When the Stars Fall Down

Written by Anne Stuart

Narrated by Laura Darrell

Jessica Hansen's success and icy calm hide painful secrets and a past that shapes her life. That is, until she meets Springer MacDowell, her best friend's son. One decision sets off a series of cataclysmic events that rip apart her safe life.

Retreating to an old summer house in Vermont, Jessica slowly learns to accept friendship, the past, and the new family she's made. She's building a hopeful future, until Springer comes back into her life, ready to shatter her new-found peace.

Will these two survivors ever learn how to belong? Can they heal enough to make a family theirs?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryant Street Publishing
• Release date: Sep 12, 2023
• ISBN: 9781094460451

Anne Stuart

Anne Stuart loves Japanese rock and roll, wearable art, Spike, her two kids, Clairefontaine paper, quilting, her delicious husband of thirty-four years, fellow writers, her three cats, telling stories and living in Vermont. She’s not too crazy about politics and diets and a winter that never ends, but then, life’s always a trade-off. Visit her at www.Anne-Stuart.com.

Reviews for When the Stars Fall Down

[Sami Rasheed · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I felt that this book had a pretty weird obsession with the main characters weight. Other characters would say super weird and inappropriate things to her like “anorexia isn’t in anymore”, but then it would be glamorized it the rest of the time with lines like “her beautiful thin frame”. I found it odd that it had lines like this in nearly every chapter, so I was waiting for it to matter or to lead to some kind of result but it really didn’t. I would have given it 5 stars if those comments had been left out.

[Karen Chandler · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is an interesting storyline with many twists. The characters are believable, and no left loose ends.