Closer Than You Think

by Mara Purl

Winner - Gold Evvy Award - Fiction. Finalist - USA Book News Award - Fiction/Romance. Finalist - Indie Excellence Award - Fiction/Romance. With the disappearance of reporter Chris Christian, Deputy Delmar Johnson searches the Central Coast for clues. Against a web of complex backstage relationships, artist Miranda Jones is swept into the excitement of a sold-out Doobie Brothers concert at the Central Coast Bowl. And in the town of Milford-Haven, Jack Sawyer's building schemes threaten the environment, Sally O'Mally's eavesdropping undermines careers, Meredith's dissembling entraps Zack Calvin, whose own indiscretions entangle both Miranda and Cynthia. And Samantha Hugo would do anything to ease the anguish of secrets locked away in her private journal...

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First published June 6, 1998

About the author

Why do we read? Because reading throws open a window into new realms of possibility...windows that become doors as we walk through them.
The world I've created is "Milford-Haven" -- a small coastal town on California's somewhat undiscovered Central Coast. It's a town of both small town simplicities and global complexities. But it's also a town of infinite possibilities...YOUR possibilities. It's a place to discover the next chapter of your life.
I thought I was writing fiction...but it turns out I'm writing women's fiction. Men are included in my stories every step of the way, but we see situations mostly from the perspective of the women in the story. Are these women like you? Or like some of the folks you know? Join the conversation and find out!