Falling to Pieces: Rose Gardner Mystery Novella #3.5

Denise Grover Swank

Dec 2014 · Rose Gardner Mystery Novella Book 1 · DGS

About this ebook

 **137 page novella following Thirty and a Half Excuses in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery series**

When Joe walks out of Rose’s life, she can’t imagine life without him. But with support from her friends—and an unexpected person—Rose finds her way to climb out of her despair. 

After his father’s blackmail forces him to leave the love of his life to protect her, Joe is thrown into the race for Arkansas State Senate. But while Rose has people to help her grieve, Joe finds himself completely alone—except the one person he detests is the only person who’s offering comfort.

Ratings and reviews

I've now read all the Rose Gardner books except family jewels and I've moved on the Substitute (Megan Vandemeer) just completed it now on book 2. Love love loved it. I love a series I can't predict, it's captivating to the point of ignoring your husband and kids. Keep on writing Denise Grover, you are my new Danielle Steele

The title says it all: I fall to pieces everytime I read this novella. I love that the story is told through Rose and Joe's POV. It was great to get in Joe's head and find out what he is going through, thinking and feeling. Denise is an amazing writer and makes you feel the emotions that the characters are going through. I feel as though I am the one who is going through this emotional, heartbreaking event every time I read it. A must read after Thirty and a Half Excuses. If you haven't started the series you should do it now.

Here Come the Waterworks! This is such an amazing yet emotional book. I can’t keep myself from crying in the beginning no matter how many times I re-read it. I feel this novella was necessary to see what Joe was thinking and feeling at the end of Thirty and a Half Excuses from his own point of view and it’s also nice to see how Rose is doing after the last book. It’s the perfect space holder between Thirty and a Half Excuses and Thirty-One and a Half Regrets.

About the author

New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author Denise Grover Swank has released over thirty novels and novellas and has sold over two million books. She writes mysteries with romance, humorous romance, light-hearted young adult romance, and urban fantasy. She lives in Blue Springs, Missouri with her three naughty dogs and six imaginative children. You can find out more about Denise at www.denisegroverswank.com.