Picture Words: A Novel

When sound and silence collide, what can the outcome be?

Sam Brooks didn’t like surprises. Unfortunately, that didn’t stop the world from sending them his way. His ex-wife was getting remarried. His publisher changed his deadline. He needed some quiet time away from home. Little did he know that the best surprise of his life was waiting for him at the beach.

Lillie Avery had her world figured out. Unconventionally beautiful, unexpectedly witty, and unabashedly her own woman, she was sure that she knew what life had in store for her—even if she couldn’t hear what was coming without the processors for her cochlear implants.

A chance meeting brings them together on a peaceful North Carolina beach, but we all know that vacation romances don’t survive the real world. Or do they?

Picture Words: A Love Story follows Sam and Lillie as they stumble across each other’s paths, only to be tossed apart by indecision and insecurity. Will his hearing world forever keep him out of her silent realm? Can Sam and Lillie bridge the chasm between their worlds—or will tragedy keep them forever wondering what might have been?

Filled with the calm quiet of the North Carolina shore, as well as a raucous day of tailgating at a West Virginia University football game, Picture Words gives its readers a true feel for the bumpy not-quite-honeymoon stages of dating. And, as with any great romance, it is not to be missed.