Synopsis of Beyond the Yellow Brick Road

Just got back from a trip to Norway, so I've got a new travel blog to post as soon as I can get it typed. I've been having a bit of trouble with my eyes when I spend too much time on screens, so I'm lagging behind a bit on typing. The blog from my trip to New Zealand is also in the queue. Let me know if anyone has a preference as to which to type first!

As mentioned previously, I have several projects in the works, and I'm posting a synopsis of each to solicit input if you have any thoughts. The one below is sort of a thriller, but--like all my books--more character than plot driven. See what you think, and let me know if you'd like to see an excerpt.

As child TV stars, twins Adelise and Del Malone finish each other’s sentences.  When the series ends, offers abound for Del, but not for Adelise. She seeks love in a variety of doomed relationships, all aimed at replacing the one overpowering love she cannot pursue. In a vulnerable state, she meets Academy Award-winning writer Cole Townsend, who’s suffering from writer’s block. The secrets of Cole’s haunted psyche include the murder of his baby brother, which resulted eventually in the vivid detail of a brilliant screenplay. When he senses Adelise loves him less than her brother—just as his mother’s love for him was less than that for the new baby—he sees that only in murdering Adelise can he ignite the creativity he craves.

Like The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits, Beyond the Yellow Brick Road uses multiple points of view and flashbacks to focus on a woman whose path has been shaped by her early experiences in the entertainment industry and by a lack of self-confidence. However, with respect to the complexity of the characters and the impact of sibling relationships in the face of parental abandonment, Beyond the Yellow Brick Road might be more aptly compared to The Dutch House.