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Honey in the Marrow Paperback – October 11, 2022

by Emily Waters (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 843 ratings
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An enemies-to-friends-to-lovers lesbian romance about finding heart, hope, and second chances you never thought you’d have.

Stella Carter is a former criminal prosecutor and new widow facing down middle age alone in Los Angeles. Without being a prestigious lawyer and someone’s wife, she’s not sure who she is anymore or where her life is headed.

When she invites her niece to move in with her, Stella accidentally reconnects with her former colleague, LAPD Captain Elizabeth Murphy. The woman is beautiful but cold; someone she was always at odds with on the job.

Surprisingly, Stella finds herself leaning on her niece and Elizabeth more and more to navigate her loss. But as time goes on, Stella can’t keep seeing Elizabeth and pretending she’s not attracted to her. Besides, there’s absolutely no way Elizabeth feels the same way. Is there?

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ylva Publishing (October 11, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 254 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 396324724X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3963247248
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.64 x 9 inches
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Emily Waters is a fiction writer. Her debut novel, Honey in the Marrow, was released by Ylva Publishing in October 2022. Besides writing, Emily is a full time librarian. She holds a BA in English Literature from Chapman University and earned a Masters of Library Science at Indiana University. Her specialty is youth services which means all things books for children as well as providing storytime for her community’s littlest members.

Emily lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two dogs, Daniel and Sophie. Emily likes coffee, puttering around her backyard garden, staying home, and binge watching old TV shows starring strong-willed female leads with pretty hair.

You can find Emily on social media at @emilyraywaters or contact her by email at emilyraywaters@gmail.com. Join her newsletter at tinyurl.com/emilywaters.

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5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2024
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After reading Two Is a Pattern and loving it, I knew I needed to give this book a try. Despite all the glowing reviews, I was reluctant to tackle a book about grief. So glad I did though. It’s a slow burn, worth the wait, and there’s not an unnecessary 3/4 in breakup. I recommend this wonderful book!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Story
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2023
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Sometimes death can happen unexpectedly and when it does, it can be hard to recover and come back to living yourself. This is what happens to the two women in the story, Elizabeth and Stella.
It's a well written story that pulls you in and makes you feel like you know the two women personally. Well done!
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Carolyn G. Manuel
5.0 out of 5 stars Midlife Transition
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2024
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Stella’s husband is killed at police headquarters when a man comes in with a gun. After months she’s not coping. Addison, her niece, moves across the country to live with her. A former colleague of her and her husband becomes Addie’s friend and they intervene to help her go to therapy. Learning to cope and express herself leads to a new relationship between Elizabeth and Stella. A strong strong of love and loss and healing. Great author.
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Sandi
5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful story..
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2024
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What a wonderful story two women finding themselves in mid life. Well assuming 50/60 is the new midlife.

Think good authors can immerse you in the story. Felt like I was sitting in the room watching the story unfold. Second book I’ve read by Emily Waters. Can’t wait to read another.
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Diana Kanaan
5.0 out of 5 stars Enemies to friends to lovers
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2024
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Very well written brings the reader into the story. Healing, growth, friendship, love, all that gives life value beautifully presented. Read this book
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Different Angle
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2022
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2 supposedly "straight" women, one with 3 grown children - find each other and love late in life. A storyline I haven't read much of, if ever. It's not uncommon for women to conform to society's expectations, like the Enjoli commercial: 🎵 "I can bring home the bacon. Fry it up in a pan. And never let you forget you're a man cause I'm a woman"🎶 Both extremely success women ended up in bad marriages. Yet they found the courage to walk thru fear and live out loud in Truth and Love. Beautiful.
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5.0 out of 5 stars So worth reading
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2022
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No offense to the author (Emily Waters), this book is so very much better than its cover. What I mean is that the cover very understated IMHO. This book went from one that I almost didn't read the blurb to one that I didn't put down once I started reading it. In fact, I read it as KU and then purchased the book for my library. It was that good.

I especially enjoyed the character LAPD Captain Elizabeth Murphy. So much depth to this character. I felt like I wanted her in every scene. I think she was supposed to come across as cold in the beginning of the relationship with the other MC Stella Carter (since this was written in Stella's POV), but I felt that was a shortcoming of Stella's to feel that way. Liz's compassion was a source of healing for those important to her. It takes a special person to be able to handle having a dangerous job, be a good at it and lead others; to go through a difficult divorce with an alcoholic/gambler husband; raise 3 children and still have something to give others.

While there was a lot of angst in this book to get to the point where the two MCs could finally acknowledge to each other their attraction, it was so worth the ride to get there!

I highly recommend what appears to be Emily's first published book and send my congrats on an awesome effort! I look forward to her next book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A book about grief and discovering love
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2023
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An amazing book and worth your time!

It's a book about grief, love, and love during/after grief. It's really well written and engaging. You will feel like the chapters are melting one into the other and before you know it you are dome.

The main character, Stella, is a over fifty-one year old ex-ADA dealing with grief and loss after the death of her husband. She can't even get out of bed until her niece, Addie, waltz into her life to give her support, and through her Stella reconnects with the cool-collected, yet warm and kind, Elizabeth Murphy.

The portrayal of Stella's depressive episodes is realistic without being melodramatic at all. The way she reconnects with her niece, Addie, is really touching. It's a great show of healthy familial love. Plus Addie is the type of young adult character that is funny and clever without getting into the reader's nerve at all. And Elizabeth is absolutely the right fit for Stella. Their chemistry is wonderful. And yes, the love scenes are great!

It's a romance between two women over fifty
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Deli-Twotone
5.0 out of 5 stars Compassionate slowburn
Reviewed in Canada on January 21, 2023
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I was truly touched by the journey of the MC. I quickly understood the use of present tense although I often find it jarring, but here it created an immediacy and kept me close to the character's struggles. Next time I a frosty detective or a lawyer, I'll keep an open mind: there may be a Stella within the tough façade
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retired Mike
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book about hope, love and optimism!
Reviewed in Germany on November 18, 2023
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Yes, I'm through! First of all Emily Waters is not your usual love story author. Not at all.

This tome is about adult love, about loss, grief and depression. But it's also about love, hope and optimism. Waters dosn't glorify day to day live, dosn't sugarcoat the mishaps, struggles and fears one faces in real live.

But Honey in the Marrow is about hope and success too, it's about overcoming all those pits and downfalls, it's about finding a new life, new destination and new dedication with and for new partner, a new lover and spouse.

It is a great book in the sens of live counselling.
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S Wiseman
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent. Honest, adult, true!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 16, 2022
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Well, despite the odd (as usual) cover, this book is a gem.
It reminds me of the very best fanfiction. Which is a total compliment, because the best fanfiction is basically the best writing available for this genre with a few notable exceptions, who almost all started out by writing fanfic. So, that said, this book is honest, and HARD at the start... Not hard to read, just the main character is having a tough time, and that is conveyed very well... The mood is dark... Sad really... Emily waters describes depression beautifully... And it's hard to be with this sympathetic woman while she suffers. But, its worth it, because Waters gives us tidbits page by page that help us know things will/are getting better.
This speaks to life experience, and it's a pretty accurate depiction of the stuff that goes through your brain when in your 50s and 60s.
Waters has a sparse style, that is gripping and the narrative drives on... One of the things so reminiscent of fanfic IMHO.
I think I know the fandom, but it doesn't really matter, the cop trope is pretty mainstream, the specific characters probably ring bells for fans of that too hugely enjoyed reading this book. Waters is a talented and writer, and I hope she writes more.... Lovely!
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L.C.
5.0 out of 5 stars It’s never too late to embrace change. It’s never too late to want to be happy
Reviewed in the Netherlands on November 1, 2022
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Stella Carter, former DDA in Los Angeles, is struggling to regain control of her life after losing her husband. Her days pass inexorably slowly in a state of apathy and despair. When her niece Addie asks her to move in with her, Stella discovers that Addie is friends with her worst enemy, the icy and infuriating Elizabeth Murphy, former LAPD Captain, whose beauty, and apparent coldness have always spurred mixed emotions in Stella. As Stella, also Elizabeth has lived many losses and disappointments in her life, and as Stella she’s been keeping a secret for a long time.

Sometimes what you have always wanted will come to you when you least expect it, but you must want it too and embrace change.

Heartwarming and simply so beautifully tender, Honey in the Marrow is a story of loss, grief, self-acceptance and coming to terms with an unexpected reality.

The novel opens with Stella opening her eyes to the sunlight shining on her bed. The past nights have not been merciful to her. Sleep is not her friend; it comes too less or too much. Depression.
Depression is like living the life of someone else, looking at yourself at the mirror and wondering who the person staring at you on the other side is. Depression is the lack all of emotions, it is the darkness that will fog your mind and not let you see the beauty of the world. Depression leaves you bare of any humanity you have; it crashes you; it sucks all your energy, it fills you with sadness and anxiety, it paralyses your limbs and your thoughts. Depression is the best friend of fear of change, and they will make sure you will feel lonely and helpless. Depression is a constant fight, and it battles with your sense of pride asking for help. The weakness of letting someone help you carry your own body towards life again. Depression is the lack of any stimuli, of any desire, even the one to live, to carry on breathing. Depression is the fear you’ll never be who you used to be.

Asking for help and accepting help is difficult, but when suddenly you start feeling “something” again, that feeling becomes addictive, because it starts a sparkle that slowly will start burning brighter. You’ll want to feel more of it, you’ll want to feel “alive” again, you’ll want to push away all negative thoughts and embrace positivity, see the world with new eyes again. When depression leaves your body, it feels like you’re reborn, it feels like you’ve become the Phoenix, you’ve risen from your own ashes, stronger than ever.

Sometimes the reason why you manage to push through all this darkness lies within yourself, sometimes it comes in the form of help from other people, those you care about. It’s like their will to live and keep you alive is somehow transferred to you. They share their power with you, they recharge you, they stimulate you, they want you to care for yourself.

Stella has the greatest support system with Addie and Elizabeth. They form a perfect trio.
I cannot express how much I loved this novel. It’s the first time I read of such mature and multifaceted characters. My first age gap novel 50-60s.

The narrative is fluid, the present tense choice sucks you in the story and makes it more realistic, because Stella is still battling with both her past and her future, therefore she has left only the present to live for; slowly, day by day.

The coming to terms with her sexuality and her relationship with Elizabeth reminds me of something like tiptoeing on velvet. It’s delicate, silent, placid even.

There is not major angst in the novel, but the constant fog that doesn’t let Stella and Elizabeth see what is in front of them.

The evolution of their friendship is so touching that I was in constant awe and how it’s been portrayed.

Such strong women that have had a tough life, both from a professional and personal point of view. Stella thinks they are enemies, but couldn’t she be more wrong than that? An enemy won’t try to help you the way Elizabeth does. An enemy wouldn't "hug you in the darkness" to make you feel less alone.

How two lonely people come to say goodbye to loneliness has never been so beautiful. The subtle touching, hugging, and cuddling had my whole heart. Not to mention the steamy scenes left me with my mouth open for a while. Tender. So tender. So communicative.

Coming out is never easy. Discovering a woman’s body for the first time and discovering pleasure is priceless, at any age.

Feeling “alive” again is a feeling that you can’t explain to someone if you have never been there.
I loved everything of this novel, all characters, especially Addie. I would even read a novel only with her. But there’s one character that makes a brief appearance and I can’t stop thinking about her, and her life, her secrets, her past: Dot Northcott. I want her story to be told. I’m sure there’s a story there.

There’s indeed more to life than death.
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SandiJ
5.0 out of 5 stars A great read
Reviewed in Australia on February 11, 2024
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It's so nice to read a story about characters that are a little older and wiser. Sure there is a little more baggage to carry around, but the depth of experience and knowledge they've gained makes it worthwhile.

In this book, we see 2 such characters, Stella and Elizabeth. And these 2 are so well written that they feel like you could reach out and touch them. The author beautifully captures the depths of grief-driven depression and life-changing loneliness.

Adding a third pivotal character, Addy, Stella's niece who comes to live with her, the result is a well-balanced story that proves that young and old can each learn from the other, while still learning and growing together.

A very enjoyable read that kept me riveted.
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