The Big Bang

Melody Mountain Ranch is a gated, planned, suburban heaven for everyone but interior decorator Hope Jordan. As Hope struggles through the letdown of several unsuccessful fertility treatments, her cul-de-sac neighbors Will Pierce-Cohn, a stay-at-home dad and community activist; Frank Griffin, a minister'cum'homeowners' board president; and Tim Trautman, a soon-to-be father of five, jockey for her attentions. When Hope has a few too many cocktails and inadvertently eats hash-laced brownies at the playground ribbon-cutting gala/Memorial Weekend poolside potluck, she falls into the arms of one of her three wannabe paramours. Maybe all three. She wakes up with only fleeting memories of the evening, and soon discovers that her dream of getting pregnant has become a crushing reality. With all eyes on her, Hope is forced to watch as the walls holding up her picture-perfect neighborhood begin to crumble.

A St. Louis native, Linda Joffe Hull currently resides in Denver with her husband, daughter, and the various pets her sons left behind when they went off to college. She is a longtime member and former president of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and is currently on the board of Mystery Writers of America. She was also named the 2013 Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' Writer of the Year. She is the author of The Big Bang, Frog Kisses, Eternally 21, Black Thursday, and Sweetheart Deal.