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What Grows In Your Sleep
A missing husband, a nosey neighbor, and two broken sisters. Someone knows something.
Before police detective Cole Larson disappeared, he lived a happy life with his wife Lia of three years. Ten years younger than her husband, Lia is a nervous wreck over Cole’s vanishing. The police don’t take her seriously, her neighbor Jenny—a detective’s wife herself, keeps barging over with her own agenda, and her sister Jade has all but abandoned her. However, Jade is fighting her own crisis with her slew of nightmares, missing memories, and pills that seem to mess with her head more than they help. Her sister’s never-ending battle with anxiety has plagued Jade since childhood and now has spilled over into her adult life and carried with it a pile of unanswered questions. Jade wants to help Lia, but Lia is withdrawn and incessantly angry, and her neighbor Jenny hovers too close for comfort. These three women all have a connection to Cole. These three women all have a past they wish to keep buried.
But one of these women knows what happened to Cole Larson, and they’re not telling. One of them has a secret to hide…or perhaps all three, for some secrets fall deep beneath the conscious awareness, sleeping in the shadows of life until somebody wakes them and shatters everything. With a propulsion that will captivate readers, What Grows In Your Sleep, is a riveting mystery impossible to put down as Mae East unfurls a gripping, twisting story of deceit, family secrets, and revenge that is certain to shock you with its final, heartbreaking turn.
Before police detective Cole Larson disappeared, he lived a happy life with his wife Lia of three years. Ten years younger than her husband, Lia is a nervous wreck over Cole’s vanishing. The police don’t take her seriously, her neighbor Jenny—a detective’s wife herself, keeps barging over with her own agenda, and her sister Jade has all but abandoned her. However, Jade is fighting her own crisis with her slew of nightmares, missing memories, and pills that seem to mess with her head more than they help. Her sister’s never-ending battle with anxiety has plagued Jade since childhood and now has spilled over into her adult life and carried with it a pile of unanswered questions. Jade wants to help Lia, but Lia is withdrawn and incessantly angry, and her neighbor Jenny hovers too close for comfort. These three women all have a connection to Cole. These three women all have a past they wish to keep buried.
But one of these women knows what happened to Cole Larson, and they’re not telling. One of them has a secret to hide…or perhaps all three, for some secrets fall deep beneath the conscious awareness, sleeping in the shadows of life until somebody wakes them and shatters everything. With a propulsion that will captivate readers, What Grows In Your Sleep, is a riveting mystery impossible to put down as Mae East unfurls a gripping, twisting story of deceit, family secrets, and revenge that is certain to shock you with its final, heartbreaking turn.
270 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2023
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Mae East
16 books135 followers*Also writes under the name J.M. Easterly
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Mae East is a certified librarian with a Master of Library and Information Science degree and an obsessive compulsion to research everything — which may be to blame for her unorthodox writing style. She's been told that the big bucks come from sticking to a consistent genre, but she doesn't listen. She writes about anything that tickles her fancy, covering historical fiction to paranormal tales to contemporary novels. She believes there are just too many paths to explore in this world to just stick to the woods. She adores Caramel breves and Nintendo Switch's Ring Fit because, well...they just go together (at least to her). She currently resides in Texas, where she spends too much time binge-watching grossly unhealthy TV shows and then reading psychology books to figure out what's wrong with her — the verdict is still pending. On windy days, she can be found reading just about anything that's been recommended and typing up the plot to her next adventure — unpredictable adventures even to her.
(Hey, lovely book people! I adore hanging out here, but I’ve learned that if I stay on Goodreads too long, my productivity mysteriously evaporates (suspect: books). So I’m putting myself on a strict-ish check-in-occasionally plan.
I’ll still answer messages and questions whenever I wander back in—just not every day.
Thanks for your patience and for being awesome!)
Mae East is a certified librarian with a Master of Library and Information Science degree and an obsessive compulsion to research everything — which may be to blame for her unorthodox writing style. She's been told that the big bucks come from sticking to a consistent genre, but she doesn't listen. She writes about anything that tickles her fancy, covering historical fiction to paranormal tales to contemporary novels. She believes there are just too many paths to explore in this world to just stick to the woods. She adores Caramel breves and Nintendo Switch's Ring Fit because, well...they just go together (at least to her). She currently resides in Texas, where she spends too much time binge-watching grossly unhealthy TV shows and then reading psychology books to figure out what's wrong with her — the verdict is still pending. On windy days, she can be found reading just about anything that's been recommended and typing up the plot to her next adventure — unpredictable adventures even to her.
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August 12, 2022
Thank you Goodreads giveaway for this book on kindle. It was a good fast read. Enjoyed it.
February 15, 2023
A strange story. There were times in reading this book I wanted to reach in and strangle some of the characters. This is not a bad thing, it is a frustrating thing at times, but not a bad thing. It took a bit before the whole plot of the book came to fruition, but when it did, it flowed quickly. This is a great book, the ending is something left to your imagination. I liked how the author left it that way. I would definitely read more by this author. I was grateful to have won this book on Goodreads.
February 11, 2023
I won this book on goodreads.
Alia’s husband has vanished and she sits with her blinds closed, doesn’t want to answer the door. She’s a wreck missing Cole or is there some other reason? Jade, her sister has so many injuries and forgotten moments she can’t remember- what is going on with her? Has something happened in her childhood. Then add the nosey neighbor, Jenny. So many secrets- will they lead to the answer or where Cole is?
Alia’s husband has vanished and she sits with her blinds closed, doesn’t want to answer the door. She’s a wreck missing Cole or is there some other reason? Jade, her sister has so many injuries and forgotten moments she can’t remember- what is going on with her? Has something happened in her childhood. Then add the nosey neighbor, Jenny. So many secrets- will they lead to the answer or where Cole is?
May 11, 2023
I found this to be really overwritten, saying in a page what could have been said in a short paragraph. The dialog wasn't very natural and the characters weren't relatable. The plot was interesting, but started very slowly and left some details hanging at the end. It would benefit from a good editor-- I was often distracted by misspellings, incorrect word usage and even using the wrong character name at one point.
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