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"In ""The Paradise Table,"" a Kate Grace Mystery, an Amazon Best Seller, and Spencer's follow-up novel to her award-winning ""Lady in the Window,"" a year after the tragic loss of her beloved mother, freelance lifestyle writer Kate Grace's life seems to be turning around when she marries her soul mate, Dr. Kai Stevens, in paradise: Hanalei Bay, Kauai. But when a violent act shatters the quiet serenity of her new life, a shocking series of events are set in motion that lead to the confrontation of a devastating, decades-held secret. Still grieving and rocked by recent events, Kate must tap into her intuition, dreams, and prayer to understand synchronicities sent from the beyond in the hopes of bringing peace and healing to her family, friends, community, and to herself."

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Maryann Ridini Spencer creates a place, time, and mood that will make you want to come back for more. Sit back, relax, and enjoy a mystical island journey to The Paradise Table. - James Michael Pratt, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author The Paradise Table is another plumeria-laced 'Kate Grace' mystery from talented writer Maryann Ridini Spencer. In this book that follows best-selling Lady in the Window, Spencer again magically weaves together the breathtaking beauty and spirituality of Kauai, miracles, and the power of faith and love into an intriguing quest for the truth. When violent dreams become reality in this peaceful island paradise, newlywed Kate unearths disturbing secrets that will change everyone's lives, causing her to embark on a sometimes heartbreaking and shocking path. The Paradise Table is not just another mystery--it is a heartwarming validation of self-trust, friendship, love, and healing. Kathy Strong, award-winning travel author of recently released Secret Southern California, columnist for USA Today/Gannett Newspapers, and founder of PSWishYouWereHereTravel.com When friends band together to help one another, magic happens. The Paradise Table is a touching, beautiful book that explores the healing power of how doing unto others and helping one another can transform lives in this often-arduous journey of life. Together, we can help soothe sorrows as well as celebrate in life's astonishing beauty. - Alyce Morris Winston, founder, and president, the Jeffrey Foundation for children with special needs and their families Maryann Ridini Spencer artfully portrays the strength and beauty of living authentically. She also shines light on the negative power held within secrets and reveals potential dangers of secret- keeping. The Paradise Table takes a reader on a mystical journey that demonstrates how there is more breadth to life than what the eye can see and more depth in the human heart than what anyone yet perceives. - Charlene Costanzo, bestselling author of The Twelve Gifts of Birth As Kate Grace uses her intuition and heaven's synchronistic cues to help guide her earthly path, bridges of understanding are created that transform her life, as well as those of her ohana. It's a beautiful, visionary story about the human condition and how we knowingly, and unknowingly, impact the lives of those around us. - Merry Aronson president and CEO, Merry Media, and co-author of The Public Relations Writer's Handbook, The Digital Age The Paradise Table, with its touches of divine inspiration, demonstrates how out of heartbreak and loss, and with the love of ohana (friends and family), we can find hope, healing, and understanding. - Marianne Pestana, show host of Moments with Marianne and producer, The Whitney Reynolds Show (PBS-TV)

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"An Award-Winning Screenwriter and Producer, Novelist, Lifestyle Journalist, TV host, and president of Ridini Entertainment Corporation, a content creation, public relations, and marketing, and television and film production company. A member of the Producers Guild of America and the Writers Guild West, Maryann has executive produced/produced movies and series for such networks as Showtime, SyFy, TMC, USA Networks, The Movie Channel, Lifetime, Time Warner Cable, and the foreign theatrical market. She is celebrated for co-producing and writing the teleplay for the Hallmark Hall of Fame CBS-TV World Premiere of The Lost Valentine (based on the novel by James Michael Pratt), starring Betty White and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Upon its CBS-TV debut in 2011, the award-winning film was the evening's highest-rated film, with over fifteen million people tuning in, and it became Hallmark Hall of Fame's highest-rated movie in four years. Now considered a Hallmark Classic, the film airs each year on the Hallmark Channel and is part of Hallmark's Gold Crown DVD Collector's Edition. Maryann is also the creator, writer, producer, and host of the award-winning healthy living TV cooking series (and cookbook), Simply Delicious Living with Maryann(R). The series is broadcast on PBS-TV station KVCR in Southern California, DirecTV, DishTV, and to a global audience on Roku and YouTube. In addition to writing and producing TV and Film projects, Maryann works as a TV & Print journalist and author. Her novel, ""Lady in the Window,"" is the 2018 American Fiction Awards ""Visionary Award"" winner and 2017 Best Book Award winner. Maryann also works as a freelance writer and contributing editor for such publications as Los Angeles Magazine, Palm Springs Life, Desert Magazine and Ventura County Star. In addition to her novel ""Lady in the Window"" (recipient of the 2017 Best Book Award for Fiction: Romance), the sequel book, ""The Paradise Table"" (Santa Rosa Press), will be published in early 2019. Maryann is also currently writing the third book in the series and working on her second published cookbook. Visit Maryann online at https: //maryannridinispencer.com."

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