Audrey Ingram

For fans of Kristy Woodson Harvey and Linda Holmes, The River Runs South is a transporting and illuminating novel that will resonate with readers who have ever felt a little bit lost. Exploring love, loss, and the courage of starting over fresh, this novel will appeal to readers on the hunt for emotionally rich fiction. When Camille Taylor’s husband dies unexpectedly, the carefully constructed life she worked so hard to build in Washington D.C. shatters. Her grief interferes with her demanding legal career, and her normally gregarious young daughter is heartbroken. After struggling for almost a year, she reaches a breaking point and finally packs up her small family and heads for the Alabama coast where she grew up. The salt air and slow rhythms of the coast soothe Camille’s spirit but when she meets local fisherman Mack Phillips, she learns that not everything is the same as when she was last home. Runoff from an abandoned development site is polluting the water, and Mack has brought a suit against the site’s owners— Camille’s father among them. Battling her own fears for the fragile ecosystem of her beloved Mobile Bay, Camille joins her father’s defense team, but the more she learns, the more she wonders if she’s landed on the right side of the fight. Mack is passionate about not only his livelihood as a fisherman but about the future of the coast itself. Little by little, Camille is drawn to his fearless resolve, his sterling ideals, and finally to the man himself. Wondering if it’s too soon to begin a new relationship and trying to weather her family’s outraged reaction to it, Camille must suddenly navigate the blurry lines between right and wrong and decide for herself what the next chapter of her life will bring.

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The River Runs South

Does your past define your destiny? Told through multiple perspectives, rich with emotion and immersive dual timelines, The Summer We Ran weaves together a story of lost love, devastating secrets, shocking sabotage, and the painstaking decision two people must make in order to fulfill the futures they each desire. In the summer of 1996, teenage Tess Murphy's mom gave her two rules to abide keep quiet and stay out of trouble. Her mother landed a new job as a cook at an affluent Virginia estate and didn't want anything to risk the opportunity, least of all her outspoken daughter.
What no one saw coming was Tess falling deeply in love with the boy next door, high-society Grant Alexander.
Over a few wondrous and heat-filled months, Tess and Grant's love blooms so ferociously it feels utterly impossible that anything can keep them apart, until tragedy strikes and the teenagers find themselves pained by betrayal with little hope to repair the damage that's been done. Now, two decades after their epic teenage romance abruptly ended in heartbreak, Tess and Grant are both running for Governor of Virginia, where secrets from that summer threaten to shatter their families, futures, and the love they once shared.

The Summer We Ran

Firefly Lane meets Happy Place in this touching southern-set novel about what it means to grow up together–hopefully without growing apart. Told through dual timelines, Ingram paints a stunning portrait of friendship for fans of Kristy Woodson Harvey. Sloane and Alden. Chloe and sometimes Luke. Steady Marianne. Reserved Wyatt. The six friends meet in their freshman year of college and quickly become inseparable as they navigate the bumpy road into adulthood. Over the next decade, they support each other through love and heartbreak, promotions and burnouts, stupid mistakes and epic dance parties. But when Chloe inexplicably refuses Luke’s long-awaited proposal, their breakup fractures the close-knit group. Uncertain about the future of their friendship, they all reluctantly agree to gather for a luxury getaway on Florida’s Emerald Coast. As Chloe struggles to mend what she broke, the friends discover they’ve all kept secrets from the people who are supposed to know them best. Between beach bonfires and fried seafood dinners, the friends confront who they’ve become while longing for their carefree past. For everyone who has felt both the joy and pain of changing friendships, The Group Trip offers a poignant exploration into matters of the heart.

The Group Trip

Does your past define your destiny? Told through multiple perspectives, rich with emotion and immersive dual timelines, The Summer We Ran weaves together a story of lost love, devastating secrets, shocking sabotage, and the painstaking decision two people must make in order to fulfill the futures they each desire. In the summer of 1996, teenage Tess Murphy's mom gave her two rules to abide by: keep quiet and stay out of trouble. Her mother landed a new job as a cook at an affluent Virginia estate and didn't want anything to risk the opportunity, least of all her outspoken daughter. What no one saw coming was Tess falling deeply in love with the boy next door, high-society Grant Alexander. Over a few wondrous and heat-filled months, Tess and Grant's love blooms so ferociously it feels utterly impossible that anything can keep them apart, until tragedy strikes and the teenagers find themselves pained by betrayal with little hope to repair the damage that's been done. Now, two decades after their epic teenage romance abruptly ended in heartbreak, Tess and Grant are both running for Governor of Virginia, where secrets from that summer threaten to shatter their families, futures, and the love they once shared.

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