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Product Description In the marriage game, when is it time to throw in the towel? Margot Simpson was raised to believe that you don’t run for cover the moment it rains. You don’t slide divorce papers across the kitchen island, especially when you have a teenage son. You roll up your sleeves, toss your hair in a bun, and dance in the downpour. When Margot abandoned her singing career on Broadway to follow the man of her dreams to Burlington, Vermont, she never looked back. She embraced her new role as a wife, mother, and homemaker with an artist’s passion. For years, her husband was a dedicated partner and father, but his political aspirations are getting in the way of his family’s happiness. With his eyes focused on a Senate seat, he’s forgotten the people that matter most. Lucky for him, the words “give up” aren’t in Margot’s vocabulary. She's convinced that if she loves her husband hard enough, he’ll awaken from the daydream he’s trapped in. But as Margot does everything she can to be the perfect wife, she realizes it's her own awakening—and even sanity—that are at stake. A Marriage Well Done, the prequel to The Red Mountain Chronicles, is a quirky, off-the-wall tale of one woman’s dysfunction while carrying out an unorthodox plan to get her husband back. From the Author I was so nervous waiting for the editors to finish up Red Mountain Rising that I had to do something all-consuming with my time. Since the beginning of The Red Mountain Chronicles, Margot has come alive in my head in a wildly vivid way. So I couldn't resist writing a story from her point of view (in first person), exploring Margot's life in Vermont and what led her to Washington State. There were times during the writing process when I would wake up unsure for a moment of whether I was Boo Walker, a writer in St. Pete, or Margot, a mid-forties homemaker and mother in Vermont fighting to save her marriage. As you can imagine, I've never had so much fun with a project, and there's a good chance you're going to question my sanity at some point during the reading. About the Author Boo initially tapped his creative muse as a songwriter andbanjoist in Nashville before working his way west to Washington State,where he bought a gentleman's farm on the Yakima River. It was thereamongst the grapevines and wine barrels that he fell in love withtelling high-impact stories that now resonate with book clubs around the world. Rich with colorful characters and boundless soul, his novelswill leave you with an open heart and a lifted spirit. Always a wanderer, Boo currently lives in Valencia, Spainwith his wife and son. He also writes thrillers under the pen nameBenjamin Blackmore.