Contemporary Romance, Romantic Drama, Women’s Fiction
Date Published: 11-21-2025
A pandemic is spreading across the globe. A national lockdown looms in the United States. A Southern journalist sees a chance to protect her health and jumpstart her career by escaping north to a Minnesota wilderness. Feisty and wary of entanglement, she piques the interest of a bored Native American rock star on his way home.
Robby Song’s career may be on hold, but Grace Wheeler is on a mission to build hers. To Robby, she’s an intriguing challenge. To Grace, he’s a distraction she’s not ready to handle. But the brutal Northwoods winter is coming. Grace flees back south . . . to soul-searching isolation and a puzzling middle-of-the-night call.
Jan Merritt’s STRINGS offers a unique concept that blends emotion with a touch of reflection on fate and purpose. The story explores how invisible connections can shape our lives in ways we don’t always understand at the time.
I appreciated how the characters felt real and relatable, each dealing with their own struggles while being connected by a larger idea. The pacing is steady, and while it’s not overly dramatic, it has a calm, meaningful tone that makes it enjoyable.
It’s a good pick if you like stories that focus more on feelings than action.
Jan lives on the coast of South Carolina with strong ties to northern Minnesota. Growing up was filled with rich but conflicting narratives. Her dad told stories about his pioneering Minnesota family, egalitarian values, and the importance of self-reliance. They made annual trips to family cabins on a lake north of Duluth. But in her friends’ homes back in Charleston, she was immersed in plantation lore, tales of the Confederacy, and exclusive traditions of a social set that she was not born into. She is married to a musician who is also a mental health therapist. They have three children.
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