Adele Parks with Hank Phillippi Ryan

Let’s celebrate the release of bestselling author Adele Parks newest thriller, Our Beautiful Mess, in conversation with Hank Phillippi Ryan! Our Beautiful Mess is an explosive and deeply emotional family drama that explores the lengths a mother will go to protect her family, even if it risks exposing her past. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Lianne Moriarty.

Ticket options:

• General Admission + Book: $20.18, admits one guest. This ticket option comes with a copy of Our Beautiful Mess which Adele will sign at the event.
• General Admission + Coupon: $5, admits one guest. The cost of this ticket may be redeemed for $5 off any of Adele's books on the night of the event.

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Ticket holders who purchased a book-included ticket and are unable to attend the event will be able to pick up their book at An Unlikely Story up to 30 days following the event.

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Connie can’t wait to have all her daughters back home for Christmas. It’s not just the excitement of the girls being together under one roof; uni student Fran is bringing a new boyfriend to stay. The empty nest will once again be full of friends, family and young love.

Yet from the moment she sees Zac, Connie feels a deep unease. Zac reminds her of the worst mistake she has ever made: a man whose charm and good looks nearly destroyed her marriage. Then, Fran announces she’s pregnant.

Reeling from Fran’s news and terrified that her past might threaten her family’s future, Connie desperately tries to navigate a path forward. But there’s a much greater menace looming, because she’s not the only one who has something to hide. Someone in the house has another devastating secret. A deception which will put everyone Connie loves in shocking danger, and one of them will pay the ultimate price.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Adele Parks MBE is the author of twenty-four bestselling novels including the recent Sunday Times hit Just Between Us and the audible Number One sensation One Last Secret. Over 6 million English editions of her work have been sold and she is translated into 31 different languages. Her number one bestsellers Lies Lies Lies and Just My Luck were both shortlisted for the British Book Awards and have been optioned for development for film & TV. She is an ambassador of the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency: two charities that promote literacy in the UK. Adele was born in North Yorkshire and has lived in Botswana, Italy and London and is now settled in Guildford, Surrey. In 2022 she was awarded an MBE by King Charles III for services to literature.

USA Today bestselling author HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN has won five Agatha Awards, five Anthony Awards, the Daphne, the Macavity, and the Mary Higgins Clark Awards. As on-air investigative reporter for Boston's WHDH-TV, she's won thirty-seven Emmy Awards and many more journalism honors. A past president of national Sisters in Crime, a founder of Mystery Writers of America University, and a board member of International Thriller Writers, Ryan lives in Boston.

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