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Clairvoyant single mom Tipsy Collins is easing into a post-divorce new normal.
She has solved a century-old murder mystery and brought peace to her house. Sheâs rebuilding her artistic career and coparenting with her ornery ex-husband. Sheâs hopeful that her boyfriend is Mr. Right. Mercurial phantom Henry Mott still haunts her house, but heâs become a dear friend. Tipsy plans to return to her lifelong habit of ignoring restless spirits.
A series of sudden financial and personal setbacks leave her feeling like sheâs back to square one, until a new friendship offers unexpected financial salvation. Ivy More has been haunting a Sullivanâs Island cottage since the 1940s. Ivyâs eccentric granddaughter, Pamella Brewton, will pay big bucks if Tipsy can figure out how to free her moody, volatile Meemaw. It turns out there was more to Ivyâs death than a simple swan dive off the dock at low tide. To complicate matters, Ivy had a secret lover. Shockingly, heâs someone Tipsy has seen before.
As Tipsy struggles with heartbreak, her ex-husbandâs shenanigans, and a growing sense of frustration with life, she turns to Henry for help solving Ivyâs mystery. She finds herself learning from her brooding housemate but also from Ivy, who has far more in common with Tipsy than either of them expect.
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Stephanie Alexander is a writer and a family law attorney. She has also worked in womenâs health and international development and taught sociology at the College of Charleston, South Carolina. Her background influences multiple themes in the Cracked Slipper series, including patriarchy and power dynamics, the ramifications of childhood experiences, and the myth of happily-ever-after. She lives in Charleston with her husband, their blended family of five children, and their miniature dachshund, Trinket.
Johanna Parker, an AudioFile Earphones Award winner, has earned an esteemed Audie Award and three Audie nominations. She has received high praise for her work in all genres, including her portrayal of Sookie Stackhouse in Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire Mysteries series (the source material for HBO's True Blood), of which AudioFile has said, "Parker personifies Harris's perky Southern heroine, Sookie Stackhouse. Her splendid pacing allows listeners time to absorb the action and emotion. Listeners will be enthralled."
