The thing about buried trauma is that it doesn't stay buried.A lonely woman's façade as a successful bank president begins to unravel, revealing an old trauma that has ripped memories out of her life. It's called dissociative amnesia.Avery Victoria Spencer's forgotten past is about to force its way into the façade of her successful life. Avery's unrelenting need to spend more than she earns sets her up for a very public swan dive into bankruptcy. Financial wizard and president of Waukesha's Prairieville Bank, she is used to high praise from raving clients--and its contentious companion, overt jealousy, (in the person of neighbor and local society columnist, Millie St. James).Why can she take care of everyone's financial problems, except her own? As despair overwhelms her and bankruptcy looms--and a myserious Englishman arrives in Wuakesah and quietly opens a shop that caters to Avery's extravagant taste, just as she prepares to renovate her house-further stretching her spending.--Avery Victoria Spencer must face an old tragedy or suffer the humiliating consequences of her vicious need to spend more than she earns.George Robert Logan is Avery's long-forgotten husband. wenty years ago, a terrible accident stunned Avery into dissociative amnesia. George has tried to move on; but he can't. George's return triggers an unconscious awakening inside Avery. Her silent cry for rescue seeps into her dreams, landing her to a medieval castle where a smart-aleck candle leads her to clues to solve her problem, which, she will learn, has nothing to do with money.Logan's return triggers Avery's first fantastical dream-a dream that could unravel the source of Avery's financial problem, which has nothing to do with money. Is she willing to remember who she really is?A quest for many modern women, The Avery Victoria Spencer Fables are the author's intimate series of stories that brought her to an authentic life. Welcome to Book One, Woman Who Forgot Who She Was.From the uniquely historic city of Waukesha, Wisconsin comes a story of facing loneliness, forgotten love, and the courage to transcend a troubled past. For every major life issue she has faced, award-winning author Vivian Probst has been given a story-often in a dream-that unveils the root cause. Despair, weariness, unworthiness, rage, illusion about who she really is-these captivating fables have all led to triumph over incredible obstacles. In The Avery Victoria Spencer Fables, we journey to an inner world where all that is forgotten begs to be reclaimed. Book One is now available with more to come!
