The Things I Do For You by Mary Carter Review for Pump Up Your Book

Join Mary Carter, author of the mainstream fiction, The Things I Do For You, as she tours the blogosphere August 6 – 31 2012 on her third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

THE THINGS I DO FOR YOU…

Bailey Jordan has loved her husband, Brad, since they were ten years old. She’s followed him on every adventure–opening a sweater store in Seattle, a café in Colorado, a surf shop in Santa Monica. Each time, she’s picked up the pieces when things fell apart. But now, it’s her turn. Bailey has a successful real estate career in Manhattan, and she’s eager to start a family–until a car crash leaves Brad in a coma and changes their lives forever.

Awakening after his near-death experience, Brad has a new mission. He buys a lighthouse on the Hudson River, planning to turn it into a B&B. Grateful to have Brad alive, Bailey tries to make his dream her own. The lighthouse is beautiful, but the challenges–renovating, bringing in supplies by boat, navigating the locals and guests–are enormous. And then Bailey discovers a secret in Brad’s past that compels her to question her husband, her marriage, and how far she’ll go to keep them both. . .

Thoughtful and moving, The Things I Do for You exhibits a rare understanding of the joys, compromises, and small rebellions that lie at the heart of every marriage, and of the resilience and surprising power of love.

About Mary Carter

Mary Carter is a freelance writer and novelist. Mary’s new novel, The Things I Do For You, will be released July 31st, 2012, and her new novella, A Kiss Before Midnight (in an anthology collection headlined by Janet Daily) will be out in the Spring of 2013. Her fifth novel, The Pub Across the Pond, will be July’s pick of the month with Barnes and Noble online book club, and is also available as an audiobook through Blackstone Audio. Her other works include: My Sister’s Voice, Sunnyside Blues, She’ll Take It, and Accidentally Engaged. In addition to her novels she has written two novellas: A Very Maui Christmas in the New York Times best selling anthology Holiday Magic, and The Honeymoon House in the New York Times best selling anthology Almost Home. Mary is also excited to announce that she has started, The Writers’ Den, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan where she will be teaching the exact writing course that helped her write and publish her first novel. Aspiring writers in the New York City area can go to www.themanhattanwritersden for more information.

My Thoughts on The Things I Do For You by Mary Carter

Last year I read The Pub Across The Pond by Mary Carter and fell in love with the book. So when I saw the author had another book out I jumped at the chance to read and review it. The story starts with a horrible accident that changes the lives of Brad and Bailey Jordan forever. They have known each other since they were ten and stayed close friends all the way through college. They then married and started their life with a few adventures. They traveled all over and started various endeavors such as a surf shop, a sweater store and a cafe. It seems that Brad has all these great ideas but soon gets bored. After his life altering experience and seeing "the light", he purchases a lighthouse on the Hudson River with an inheritance from a beloved aunt. Bailey wants to have children but it has not happened so far as she is determined to do whatever makes Brad happy. The Jordans renovate the lighthouse and start their business as Bed and Breakfast owners. This is when to me the story got exciting, I love lighthouses and the descriptions of their progress in the renovations and then when they actually have guests were fun to read. There are some really quirky guests that come to the lighthouse, both paying and non paying. This is a story of love, faith and what a marriage means and how secrets can destroy relationships. Told with lots of humor and a hint of the otherworld, as we all know lighthouses are haunted, this novel will draw you in until its ending. I highly recommend it.

I received an ebook copy for review and was not monetarily compensated for my review.

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