Barbara Dullaghan Author of Secrets In The Hollow, Anthologies and Smart Start Series

The Legend of the Bronze Lady As Told in Secrets in the Hollow

A Sleepy Hollow Novel

Secrets in the Hollow

Carrie Peters is a forty-year-old riddled with guilt and secrets, struggling to understand how she and her ex-boyfriend could have gotten things so wrong. Carrie’s life is complicated when she returns to her hometown of Sleepy Hollow after her parents die. She still feels tremendous guilt for the deaths of her high school friends as a result of her indiscretions. Her best friend, a homicide detective, grows increasingly concerned about her erratic behavior.

Carrie has no one to turn to except her ex-boyfriend because he shares her secrets. But she finds it too painful to connect with him. He is a constant reminder of the life she lived and tried to leave behind. Carrie needs to deal with her guilt, but to do so she may have to confess her part in a life-changing incident and possibly risk her freedom.

“This book is exemplary in its voice and writing style. It has a unique voice, and the writing style is consistent throughout. The style and tone are also consistent with or will appeal to readers of the intended genre.”

“To say that I was impressed by this author’s inflection of emotion and the poetry in her prose would be an understatement. The characters were all distinct in their patterns of speech, and I’m a big fan of bolstering the main character with the type of internal thoughts and debate that Dullaghan used to give readers more insight as to what Carrie was thinking and feeling throughout the narrative. What made me choose this book to move on to the second round of judging, though, was the overarching plot driving everything forward.”

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Author

Barbara Dullaghan

Barbara Dullaghan grew up in Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown and is enthralled with the magic and energy of the towns. She is published in gifted education with Kendall Hunt and Prufrock Press and her short stories and poetry can be found in three anthologies. She and her husband, Jack, now live in coastal North Carolina and love spending time at the beach with their three children, spouses, and six energetic grandchildren.