Thank you, Dru, for this opportunity to venture back into my character Landry Wells’ shoes. I’ve missed her ever since I finished writing my suspense novel The Perfect Stranger last fall, and with the book released earlier this week, this is perfect timing! I’m about to embark on a book tour through Texas and Oklahoma back to the Northeast and into New England from now until September.
Readers can visit me online at www.wendycorsistaub.com to get a complete tour schedule and find out more about this book and its e-novella prequel, Cold Hearted, which is available exclusively on Amazon.
And now, meet Landry Wells from The Perfect Stranger:
When I was a little girl growing up in Point Clear, Alabama, I’d ride my bike past the graceful bay front homes along the boardwalk to the Grand Hotel. I promised myself that I’d live in one of those houses when I grew up, and that I’d get married beneath the vast magnolia trees at the Grand. Those things did happen, and my husband and I lived a charmed life in our dream house with our beautiful children for nearly 20 years–before fate intervened to rob me of my happily ever after.
I’d been raised to be a proper southern lady—polite, discreet, and delicate. My life revolved around a close-knit circle of friends and family I’d known forever. But when I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I was plunged into a nightmarish battle for my life, and I suddenly found myself isolated. No one in my small town world could relate to what I was going through. It wasn’t until I turned online that I found support, strength, and solace online in a group of breast cancer bloggers who were scattered all over the country. I couldn’t have survived—and thrived–without them. Long before I beat the disease, I—who had always been shy and reserved—began writing my own blog. Somehow, I was more comfortable sharing details with strangers on the Internet than I was confiding in my own family.
When my blogger friend Meredith was murdered in a random break-in, I had the opportunity to meet our fellow bloggers in person. But after we arrived in Cincinnati for her funeral, I began to suspect that her murder might not have been random at all. Had Meredith made herself vulnerable by revealing too much on the internet? Had I made the same mistake? Was a cold-hearted killer lurking behind a familiar screen name, poised to strike again now that we’d all come together at last? Or was it just my imagination?
The moment I discovered that one of my online friends wasn’t who—and what–she claimed to be, I realized that the threat was all too real. I’m no stranger to fighting for my life, but this time, the enemy isn’t a disease accompanied by a trusted medical team using tried-and-true weapons to fight it. This time, I can trust no one, not even those in my inner circle. This time, I’m on my own—and I have no idea where the enemy is hiding or when I’ll find myself in the crosshairs…
You can read more about Landry in The Perfect Stranger the second book in a trio of social networking thrillers that will conclude with The Black Widow (February 2015), published by HarperCollins.
GIVEAWAY: Leave a comment by 6 p.m. eastern on August 6 for the chance to win a copy of THE PERFECT STRANGER. (US entries only, please.)
Meet the author
New York Times bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub is the award-winning author of more than seventy novels. Wendy now lives in the New York City suburbs with her husband and their two children. Learn more about Wendy at www.wendycorsistaub.com, on Twitter or on Facebook.
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Oh wow..this sounds terrific. Wendy Corsi Staub is on of my favorites. Thanks. 🙂
This book sounds wonderful and would love to win it. I will be putting it on my TRL
Looking forward to reading this book. Thanks for the info!
Book sounds great. Would love to win !!
Sounds like a perfect read for me.
I’ve read other books by this author so I look forward to this one.
A different premise – online friends. sounds like an interesting series. I’ll go check out the first book. thanks.
I love Staub’s work—thanks for the opportunity to win a copy of The Perfect Stranger!
What a truly frightening idea. We feel so comfortable on these blogs because everyone seems to think just like us. But what if they aren’t? Sounds like a great read.
Marvelous and timely premise
Sounds good. Not familiar with this author.
I have loved all of Wendy’s suspense novels, and I am very anxious to read this one!
Thank you, Dru–and hello, everyone! I’m grateful to all of you who have been reading my novels and happy to introduce myself to new readers. Enjoy!
The book sounds awesome. I can’t wait to read it!
I would love to win this book…thank you for the opportunity
Sounds like a great book especially since Social Networking is such a big part of today’s life.
I love all your romantic suspense books and can’t wait to read this newest one. From one Western New York person to another, don’t ever stop writing the great books.
I recently discovered you! I’d love to read this book.
I love Wendy’s books, and this one sounds so good. I would really enjoy it. Thanks for having the giveaway.
Sounds like a great read and interesting series. Thanks for the giveaway.
This looks so good. Can’t wait to read.
I love a great read and this is one.
Looks good
Haven’t read anything by Staub yet. Hope to remedy that.
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