GAYLE B. WILLIAMS

At fifty-three, Carli is a divorced mother of four, just hoping for a little peace and quiet at the local spa—until Ernie Miller, a sixty-eight-year-old jazz drummer with a penchant for dangly earrings and poetic one-liners, disrupts her solitude. Their awkward first encounter over spa etiquette leads to an unexpected lunch, and soon, Carli finds herself swept into a new romance she never saw coming. But life in Winsome Springs is anything but simple.

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Carli’s youngest daughter, Jaelyn, is seventeen, stubborn, and furious about the divorce, turning their home into a daily battleground. When Jaelyn storms out, Carli finally has space to breathe—and to let her relationship with Ernie grow. Yet just as Carli begins to find her rhythm, a missing tenant at the apartment complex she manages throws her career into chaos, and a family secret surfaces, upending everything she thought she knew.

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Imperfect Harmony: Carli's Groove is a warm, sharply observed story about second chances, messy families, and the music that carries us through upheaval. As Carli navigates new love, workplace turmoil, and the shifting dynamics of motherhood, she must decide what—and who—she’s willing to fight for, and how to find her own groove in a world that rarely plays in tune.