“Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures.”
–Vincent Van Gogh
A Perfectly Curated Life
The novel, Louisa Donovan’s Perfectly Curated Life, is women’s fiction with a romance sub plot. It is complete at 75,000 words.
Meet Louisa
She’s a 30-something art gallery owner who would take Manet and Monet over Bumble and Hinge any day. Louisa avoids the murky depths of the dating pool so she can focus on her career—and keep her panic attacks at bay.
That is, until she meets Henri.
The complication
When Louisa finally has the chance to host the Van Gogh exhibition of her dreams, she’s forced to face her anxiety head on and loosen the reins on her perfectly curated life.
If she can’t learn to accept help, change, or love, she’ll ruin not only the exhibit, but her gallery’s reputation forever.
It will appeal to…
Readers who loved the cozy setting of Storybook Ending, were drawn to the heart and hope of The Wedding People, enjoyed the humor in I Hope This Finds You Well, identified with the uptight heroine in The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley, and, of course, those of us who lost two weeks of our lives obsessing over the Louvre art heist.
Why it will sell
The story’s marketing entry points include Art, a Pacific Northwest setting, Mental health representation, Small town characters, and a Corgi sidekick with a wicked mischievous streak.