I'll Be There

By Janice Coy

Have you ever been ghosted by a friend? And you can't stop thinking about what went wrong?

Kelly Stanchion is supposed to travel to Clifftop Manor with Aria Camembert, but Aria has drifted away with no explanation. Stunned and brokenhearted, Kelly must choose whether to continue on the vacation alone. She devours multiple self-help books to regain her confidence in an attempt to rid her thoughts of Aria.

Feeling somewhat better, Kelly forges ahead with her long-awaited sojourn at the historic hotel. Situated on a bluff overlooking the ocean in the Pacific Northwest, Clifftop Manor is a highly south-after destination. She feels extremely lucky to have gotten a reservation in the off-season.

Kelly is determined to get the most out of her solo stay, including visits to the nearby lighthouse and rain forest even as the unexpected loss of her friend still weighs heavily on her. At least she won't run into Aria Camembert at the far-off destination, something she's been studiously avoiding in her hometown. But when she checks into the manor, the first person she sees lounging in the lobby is Aria Kelly dismisses the sighting as a figment of her imagination.

Cut off from the outside world at the isolated manor, Kelly becomes immersed in the home's history, her thoughts consumed with questions about the manor's original mistress and the mysterious disappearance of her friend.

As the days pass, the manor's history and her own experiences with Aria are Intertwined in unsettling ways. Will Aria forever have a piece of her soul? Or can Kelly finally distance herself from the increasingly irresistible past? Separating logic from imagination becomes a challenge, and Kelly wonders if she's lost touch with reality.

Janice Coy is the author of numerous well-received women's fiction books. Her books are stand-alone entertainment, stories that readers have a hard time putting down. Her writing also appears in multiple anthologies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0B8BK3KH6
• ISBN13: 9798838057310
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"