured into a few other genres: Contemporary Fiction with Larkin’s Landing and Lonely Hearts Complex. They are romance/mysteries set in the fictional small town of Tombora Springs in northern Wisconsin. If you enjoy paranormal fantasy check out Nun Worth Keeping where a young Catholic teaching nun is forced to make life-changing decisions. If you enjoy time travel, she has published a romance called Halwyn’s Portrait set in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan along the shores of Lake Superior.
More recently, she created a portal fantasy adventure, The World of Vallis series. Three stand-alone stories will soon be offered set in that universe.
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June 27, 2020
An Unpredictable & Unforgettable Mystery Thriller With A Side Of Romance!
Overview: In the aftermath of a small town double murder, two women struggle to find answers while balancing life and love. At the center of it all lies the Tombora Springs’ Lonely Hearts Complex.
One thing that true mystery fans simply cannot abide is a predictable plotline—Thank goodness, SK Wee’s “Lonely Hearts Complex” is anything but. This tangled tale centers on a group of townspeople—all tied together by six-degrees of separation—whose former relationships have mostly gone bad. As the plotline unwinds, and a double murder is discovered, readers are pulled into the individual characters’ stories by the intriguing circumstances the author divulges about their pasts.
Wee’s main characters deal with devastating personal loss, new neighbors and old acquaintances unexpectedly cropping up, questionable relationships, and romances gone bad. The author leaves ample room for suspicion over who can be identified as an innocent bystander, and who is responsible for a savage and despicable double murder. Although the tension in this tale runs high, the budding romances are steamy, and the mounting hospitalizations put readers on edge, Wee adds a sense of homey warmth and familiarity with the addition of a precocious 8-year-old child and various animals, like horses and dogs, placed at the center of her main protagonists’ lives.
SK Wee’s immersive mystery romance thriller can be read in the span of just one afternoon or evening. This is an unforgettable who-done-it with an unpredictable and unexpected ending. I highly recommend this read for anyone who loves short mystery thrillers with a side of romance, ages 17 and up.
Overview: In the aftermath of a small town double murder, two women struggle to find answers while balancing life and love. At the center of it all lies the Tombora Springs’ Lonely Hearts Complex.
One thing that true mystery fans simply cannot abide is a predictable plotline—Thank goodness, SK Wee’s “Lonely Hearts Complex” is anything but. This tangled tale centers on a group of townspeople—all tied together by six-degrees of separation—whose former relationships have mostly gone bad. As the plotline unwinds, and a double murder is discovered, readers are pulled into the individual characters’ stories by the intriguing circumstances the author divulges about their pasts.
Wee’s main characters deal with devastating personal loss, new neighbors and old acquaintances unexpectedly cropping up, questionable relationships, and romances gone bad. The author leaves ample room for suspicion over who can be identified as an innocent bystander, and who is responsible for a savage and despicable double murder. Although the tension in this tale runs high, the budding romances are steamy, and the mounting hospitalizations put readers on edge, Wee adds a sense of homey warmth and familiarity with the addition of a precocious 8-year-old child and various animals, like horses and dogs, placed at the center of her main protagonists’ lives.
SK Wee’s immersive mystery romance thriller can be read in the span of just one afternoon or evening. This is an unforgettable who-done-it with an unpredictable and unexpected ending. I highly recommend this read for anyone who loves short mystery thrillers with a side of romance, ages 17 and up.
March 18, 2020
In this fast paced read you essentially get two stories twined in one. I was amazed at how much story fit into a novella. There are two women, very different, and two romances, also very different. I liked that they both explored relationships with challenges. Ruth resonated more with me, probably due to our ages being closer and maybe because Marsh struck me as my kind of hero. ;) I would have loved to have seen more details about what happened with Riley and her love interest, which I won't spoil because I enjoyed that I didn't see it coming. Great read and I look forward to more.
January 4, 2021
This was good, like really good. But wasn't perfect.
I read more about this book, and it is actually a novella. Being short, it fell flat a little bit for me in terms of plot and story line. I loved the writing and the author's voice, but I really wished she would have fleshed this out a bit more. I wasn't connected to any of the characters because the author did not take the time to really get inside their heads and emotions. I wanted to know why they did what they did, but with little to no backstory I was left wondering why all the time.
Beth is a pretty important character in the book, but she never makes an appearance. There is no dialogue and no scenes exposing Beth's relationship to her sister Ruth (who is one of the main characters). And there's an important scene at the hospital that we never see, but is only a memory later in the book.
This book had potential, but it should not have been a novella.
I read more about this book, and it is actually a novella. Being short, it fell flat a little bit for me in terms of plot and story line. I loved the writing and the author's voice, but I really wished she would have fleshed this out a bit more. I wasn't connected to any of the characters because the author did not take the time to really get inside their heads and emotions. I wanted to know why they did what they did, but with little to no backstory I was left wondering why all the time.
Beth is a pretty important character in the book, but she never makes an appearance. There is no dialogue and no scenes exposing Beth's relationship to her sister Ruth (who is one of the main characters). And there's an important scene at the hospital that we never see, but is only a memory later in the book.
This book had potential, but it should not have been a novella.
December 5, 2020
Goodreads Kindle Copy Win
It is about two women living in a small town and how their lives are parallel in this story. Small town living where secrets are hidden until it comes to light. It shows how everyone seems to be tied in without knowing at times. It was an interesting read.
It is about two women living in a small town and how their lives are parallel in this story. Small town living where secrets are hidden until it comes to light. It shows how everyone seems to be tied in without knowing at times. It was an interesting read.
December 5, 2020
This may be short, but it is fully packed with mystery and romance. Would have given it five stars except for the same sex relationships. No intimate details given, so not offensive. This was won on Goodreads. Happy to be introduced to this author. I look forward to reading more of her work.
April 27, 2020
Undecided
Potential, but the story somehow misses the target. I must admit that i am uncomfortable with graphic same-sex details. Sorry, it simply disappointed me
Potential, but the story somehow misses the target. I must admit that i am uncomfortable with graphic same-sex details. Sorry, it simply disappointed me
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