Gorgeously written with a strong cast of complex and believable characters, UNBRIDLED: A TALE OF A DIVORCE RANCH captures a less-known time in history and brings it out into the light. Partly based on her own experiences, Norden’s novel chronicles the story of Lara Treadwell, whose marriage breaks up just as she’s given birth to her second child. When her husband insists on a quickie divorce, the only place Lara can go to is one of Reno’s “divorce ranches,” then popular in the early 1950s. At first reluctant, Lara finds the camaraderie of other women inspiring, and the love of a handsome rancher at a nearby ranch makes her forget the wounds she suffered from her husband. Soon her self-esteem rises and she discovers what she really wants out of life, and what she can do to get it.

Whether readers are contemplating separation or newly divorced, Norden’s brave, bold new novel proves that even the worst of times can help uncover hidden sources of strength.

• AWARD-WINNER: Fiction and Literature: Chick Lit/Women’s Lit category of the International Book Awards 2010

• AWARD-WINNER: Fiction and Literature: Chick Lit/Women’s Lit category of the National Best Books 2009 Awards sponsored by USA Book News

• MAINSTREAM FICTION WINNER: 17th Annual Writer’s Digest International Self-Published Book Awards 2010

In this new paranormal thriller by award-winning author Marilu Norden, world-famous Santa Fe artist, Adelaide Moran, newly deceased, finds herself in heaven, and, obsessed with not having finished painting her “final masterpiece,” plots with her earthly assistant, Ramon Hererra, through shamanic means to steal the soul of Angelina Bonelli, a talented young New York City artist, to complete the task.

Available in early 2012.