In a
Quiet Town : A Novel
Amber
Garza
On Sale Date: August 8, 2023
9780778334255
Trade Paperback
$18.99 USD
336 pages
ABOUT
THE BOOK:
In this chilling new novel, a pastor’s wife
discovers that her estranged daughter is missing, but no one will believe her,
until she meets a man claiming to be her daughter’s fiancé.
The book is about Tatum, a woman who secretly
reconnects with her estranged adult daughter—secretly because Adrienne’s been
all but disowned by Tatum’s husband, a pastor at the church in their small
California town, where every move is watched and reported by his congregation.
When Adrienne doesn’t show up for her shift at the bar where Tatum’s been
visiting her, she knows something is wrong. Adrienne may have been a bit of
wild child, but she hasn’t missed a day of work without calling in for years.
Tatum tries desperately to get the police or
her husband to take her daughter’s disappearance seriously, until a mysterious
man shows up claiming to be Adrienne’s fiancé. It’s a relief to finally have
someone who believes her and is trying as hard as she is to find out where
Adrienne is. But can she trust that this stranger is really who he says he is?
And can she find her daughter before it’s too late?
PROLOGUE
His hands were in her hair, fingers threaded through the
silky strands. I knew what it felt like. My fingers had been buried in her hair
many times, including last night. When their lips met I sat up straighter,
leaning forward. It didn’t feel real. I worked my jaw. It popped and clicked.
My own mouth buzzed with the memory of how her lips felt on mine.
The kiss was long. Too long.
She liked it.
My shoulder muscles pulled tight, a rubber band being
stretched beyond its limits. I thought they might snap.
The two of them drew back. She smiled. Smiled with the same
lips that had smiled at me. Kissed me. Told me they loved me. Clearly, a lie.
She brushed back her hair, and the diamond on her finger
sparkled.
Her ring. The one I’d given her. She was wearing it.
It felt like a punch to the gut. Like a big “fuck you” to
me.
It wasn’t like she knew I’d followed her. But still…
Shouldn’t she take her engagement ring off before she hooked up with another
dude?
Throwing her head back, her neck exposed, she giggled.
Imagining my hands wrapping around that tender flesh, I
squeezed the steering wheel. It gave under the pressure, and I squeezed harder.
It felt good. Therapeutic. I pictured her terrified. Pleading. Mouth tight,
eyes bulging. I squeezed and squeezed, my teeth grinding, the vein in my
forehead throbbing. My muscles ached by the time I released my grip.
Their hands clasped. My breathing was labored as I watched
them walk off together, around the side of the building, out of sight.
I’d loved her. Given her so much.
How dare she?
No one made a fool out of me.
She wouldn’t get away with this. Not by a long shot.
Excerpted from In A Quiet
Town by Amber Garza, Copyright © 2023 by Amber
Garza. Published by MIRA Books.
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ABOUT
THE AUTHOR:
Amber Garza has had a passion for the written word since she was a child making books out of notebook paper and staples. Her hobbies include reading and singing. Coffee and wine are her drinks of choice (not necessarily in that order). She writes while blaring music, and talks about her characters like they're real people. She lives with her husband and two kids in Folsom,
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