The Delicate Things We Make by Milena McKay

Tara: I totally agree, Victoria, and that’s part of what makes this book so special. Everything about them screams – opposites, yet from the moment they meet it’s clear they’re each other’s forever person. Victoria: Vivian and Jamie are absolute perfection as a couple.

As she uncovers one unsettling story after another, she has to decide if her commitment to social justice is more important than her love for Vivian.Ĭan Jamie fulfill what she sees as her moral obligation while keeping the woman of her dreams or does the former make the latter impossible? The Characters She knows she has to come clean, but when is the right time?Īs Jamie delves deeper into the mysteries surrounding the inscrutable artist, she uncovers a deeply disturbing side of the publishing world.

As Vivian begins to fall for her too, the lie Jamie has to maintain – after all, she’s working on an article to uncover DeVor’s identity – weighs heavy on her. However, Jamie’s world is knocked off kilter as she falls deeper and deeper in love with the enigmatic older woman. This story could be Jamie’s ticket to journalistic fame, and her skillful sleuthing leads her to Vivian DeVor, the woman behind the artistic icon. Their work commands intense bidding at auctions around the world, yet little else is known about them. How hard can it be to uncover the identity of the legendary artist, DeVor? This illusive artist has been influencing the art and fashion worlds for over a decade. When a magazine editor offers her the assignment of a lifetime, she jumps at the opportunity. Sleeping on an air mattress in the attic of an art gallery isn’t part of her life goals. She’s working a multitude of odd jobs to sustain herself in Manhattan and still send money home to her mother. Investigative journalist Jamie Walker has been kicked out of her apartment by her ex-boyfriend, and her career has hit rock bottom. The Delicate Things We Make by Milena McKay is an angst filled age gap romance with a fantastic mystery subplot.