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The Promise of Tomorrow

By: Mary Ellen Taylor
Narrated by: Cortney Wright
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From the author of The Brighter the Light comes the moving story about one woman’s reason for leaving home and the love that brings her back.

When Olympia leaves her small Virginia town, she doesn’t expect to look back, much less ever come home. But after a year on the road, her sister’s engagement pulls Olympia into everything she left behind: her family, her husband, and the grief she’s been trying to forget.

She’s determined to stay a few days, maybe a week—just enough time to visit gravestones and sign off on the divorce her husband, Spencer, asked for. But he’s reeling from their shared loss, as well as complications with his aging parents, leaving his heart just as fragile as Olympia’s. The more time they spend in each other’s orbit, the less sure they are they’ll be able to walk away for good.

As family secrets come to light and family bonds stretch to the breaking point, Olympia must decide where she’s going next and where she belongs. She’s used to coping with life’s complications alone, but maybe the best way to heal is together.

©2024 Mary Burton (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

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The Promises of Tomorrow is about Olympia a woman who is on a healing road trip journey to channel her grief into an adventure created by her mother. For years Olympia put aside her own dreams to fulfill her sisters and her moms. Once she got her sister and mother settled Olympia found Spencer a man who put aside his life as a pro golfer to help run the family quarry business in Virginia.

Olympia found herself back in Virginia to attend an event with her sister Eve. The time back in Virginia became one of facing her fears and learning to accept today for who knows what tomorrow will bring.

Olympia journaled her travels through social media. The posts were a reflection of her personal experience not the landscape. Personally I think if your travelling the world you would want to document places you visited with pictures and suggestions. But that’s not the case in her posts. Im my opinion these posts didn’t add any necessary information to the growth of the character.

It must admit it was odd reading a story dated in the future without it being a futuristic story. I’m glad I had the ebook words to follow. Had I relied solely on the audiobook I would not know when Olympia was referring to the past. Even with the words in front of me I found my mind drifting and hard to process the timeline.

Mary Ellen Taylor writes about Olympia a woman who has experienced love and loss at a young age. This is a contemporary romance set in Virginia. This is my first time experiencing a Mary Ellen Taylor book. While I like contemporary romances. I wasn’t as invested in these characters lives. Even the backstory about rocks wasn’t enough of a draw for me.

Cortney Wright is the solo female narrator who was the voice of Olympia. I wasn’t quite sure is there was a southern accent or something else. The voice didn’t match with what I expected from Olympia. I did appreciate having both the audiobook and ebook as I’m an eyes and ears person. Having both certainly enhances my experience.d

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