It’s official! THE MEMORY BOX is a book!

I’m thrilled to announce THE MEMORY BOX, the newest release in the hottest genre in fiction: the marriage thriller, is finally a book! It’s just been released and is available in paperback and Kindle on Amazon worldwide. With expanded distribution in the upcoming weeks.

This book has been long in the making and the road to publication was a pothole-filled journey. If you’re a writer, you know there are one million potential chances to hit a bump in the road, fall out of your car, get bruised pretty badly and decide driving is not for you. And you end up walking everywhere you go for the rest of your life. There are so many possible detours. Red lights that never turn green. Other drivers who swerve into your lane and crush your car to smithereens. Sometimes you’ll think you know where you’re going when you set out, only to get lost along the way. Other times you’ll simply run out of gas. There are as many opportunities to sabotage your success as there are days in your creative life, or even hours. To not listen to those cynical voices, whether they are external or internal, in order to get to this day—the day your flicker of an idea becomes a book—is close to a miracle.

There were many people whose encouragement, both big and small, kept me going.  If those of you can hear me, thank you for cheering me on, holding my hand or paving the way for me to go the distance. To you, I bow my head in appreciation.

This spring, THE MEMORY BOX had the distinguished honor of being a recipient of the Houston Writers Guild 2014 Manuscript award and it has already garnered some wonderful early praise. I hope it will find it’s way into your beach bag, train tote or carry-on luggage this summer. If it does, thank you so much for taking a chance on THE MEMORY BOX. Perhaps you’d also consider writing an honest review on Amazon, Goodreads, Shelfari or any social media platform you’re on. Reviews and word of mouth through social media will be invaluable to the success of THE MEMORY BOX. And every little bit helps tremendously!

Please feel free to share this exciting news with your fiction-loving family and friends. If you or someone you know would like to read THE MEMORY BOX in a book club, I’ll be available for personal appearances at book club meetings! I’d love to share in the book club conversation and pass on some never-heard-before stories about the inspiration for the characters and story. I’ll be available on Skype for book clubs outside the New Jersey area, so tell your friends in Mobile, Manchester and Mat Aafhis. (What, like you don’t know anyone there?)

Thank you so much for your interest and support! And as always, I so appreciate hearing from you. If you had a connection with something you read, I’d love to hear about it.

Here is THE MEMORY BOX book description:

What would you do if you searched your own past and uncovered something shocking?

In this gripping marriage thriller, a group of privileged suburban moms amuse themselves by Googling everyone in town, digging up dirt to fuel thorny gossip. Caroline Thompson, devoted mother of two, sticks to the moral high ground and attempts to avoid these women. She’s relieved to hear her name appears only three times, citing her philanthropy. Despite being grateful that she has nothing to hide, a delayed pang of insecurity prods Caroline to Google her maiden name—which none of the others know.

The hits cascade like a tsunami. Caroline’s terrified by what she reads. An obituary for her sister, JD? That’s absurd. With every click, the revelations grow more alarming. They can’t be right. She’d know. Caroline is hurled into a state of paranoia—upending her blissful family life—desperate to prove these allegations false before someone discovers they’re true.

The disturbing underpinnings of The Memory Box expose astory of deceit, misconceptions, and an obsession for control. With its twists, taut pacing, and psychological tenor, Natiello’s page-turning suspense cautions:

Be careful what you search for