New River Vanity
A Love Story
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New River Vanity
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Narrated by:
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Maria McCann
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By:
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Tami Noftz
A superly plotted love story--BookLife with Twists you won't see coming--Kirkus.
Recovering from a personal tragedy, the awkward, life-loving Vanessa "Vanity" Jane VanBuren reluctantly agrees to go on a rafting trip with a close friend. All heads turn when Craig Bjorn Eriksen, a young Norwegian man, walks in, closely followed by a trail of beautiful women. Self-conscious, Vanity is instantly smitten with him, but doubts he will notice her. To Vanity's astonishment, Craig ignores the other women and turns his attention to her.
Fate then places them together on a life-changing journey. They share daring adventures, unnerving situations, and even near-death experiences as Craig pushes Vanity out of her comfort zone. As summer ends, so too does their time together. Their love remains frozen in time, even though they live on opposite sides of the world and do not communicate.
Years after their tearful goodbye, Vanity discovers Craig has a connection to her current life. What she learns threatens to penetrate the fortress she built around her memories of their time together. As Vanity reflects on the choices she made during and after the summer she spent with Craig, she changes the trajectory of her remaining years. Will they reunite, or will they continue to live separate lives?
New River Vanity is a tragic love story with a fulfilling ending.
©2023 Tami Noftz (P)2026 Tami NoftzCritic reviews
"A woman recounts her romance with a younger man in Noftz's romance novel. In a prologue, Vanessa 'Vanity' Jane VanBuren, from the heart of her verdant horse farm complex in North Carolina, muses on how a choice that she is about to make will 'forever be entwined' with the story she is about to write. The narrative then takes the form of Vanity's memoir, which begins with her meeting the tall, handsome, 25-year-old Norwegian Craig Bjorn Eriksen during a river rafting vacation in 1989.... A touching saga featuring a sympathetic if insecure hero and some big surprises in the plot." (Kirkus Reviews)
"New River Vanity is a story of love, adventures, tragedies and living life like you won't get another day to breathe and love. The chapters were concise and described the events and the conversations in a perfect way, reducing any fluff. The book was well-paced and was successful in capturing the emotions of the characters in the most excellent manner." (Book Nerdiction)
"Noftz's debut is a perfect example of a carefully crafted and continually surprising romantic plot, crossing over multiple seasons of life, drawn from real and poignant emotions that are felt on the page.... Takeaway: Superbly plotted love story of passion, discovery, and reflection, spanning years. Straight A's." (Booklife review)