Brunch at Ruby's: A Ruby's Novel

Three Friends. One City. Waiting to Exhale in the "A."

Brunch at Ruby's is a tale of love, friendship, and unbreakable bonds between women who are like sisters.

The women in Debra Macklin’s circle compliment her on having everything: a successful career, a long marriage, a happy child. None of them know the explosive secret that she keeps tucked away, a secret that could shatter the perfect image she has crafted for herself.

Maxine Donovan has worked tirelessly to obtain the life she believes she deserves, and she isn't sorry for it. Even with her accomplishments, Maxine still searches for her The One. A breathtaking yet distant man has caught her eye—only he seems to be preoccupied with someone else. Will Maxine pursue this potential suitor the same way she's chased after everything else in her life?

Renee Gladwell left a life and a loving boyfriend to return to Atlanta, care for her father and rehab Gladwell Books, a family-owned bookstore. Four years later, she's mourning the Alzheimer's diagnosis that is slowly taking him from her and the shop that a long way from being able to sell. With her life seemingly stuck in limbo, Malcolm Brooks enters the picture and brings some light into her darkness. But… is love ever worth risking a friendship? 

Content Advisory: This novel explores fractured family relationships, Alzheimer's Disease and its effects, alcohol abuse, infidelity and marriage in peril