Driving with the Top Down: A Pendulum Novel

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The Pendulum Trilogy: when life gives you second chances

Driving With the Top Down is like a margarita: tart, refreshing, and utterly intoxicating. At times funny, at times poignant, but always exhilarating, this is a novel you'll consume in lusty gulps.” —JUDITH ARNOLD, USA TODAY Bestselling Author

Gwen Stanhope is ready to quit letting life kick her in the teeth. But life seems to have other ideas.

Two years divorced and facing down her fortieth birthday, Gwen wants to feel joy again. She’d also like to be a good mom, a respected professional, an accomplished pianist, and a confident woman who’s ready to explore romance again. But never-ending issues with her judgmental mother, unwelcome advances from a supervisor at work, a disconcertingly sexy piano teacher, and the sudden reappearance of an old flame make it harder and harder for Gwen to attain her goals—let alone reach for the sky.

Thank goodness she's got a sense of humor, a good friend, and a healthy supply of chocolate. With two steps forward and one step back, she just might make her dreams come true.

Pendulum Trilogy

About the author

Mary Strand

Mary Strand practiced corporate law in a large Minneapolis law firm for sixteen years until the day she set aside her pointy-toed shoes (or most of them) and escaped the land of mergers and acquisitions to write novels.  The first novel she wrote, Cooper’s Folly, won Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart award and was her debut novel.

Mary lives on a lake in Minneapolis with her husband, two cute kidlets, and a stuffed monkey named Philip. When not writing, she lives for sports, travel, guitar, dancing (badly), Cosmos, Hugh Jackman, and ill-advised adventures that offer a high probability of injury to herself and others.  She writes YA, romantic comedy, and women’s fiction novels.  Pride, Prejudice, and Push-Up Bras is the first in her four-book YA series, The Bennet Sisters.

You can find Mary at www.marystrand.com, follow her on Twitter or Instagram(@Mary_Strand), or “like” her on Facebook (www.facebook.com/marystrandauthor).