Blame it on the Moon

By Marilyn Baron

What if you went outside one evening to observe the Blood Moon and when you came back in, it was three years later, on the night of the next Blood Moon. And everything had changed during those lost years. There was another woman in your husband’s bed, younger and slimmer than you. Your daughter had gotten married to the man whose mother had taken your place. They have a daughter, who was named after a missing and presumed dead grandmother—you. What would you do? Try to reclaim your life? Or realize it was the time and the season for starting over?

• Language: Unknown
• Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
• Release date: Jun 21, 2023
• ISBN: 9781509250684

Marilyn Baron

Marilyn Baron is a public relations consultant in Atlanta. She's a member of Romance Writers of America (RWA) and serves on the board of Georgia Romance Writers (GRW) as editor of The Galley, GRW's award-winning online newsletter. She is the recipient of the GRW 2009 Chapter Service Award. Marilyn writes humorous women's fiction, including The Edger, which won first place in the Suspense Romance category of the 2010 Ignite the Flame Contest, sponsored by Central Ohio Fiction Writers RWA chapter. Her manuscript, The Colonoscopy Club, finaled in the GRW Unpublished Maggie Awards for Excellence in 2005 in the Single Title category. A native of Miami, Florida, Marilyn now lives in Roswell, Georgia, with her husband. She blogs with the Petit Fours and Hot Tamales writers' blog. Marilyn graduated from The University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, with a B.S. in Journalism [Public Relations sequence] and a minor in Creative Writing. She met her husband at UF and both of her daughters graduated from UF. Go Gators! When she's not writing, she enjoys reading, traveling [she's been to Helle (a village in Norway) and back], going to the movies, eating Italian food and hovering over her two daughters. Her favorite place to visit is Italy, where she spent six months studying in Florence during her senior year in college. She invites you to visit her blog at www.petitfoursandhottamales.com

Book preview

I need to know where you’ve been all these years. Where did you go? And I want the truth.

"How many times do I have to tell you? The truth is I walked outside one night to see the Blood Moon and when I came back in, fifty minutes later, everything was different. Even the furniture and the kitchen and the walls. You let her have yellow walls. And she has my white kitchen. I swear, I didn’t leave this house. I never went anywhere."

How do you expect me to believe that? And I don’t buy the story that you were abducted by aliens.

I keep telling you. I don’t know what happened. I can’t explain it. Petra faced her husband. It sure didn’t take you long to replace me. We’ve been married almost fifty years, and I’m gone for one minute and you jump into bed with someone else. We’re still married, and this is my house, too.

Petra, you were gone for almost three years. We thought you were dead.

Well, you can see that I’m not. I’m not a ghost. And now, what, you want a divorce?

Alex pulled his hand through his hair. I don’t know what I want. I’m just getting used to the fact that you’re alive. I need some time to adjust.

So do I. Are you at least happy I’m here?

Alex shrugged. I don’t know how I feel.

But you’re going to check into the hotel with that woman.

Her name is Melanie. And yes, we’ll give you your space while we decide what to do.

My space? I live here and I am not leaving, so what is there left to decide?

Praise for Marilyn Baron

and The Massimo Domingo Mystery Series

"If you would like to travel to Italy without leaving home, you love art, intrigue and romance, I highly recommend THE CASE OF THE MISSING BOTTICELLI."

~Cynthia B.

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Love Italy? How about cozies about missing Renaissance paintings? If so, this book is for you!

~L. Kraft

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An escape to Florence, Italy. The story was surrounded with lavish Italian flavor which swept me away and kept me turning pages.

~Redi44Crew

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This cozy mystery will appeal to readers on many levels. The pace is non-stop; the characters are well-drawn and intriguing. A winner all around.

~Kat Henry Doran, Wild Women Reviews

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Marilyn has received writing awards in Single Title, Suspense Romance, Novel with Strong Romantic Elements, and Paranormal/Fantasy Romance. She was also the Finalist in the 2017 Georgia Author of the Year Awards (GAYA) in the Romance Category for her novel Stumble Stones and the Finalist for the 2018 GAYA Awards in the Romance category for her novel The Alibi. This is her 21st book with The Wild Rose Press, Inc.

Blame it on

the Moon

by

Marilyn Baron

Jelly Beans and Spring Things

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental.

Blame it on the Moon

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