Lady in the Window

by Maryann Ridini Spencer

Overview

In this Best Book Award-Winning Novel, thirty-year old Kate Grace is a successful lifestyle writer for a popular magazine in New York City. She has everything she could ever want -- a loving family, friends, and the man of her dreams. But when several unforeseen events threaten to upend her world, a friend comes to the rescue, offering Kate respite to mend her broken heart in the ancient, magic paradise that is Hanalei, Kauai. On the beautiful beaches of Hawaii, she ends up finding more than she bargained for - new life, new love, and synchronicities sent from beyond.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780989040532
Publisher:	Santa Rosa Press
Publication date:	08/13/2019
Series:	Kate Grace Mystery , #1
Pages:	290
Sales rank:	1,086,520
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

Maryann Ridini Spencer is an award-winning screenwriter, producer, author, journalist, TV host, and president of Ridini Entertainment Corporation, a Content Creation, Public Relations/Marketing and TV & Film Production Company. A multi-scholarship winner, she received her degree in Communications from New York's Hofstra University and soon afterward became a producer/writer for Cable News Network in Los Angeles, later serving as Senior Vice President of Publicity, Advertising, and Promotion at several Hollywood Studios and firms. A member of the Producers Guild of America and the Writers Guild West, Maryann has executive produced/produced movies and series for such networks as Showtime, SyFy, The Movie Channel, USA Networks, Time Warner Cable, and the foreign theatrical market. She is celebrated for co-producing/writing the teleplay for the Hallmark Hall of Fame CBS-TV World Premiere of "The Lost Valentine" (based on the novel by James Michael Pratt), starring Betty White and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Upon its debut in 2011, the award-winning film won CBS-TV the night in ratings with over 15 million peopled tuning and became Hallmark Hall of Fame's highest rated movie in four years. Now considered a Hallmark Classic, the film airs each year on the Hallmark Channel and is part of Hallmark's Gold Crown DVD Collector's Edition. Maryann is also the creator, writer, producer, and host of the award-winning healthy living TV cooking series (and cookbook), "Simply Delicious Living with Maryann(R)," which is broadcast on the PBS-TV station KVCR in Southern California, DirecTV, DishTV, and to a global audience on Roku, YouTube and Maryann's blog. Throughout her career, Maryann has worked as a freelance writer and contributing editor for such publications as "Los Angeles Magazine," "Palm Springs Life," "Desert Magazine," and "Ventura County Star," to name just a few. Her "Simply Delicious Living" print and video column as well as the environmental news program she created, produces, writes and reports, "Sustainability Now News," is broadcast on local television and in print in Ventura County, CA. Maryann's novel "Lady in the Window" (SelectBooks, 2017, Santa Rosa Press, 2019), is the winner of the 2017 Best Book Award (American Book Fest). The sequel novel in the Kate Grace Mystery Series, "The Paradise Table" will be in bookstores in 2019. Maryann is also at work penning the third book in the series, and continuing to work writing other novels and screenplays. Visit: MaryannRidiniSpencer.com or AlohaWriter.com.

Editorial Reviews

"Maryann Ridini Spencer lends her talented pen to a sweeping tale that is sure to involve the heart." --Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times best-selling author

"Lady in the Window is an inspiring and inspirational story; a perfect remedy for the stresses we all experience, and as soothing as an ocean sunset. Maryann Ridini Spencer writes beautifully with great insight into the human heart. This is a story that will stay with you for a long time." --Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times best-selling author

"Grab your beach towel, a passion fruit ice tea, and Maryann Ridini Spencer's Lady in the Window for an afternoon of magic, mystery, and tropical romance. Afterward, you'll be searching the Internet for Kauai real estate."--Suzy Spencer, author of Secret Sex Lives: A Year on the Fringes of American Sexuality

"Who knew sweet and spooky went together so well? An easy, breezy summer read that has me wanting to pack a bag and move to Hawaii and fall in love all over again." --David J. Burke, Award Winning Executive Producer, Screenwriter, and Film and Television Director

"The moment Kate Grace steps on Hawaiian soil, she can feel the magical mana (spirit) created in a land where people live 'The Way of Aloha,' honoring and protecting our human ohana (family) and the natural environment. The Aloha spirit comes alive in this passionate story about family and the bonds of love which never die but surround us always, as is the gift of a beautiful, fragrant lei, which will never be forgotten . . . He lei poina'ole." --Danny Akaka, Jr., Hawaiian Cultural Practitioner and Director of Cultural Affairs at Mauna Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows

"An exquisite and heartening page turner offering hope, inspiration, and a touch of heavenly magic that takes the reader on a young woman's journey of self-discovery and purpose after faced with some life altering circumstances--loss, betrayal, and the death of a beloved family member. You won't be able to put it down."--Rev. Maria Felipe, Speaker, Spiritual Leader, and author of Live Your Happy

"An intriguing, beautifully woven story of great loss and heartbreak and the hope and healing inspired by life's miracles and magical surprises that will soothe anyone who has experienced grief and won- dered if there is any hope for their future."--Barbara A. Berg, L.C.S.W., Grief Counselor and Psychotherapist, Author of How to Escape the No-Win Trap

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