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Painting Over Cracks

Beth Collins’s life with her attorney husband Danny seems perfect - until a freak car accident kills him and shatters her world. Desperate for a fresh start, Beth quits her job, opens a cafe, and slowly begins to heal. But in the aftermath of her grief, Beth discovers disturbing truths about Danny that force her to wonder if the man she’s mourning ever existed.

When the life she built on illusion finally falls away, Beth must decide what kind of future she is brave enough to claim.

Don’t miss Lee Bukowski’s powerful sophomore novel about love, loss, and the courage it takes to choose truth over perfection.

“Bukowski leaves no holds barred in this family drama about the double tragedy that sends her heroine, Beth, into an emotional tailspin. If you enjoy novels helmed by an empathetic heroine, a lifelike supporting cast, realistic emotions, and a satisfying ending, this is it.”

— Josie Brown, author of The Housewife Assassin’s Handbook series, on Painting Over Cracks

Want more? Check out Lee’s debut novel:

A Week of Warm Weather

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Tessa Cordelia appears to have it all — a loving husband who’s just opened a dental practice, a beautiful baby girl, a big house in the suburbs, and a large, supportive family. But when her husband's reckless choices resurrect a trauma from her childhood, she must decide which is more costly: keeping his secrets or revealing them. He manipulates Tessa into believing his career and their happiness depend on her silence. She feels like she’s losing her mind. Is her husband's habit so awful? In many ways, he’s an ideal husband; should she let him have this one thing? Determined to maintain the lie that she’s living the perfect life, Tess lies to everyone she knows—except for CeCe, a woman new to the area whom she’s just befriended. But after confiding in her, Tessa learns that CeCe has an explosive secret of her own.

A gripping, nuanced exploration of the havoc addiction can wreak on a family, A Week of Warm Weather is the story of a woman who has to figure out how much she is willing to lose in order to find herself.

“The true-to-life cast of characters and harrowing storyline kept me in my chair, grinding my teeth, until this heartbreaking family saga reached its conclusion. An engaging, gripping, and thought-provoking debut to be sure.”

— Valerie Taylor, international award-winning author of What’s Not Said and What’s Not True, on A Week of Warm Weather

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About the Author

Lee Bukowski lives in Reading, Pennsylvania. When she’s not writing, she loves reading, traveling, and trying cocktails with creative names. Lee also hosts The Road Show, a podcast on Facebook’s Bookish Road Trip, where she chats with a panel of authors whose work shares common threads. She’s also a self-proclaimed Billy Joel superfan with a live concert count of fifty shows. Her debut, A Week of Warm Weather, was a first place Firebird Award winner in Women’s Fiction and Literary Fiction. Painting Over Cracks is her second novel.