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DESCRIPTION:Friend of Milton Rotary and first-time author Bryan Simpson sha
 res his new novel with us\, Vicki's Secret. You don't want to miss this...
  Twelve-year-old Vicki Woods just wanted to survive. But survival\, she qu
 ickly learns\, sometimes requires becoming the very thing you fear. When a
  childhood defined by abuse and neglect pushes her to cross an unforgivabl
 e line\, Vicki flees rural Tennessee for a fresh start in Wisconsin. Yet t
 he darkness she carries doesn’t stay buried. As she grows into a fiercel
 y intelligent\, fiercely manipulative young woman\, Vicki builds a life on
  carefully constructed lies\, strategic alliances\, and ruthless self-pres
 ervation. But when old secrets threaten to surface and new dangers close i
 n\, the line between hunter and prey begins to blur. Vicki’s Dark Secret
  is a chilling\, character-driven psychological thriller that peels back t
 he layers of a brilliant but fractured mind. You’ll experience: A morall
 y complex protagonist who challenges everything you know about victimhood 
 and villainy A gripping\, multi-decade narrative spanning rural trauma\, s
 mall-town whispers\, and the cutthroat world of adulthood Unpredictable tw
 ists that keep you questioning who to trust—and who to fear  Perfect for
  readers who crave the psychological depth of Gillian Flynn and the tense\
 , unflinching suspense of Lucy Foley\, this novel explores how trauma shap
 es us\, how secrets consume us\, and how far one woman will go to protect 
 the life she’s built. Will Vicki’s carefully curated world survive the
  truth? Or will her darkest secret finally consume her? 
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DTSTART:20260720T223000Z
LOCATION:Martindale Gardens (Lower Level)
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SUMMARY:Author Bryan Simpson Speaks About His First Novel
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Friend of Milton Rotary and first-time auth
 or Bryan Simpson shares his new novel with us\, Vicki&#39\;s Secret. You d
 on&#39\;t want to miss this...</p>\n\n<p><span>Twelve-year-old Vicki Woods
  just wanted to survive. But survival\, she quickly learns\, sometimes req
 uires becoming the very thing you fear.<br />\n<br />\nWhen a childhood de
 fined by abuse and neglect pushes her to cross an unforgivable line\, Vick
 i flees rural Tennessee for a fresh start in Wisconsin. Yet the darkness s
 he carries doesn&rsquo\;t stay buried. As she grows into a fiercely intell
 igent\, fiercely manipulative young woman\, Vicki builds a life on careful
 ly constructed lies\, strategic alliances\, and ruthless self-preservation
 . But when old secrets threaten to surface and new dangers close in\, the 
 line between hunter and prey begins to blur.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span c
 lass="a-text-bold a-text-italic">Vicki&rsquo\;s Dark Secret</span><span> i
 s a chilling\, character-driven psychological thriller that peels back the
  layers of a brilliant but fractured mind. You&rsquo\;ll experience:</span
 ></p>\n\n<ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical">\n	<li><span class="a-lis
 t-item"><span>A morally complex protagonist who challenges everything you 
 know about victimhood and villainy</span></span></li>\n	<li><span class="a
 -list-item"><span>A gripping\, multi-decade narrative spanning rural traum
 a\, small-town whispers\, and the cutthroat world of adulthood</span></spa
 n></li>\n	<li><span class="a-list-item"><span>Unpredictable twists that ke
 ep you questioning who to trust&mdash\;and who to fear</span></span></li>\
 n</ul>\n\n<p><span>Perfect for readers who crave the psychological depth o
 f Gillian Flynn and the tense\, unflinching suspense of Lucy Foley\, this 
 novel explores how trauma shapes us\, how secrets consume us\, and how far
  one woman will go to protect the life she&rsquo\;s built.<br />\nWill Vic
 ki&rsquo\;s carefully curated world survive the truth? Or will her darkest
  secret finally consume her?</span></p>\n
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