Room to Breathe

A funny, emotional novel full of southern charm about a mother and daughter ready to start over.

Liz Talley delivers. Her dialogue is crisp and smart, her characters are vivid and real, her stories are unputdownable. Robyn Carr, New York Times bestselling author

For a good part of Daphne Witts life, she was a supportive wife and dutiful mother. Now that shes divorced and her daughter, Ellery, is all grown up, Daphnes celebrating the best part of her life, a successful career, and a flirtation with an attentive hunk fifteen years her juniorwho happens to be her daughters ex-boyfriend.

Ellery is starting over, too. Shes fresh out of college. Her job prospects are dim. And to support her fiancé in med school, shes returned home as her mothers new assistant. Ellery never expected her own life plan to take such a detour. With no outlet for her frustration, she lets an online flirtation go a little too far, especially considering her pen pal thinks hes corresponding with her mother.

As love lives tangle, secrets spill, and indiscretions are betrayed, mother and daughter will have a lot to learnnot only about the mistakes theyve made but also about the men in their lives and the women they are each hoping to become.