After a deadly encounter with her husband, Hope Valentine escapes into the night, fleeing the reach of her powerful and corrupt father‑in‑law. Determined to stay free, she’s forced into choices that challenge her character and reveal strengths she never knew she had.
Along the way, unexpected encounters with strangers push Hope onto paths that test her resolve, reshape her identity, and compel her to do whatever it takes to protect herself from those who would harm her.
Goodbye Hope Valentine is a taut, twisty literary thriller about reinvention, resilience, and how far someone might go to claim a life of their own.
Ron Childress is the author of the novel And West Is West, winner of the PEN/Bellwether award.
Genre: Mystery
Along the way, unexpected encounters with strangers push Hope onto paths that test her resolve, reshape her identity, and compel her to do whatever it takes to protect herself from those who would harm her.
Goodbye Hope Valentine is a taut, twisty literary thriller about reinvention, resilience, and how far someone might go to claim a life of their own.
Ron Childress is the author of the novel And West Is West, winner of the PEN/Bellwether award.
Genre: Mystery
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