Superficial

Rhonda McKnight, an author of more than 20 romance novels and a former editor for the faith imprint of the independent publisher Brown Girl Books, is blending women’s fiction with romance in The Thing About Home, her first book to be published by Thomas Nelson (May). The novel opens as Casey Black, an Instagram-famous former model, prepares to renew her vows with her husband during a livestreamed event to be shared with millions of online followers. Instead, Casey suffers a deep humiliation that sets her on a search for meaning.

“I wanted to write about a woman who reinvented herself after a divorce. I had a vision of this woman who was stood up at the altar by her husband. So I met Casey Black first and moved into questions about her history. Her life involved things that were important to her—a career as a model, and then becoming a social media influencer—but they were superficial, and it was the opposite of everything she’d ever known. I wanted to turn her life upside down and see where she would land.  ”
–Publishers Weekly