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It’s Never Too Late to Change the Past

Award-winning author releases uplifting novel featuring seniors’ hopes, dreams and their worst enemies: regret and abuse


Champagne Book Group has released D.M. Barr’s fifth novel, an uplifting romantic comedy titled, The Queen of Second Chances. Set in a senior center, the book’s message is that it’s never too late to change a life or fall in love. The book is available in both e-Book and paperback and sold through all major distributors, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and Apple Books.

 

The story revolves around Carraway (Carra) Quinn, a free-spirited English major confronting an unreceptive job market. Desperate for cash, she reluctantly agrees to her realtor stepmother’s marketing scheme: infiltrate a local senior center as a recreational aide, ingratiate herself with the members, and convince them to sell their homes. Jay Prentiss is a straitlaced, overprotective attorney whose beloved but mentally fragile Nana attends that center. More creative than mercenary, Carra discovers she loves working with the elderly and convinces Jay to finance innovations to the Center’s antiquated programming. Her ingenuity injects new enthusiasm among the seniors, inspiring them to confront and reverse the regrets of their past. An unlikely romance develops. But when Carra’s memoir-writing class prompts Jay’s Nana to skip town in search of a lost love, the two take off on a cross-country, soul-searching chase that will either deepen their relationship or tear them apart forever.

  

“The story also has a serious side,” says Barr. “I’ve highlighted important topics such as elder abuse in a subtle way that I hope teaches older readers to avoid certain financial and real estate scams.” Barr is available to visit senior centers and assisted living facilities to discuss these issues, either in person (NY Tri-State area) or via Zoom.

  
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The author of the award-winning Expired Listings and four other suspenseful novels, Barr is the president of the Hudson Valley Romance Writers of America and Co-Vice President and Programming Chair of Sisters in Crime/New York Tri-State. See the official website  for more info rmation. For interviews/appearances/review copies, email [email protected] .