Happy Release Day!
Congratulations Deanna
on the release today of
The Lifestyle!
The Lifestyle: A Novel by Deanna Lynn Sletten
Women's Saga, 166 pages
Published November 12, 2024 by Deanna Lynn Sletten
Her life was picture perfect…until it wasn’t.
What happens when a twist of fate makes all your dreams come true, and then you watch your life unravel before you?
Eight years ago, Kylie Madison was a new mother with a baby who rarely slept, even at eight months old. Exhausted and feeling isolated as a stay-home mom while her husband, Jordon, worked twelve-hour shifts, she opened up to her few friends on Instagram late one night, asking if there were any other tired moms out there struggling. To her surprise, many women answered her. After that night, she began to share her struggles, successes, and parenting dilemmas, and her following grew as other women feel a connection with her. Before Kylie knew it, she’s become an influencer and companies are willing to pay her to promote their products. Slowly, her life becomes her job and the earnings are amazing. But every silver lining has a dark cloud on the horizon.
Eight years later, Kylie is successful and on the verge of becoming a lifestyle guru with her own television show, but her past sneaks up to threaten to take it all away. Her children hate being a part of their mother’s brand, and her husband is pulling away from her. Then, the girl who once worked for her as a nanny has written a tell-all book about Kylie and her family, exposing secrets about their lifestyle that will ruin her. And there’s nothing Kylie can do to stop her. Or is there?
Be careful what you wish for—it might just come true. And when it does, will you be able to handle it?
My thoughts about The Lifestyle ~~
(I love to note the first lines of the books I'm reading. First lines can really grab a reader's attention and I love seeing where the author takes the reader after their first lines.)
First lines—"Kylie was so busy making videos that she barely had any time to spend with the kids or Jordan."
The Lifestyle is such a current, and relevant, story right now in this day and age. One innocent little post on social media of a person venting—just getting something off their chest—about how they are feeling, can go viral and totally change that person's life. That's what happened to Kylie, when she posts about how exhausted she was, doing the day-to-day stuff in her life. She had no idea that her life would never be the same, and that includes the good along with the bad.
Kylie becomes a huge influencer who turns that into a very lucrative business. And then something happens that could potentially rock that beautiful life and her wonderful world. Will she be able to survive the drama and fallout? I loved watching Kylie deal with all of that and then come out on the other side of all that drama. This is the perfect story to escape into while also making us think about what we put out there into the world. Do we really want our lives to blow up?
Deanna is one of my favorite must-read authors and I love the versatility in her writing. I am never disappointed in her stories. I never know what to expect when she has a new book coming out and I love that she can take me into so many different genres.
This is the perfect story for right now with it's relevancy to social media and the world we live in today. I highly recommend The Lifestyle. Check it out!
I received The Lifestyle from the author and this is my honest opinion of the book.
About the author
Deanna Lynn Sletten is the author of Mrs. Winchester's Biographer, The Ones We Leave Behind, The Women of Great Heron Lake, Maggie's Turn, The Lake Harriet Series, and several other titles. She writes compelling historical fiction, heartwarming women's fiction, romance novels, and murder mysteries. She has also written one middle-grade novel that takes you on the adventure of a lifetime
Deanna has recently begun a new murder mystery series, The Rachel Emery Series which includes The Truth About Rachel and Death Becomes You.
Deanna is married and has two grown children. When not writing, she enjoys walking the wooded trails around her home with her beautiful Australian Shepherd or relaxing on the lake in the summer. ~ Goodreads
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Susan - thank you so much for this amazing review. I certainly took a left turn on this book from my last few novels, and it was so much fun to write. Thank you for always being such a positive influence in my career.
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