{"title":"Marybeth Whalen","description":"Marybeth Whalen and her husband Curt have been married for 22 years and are the parents of six children, ranging in age from college to elementary school. They live outside Charlotte NC. Marybeth is the author of five novels. The newest one, The Bridge Tender, brings readers back to Sunset Beach NC and releases June, 2014. Marybeth spends most of her time in the grocery store but occasionally escapes long enough to scribble some words. She is always at work on her next novel. You can find her at www.marybethwhalen.com.","products":[{"product_id":"the-guest-book-paperback","title":"The Guest Book - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-five years after she began exchanging drawings with a mysterious boy in the guest book of a Carolina beach house, Macy Dillon is back at Sunset Beach--this time toting a hurting heart and a broken family. 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One night, alone by the ocean, Macy asks God to help her find the boy she never forgot, the one whose beautiful pictures touched something deep inside of her. Will she ever find him? 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Seven years into a beautiful marriage, Emily is left a widow, heartbroken, and way past caring about anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil a man approaches her, claiming to have something left to her from Ryan. Something secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnsure if she can ever embrace a new life without her husband, but even less sure about continuing to stay where she is, Emily heads to the coast to keep her end of the promise she once made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithout delay, she becomes immersed in the lives of the locals, including the reclusive bridge tender with an unexpected past. 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Can she hold it together while she plans the wedding?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Ivy's mother asks her to return to her family's beach home to plan her sister's upcoming wedding, she decides to use the excuse to escape from the pain of her broken heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her return to Sunset Beach, North Carolina, she begins to question her choice to marry her husband Elliot, rather than her childhood sweetheart (and jilted ex-fianc?) Michael. However, when Ivy refuses to talk to her estranged husband, he resorts to tweeting to her, expressing his remorse and making it clear he doesn't want to give up on their marriage. Her friends seem to be on Elliot's side, pressuring her to forgive him and move on. 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