August 2025 - Alison Ver Halen

The Road to Tender Hearts

A cross country roadtrip tale that discusses life, death, marriage, divorce, the ties that bind, and the ones that don’t.

A cop interviewing you as a witness is a very different experience from a cop interviewing you as a suspect.

When the world demands compliance, what does it take to defy? And how do we determine whether defiance is worth the price?

Convinced Charles killed her son after everything she did to help Charles. Sam is determined to confront him.

Yes, words have power, but it’s not like they’re omnipotent. Their power does have its limits.

When the cops have already decided you’re guilty of murder, how can you convince them of your innocence?

This book tries to say it’s OK for men to be sexual predators, as long as they’re genius and they have women around them who are complicit.

I instinctively threw myself back, as though putting physical distance between myself and the carnage would accomplish anything.

An ambitious novel that tries to shed light on worthy causes, but IMHO, it tries to do too much for one book.