I’m Rarity Cole. I own The Next Chapter, an independent bookstore on Main Street in Sedona, Arizona. I’m also a breast cancer survivor. I used to be on the career ladder for a St. Louis based company as a marketer. Then one bad mammogram changed my life and the way I looked at the world.

And, for a lot of people, the way they looked at me. In most people’s eyes, I was no longer the smart, savvy businesswoman. Instead, I was sick, or dying, or contagious. In my relationship, I became a burden. Kevin didn’t want to drag around a bald girlfriend. I was bad for his image. So he left.

I left my job and moved as soon as I rang the last bell at radiation. And I haven’t looked back. I’m happy in my new life. My best friend, Sam, runs a crystal shop next to me. My bookstore is growing and I’m almost in the black or I will be after a few years. And, I have a cute little house with a pool in the back so I can swim whenever I want to. The people I have around me are the ones I choose.

To add to my circle, I’ve started a breast cancer survivors’ book club. Our first meeting is tonight. I’m hopeful that we can be supportive of each other as we walk the new path our disease carved for us. Besides, who knows a survivor better than someone who also survived the same challenge.

Mostly, I just want a group I can talk about books with. People who don’t look at me strange when I say that I stayed inside last weekend finishing a book. My type of people.

I’m so excited about tonight’s meeting. I’ve got books pulled for the group to choose from. And I bought cookies for the group. You know the saying, a little sugar helps the medicine go down.

Wish me luck.
Rarity

Tuesday Night Survivors’ Club, A Survivors’ Book Club Mystery #1
Genre: Cozy
Release: June 2022
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Survivors become sleuths to find a missing member of their book club in new-age Sedona, Arizona . . .

Two things got Rarity Cole through her breast cancer treatments: friends and books. Now cancer-free, Rarity is devoting her life to helping others find their way through the maze to healing. She’s opened a bookstore focusing on the power of healing—Eastern medicine, Western medicine, the healing power of food, the power of meditation, and the importance of developing a support community. To that end, she’s also started the Tuesday Night Survivors book club. With its openness to new-age communities, Sedona, Arizona, is the perfect fit for Rarity’s bookstore and the tightly knit group.

But their therapeutic unity is disrupted when one of their members suddenly goes missing. Martha has always kept to herself, never opening up much of her personal life to the group. Now she’s nowhere to be found. With her car abandoned on a trail and her dog left with a friend, Rarity is sure something terrible had happened—but will she be able to uncover Martha’s secrets before it’s too late?

About the author
Lynn Cahoon, author of Three Tainted Teas, a Kitchen Witch mystery, is a New York Times and USA Today author of the best-selling Tourist Trap, Kitchen Witch, Cat Latimer, Farm-to-Fork, and soon to release, Survivors’ Book Club mystery series. No matter where the mystery is set, readers can expect a fun ride. Find out more at her website at lynncahoon.com.

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