"You must learn to look beyond the evidence. It shows only what you wish to believe is real, not what you really wish to believe."Doubt that the sun doth move;Doubt truth to be a liar,But never doubt I love…(Hamlet, Shakespeare)The Circle is in flux. It's been a hectic six months, and as the friends head into the heat of summer, more trials await that will truly test the bonds of friendship.For whilst a circle may contract and may even at times constrict, it can also expand, accommodate, embrace.And it is always whole.Eternal.Set over a period of six months (July–December), In The Stars Part II continues to explore the day-to-day lives of The Circle-nine friends from high school, now in their late thirties-following them through a year of celebration, loss, illness and life-changing decisions.In The Stars Part II is Season Five in the Hiding Behind The Couch Series. This book is also available as six separate episodes.The story follows chronologically from In The Stars Part I (Season Four) and Breaking Waves (Novella). It continues in A Midnight Clear (Novella), Red Hot Christmas (Novella) and Two By Two (Season Six).For those readers unfamiliar with the series, In The Stars Part I re-introduces the main characters, so you could pick it up from there and perhaps catch up with the previous books later.* * * * *What readers say about the Hiding Behind The Couch Series:"The remarkable characterisation in these novels is what makes them for me.""This story reminds me of my favorite movies about friendship and relationships.""Few authors have explored the depths of longtime friends within a group, or 'circle' the way Debbie McGowan has!""The way the author deals with the complexities and issues in these books is delicate and compassionate, but with a matter-of fact-grit that smacks of reality." Debbie McGowan is an award-winning author of contemporary fiction that celebrates life, love and relationships in all their diversity. Since the publication in 2004 of her debut novel, Champagne-based on a stage show co-written and co-produced with her husband-she has published many further works-novels, short stories and novellas-including two ongoing series: Hiding Behind The Couch (a literary 'soap opera' centring on the lives of nine long-term friends) and Checking Him Out (LGBTQ romance). Debbie has been a finalist in both the Rainbow Awards and the Bisexual Book Awards, and in 2016, she won the Lambda Literary Award (Lammy) for her novel, When Skies Have Fallen: a British historical romance spanning twenty-three years, from the end of WWII to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967. Through her independent publishing company, Debbie gives voices to other authors whose work would be deemed unprofitable by mainstream publishing houses. The story of The Circle...Nine friends from high school,Nine friends for life.Hiding Behind The Couch is an ongoing series of stories, written by Debbie McGowan.The series is based in a fictional location in the north-west of England.
