She's a singing sensation.
When rumors about her private life send her CD sales plummeting, Anastasia is trapped with few options. Desperate, manager Sidney Marcum helps her star client concoct a façade to distract fans and media. It seems to work ... for a while.
Sidney has skeletons of her own, life-threatening ones. She won't tell, even though the compelling connection she feels to Anastasia makes her long for a happiness she cannot have. Instead she puts on a brave front and hides her feelings to safeguard her secrets.
Outside forces create cracks in their façades until only Anastasia and Sidney can tell what's real by what's in their hearts. But some secrets come at immeasurable expense.
The Story Behind This Book
In every person’s life there are events or situations which move us to new heights. Often, those events aren’t circumstances which bring us warm-fuzzy feelings. Many times it’s adversity in life which triggers our greatest accomplishments. Those closest to me know I haven’t always been a writer. In fact, I never aspired to be one. But there was an event in my life which provoked me in such a way that I felt I needed to do something, and surprisingly what emerged was the genesis of “Façades,” my first novel. The event I am referring to is Colorado’s infamous Amendment 2, the anti gay and lesbian initiative from the ‘90s. At the time, I admit I didn’t have the fondest feelings toward the group responsible for creating such havoc in Colorado. Today however, I look at that situation differently. Today, I realize these events moved me in such a way that I opened myself to new interests and gifts. There are many people who were hurt by Amendment 2 and many moved on to do things that have made a difference in the community. For me, without living through those dark moments, I may never have been called to go deeper, of which I am extremely grateful. There are many messages in my book “Facades.” The lesson for me is simple, while it is hard to send love and kindness to those who may be unkind to us, when doing so something greater emerges. If everyone sends the light instead of darkness … Alex Marcoux