About the author
\nDeborah Goodrich Royce began her career as an actress\, starring as Silver Kane\, sister of the legendary Erica Kane (played by Susan Lucci) on the ABC soap\, All My Children. She went on to star in feature films such as A pril Fool&rsquo\;s Day and Just One of the Guys\, TV movies such as Return to Peyton Place and The Deliberate Stranger\, and series such as Beverly Hills 90210 and 21 Jump Street.
\nHer literary thrillers examine puz zles of identity. Reef Road\, a Publishers Weekly&rsquo\;s Bestseller\, wa s named one of the Best Books of 2023 by Kirkus Reviews\, an Indie Next Pi ck by the American Bookseller&rsquo\;s Association\, and one of Good Morni ng America&rsquo\;s Top 15 for January 2023. Ruby Falls won the Zibby Awar d for Best Plot Twist in 2021\, and Finding Mrs. Ford was hailed by Forbes \, Book Riot\, and Good Morning America&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;best of&rdquo\; l ists in 2019. Her newest\, Best Boy\, will be published on February 24\, 2 026.
\nThe Ocean House Author Series&mdash\;a salon style conversati on that Deborah hosts in partnership with Martin House Books and WCRI Radi o&mdash\;brings world-class authors and readers together in the stunning s easide location of Watch Hill\, RI. The series has featured a wide range o f fiction and non-fiction writers including Chris Bohjalian\, Katie Couric \, Emma Straub\, and Sarah Ferguson\, Duchess of York. With fellow authors Luanne Rice and Amy Scheibe\, she hosts the Deer Mountain Writers&rsquo\; Retreat in the Catskills. Deborah writes a column for Hey Rhody and Provi dence Monthly Magazines\, sharing her book recommendations and news with t he Ocean State.
\nAbout the book
\nA gripping psychological thriller\, Best Boy teeters on the knife-edge of memory and identity when the arrival of a shocking letter threatens the carefully co nstructed life of a woman desperate to outrun her past.
\nViveca Ste venson has it all: a handsome and successful husband\, an adorable ten-yea r-old son\, and a coastal dream house in Greenwich\, Connecticut. She has a solid group of girlfriends and is content with the afterglow of the film career she&rsquo\;s left behind. But when a threatening letter arrives&md ash\;from a man she does not remember&mdash\;it cracks open a part of her past she thought was buried for good.
\nA terrifying chain of events is set in motion\, forcing Viveca to confront what happened on a shatteri ng Halloween night in high school when she had a different name\, a differ ent face\, a different voice. Who is the man contacting her now and was he really the best boy on her most famous film\, Misty? Why can&rsquo\;t she remember him&mdash\;or that night? A taut psychological thriller\, Best B oy explores identity\, memory\, and the dangerous power of forgetting.
\nAbout the event
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