I Love You, Charlie Tanner

By Lynne Golodner

Deal Ends: Sun 26th July

**The Fall 2025 winner of the PenCraft Seasonal Book Award for Women’s Fiction!!!**It’s never too late to become your best self…After twenty years in an isolated Cape Breton commune, Charlie Tanner loses the man she thought was her soulmate—and her voice. Fleeing to a quiet Vermont cottage, she’s determined to heal, tend her garden, and start over.When a widowed rabbi awakens feelings she thought were gone forever, Charlie must confront the truth of her choices—and chart a more confident future. Still, reverberations and rumors from her old life ripple back to her in her new home and hard as she tries, she just can’t escape the sinister truth of her last two decades. She tries to shut it out and build a new life, but Charlie’s past continues to haunt her, even to the point of threatening her life.Finally, Charlie sees that no one will save her but herself. She must summon the courage to face the truth and speak up—be the strong woman she once wanted to be, long before she fell for lies and charismatic personalities. It’s not only her life on the line, now. If she doesn’t stand tall, she risks being silenced by the past and losing those she loves forever.A captivating blend of romance, mystery, and emotional depth similar to Where the Crawdads Sing, I Love You, Charlie Tanner is for fans of Lucy Score and the Netflix hit Nobody Wants This. A courageous story of second chances, making peace with the past and accepting love however it shows up.PRAISE FOR I LOVE YOU, CHARLIE TANNER..."Haunting, powerful, and intimate... I Love You, Charlie Tanner explores what happens when a woman dares to discover who she is beyond the man who once defined her."Jean Meltzer, author of The Matzah Ball “Passionate and full of mystery, Lynne Golodner’s I Love You, Charlie Tanner is as breathtaking as Cape Breton’s rocky coast. But the novel also tackles bigger themes, like the ache of regret, and the tangles of family and faith. Golodner’s Charlie is fully realized, a heroine who discovers a second chance at love, at independence, and at becoming the person she always hoped she could be. Golodner understands that grief and desire are two sides of the same coin, and by the end of this powerful story, so do we.”Christopher Locke, author of Without Saints"In this evocative novel from Lynne Golodner, a rich tapestry of love, loss, and second chances unfolds against the backdrop of breathtaking landscapes. Fans of Where the Crawdads Sing will be captivated by the lush, vivid descriptions of nature, drawing readers deep into a world where the land itself is as alive as the characters. The story weaves together the delicate threads of the human heart with the raw, powerful rhythms of the natural world."Sarah Ansbacher, author of Wave After Wave"There is something for everyone in this story. A Coming-of-Middle-Age story of finding the strength to push forward and fight back against that which is set out to destroy you.""a captivating story with a blend of mystery and romance.""I adored this book!""I Love You, Charlie Tanner is a heartbreaking and rejuvenating novel about losing and finding yourself.""I Love You, Charlie Tanner is a beautifully written women’s fiction/mystery full of heart, twists, and what it’s like to find love after loss. I adored reading this one.""I binged this book so fast!"