FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LOCAL AUTHOR PUBLISHES NOVEL FEATURING BABY BOOMERS & SALISH SEA
ANACORTES, WA (June 20, 2025) — Set on fictional Wren Island, Interesting Enough is a contemporary story about three unexpected aunts, two last-chance dogs, and one aspiring songwriter determined to become more interesting.
After inheriting millions, introverted Allison Theodore purchases an island home in the Pacific Northwest, adopts two dogs, and pursues her most interesting dream—songwriting. Then her eccentric aunts move in, and Allison’s idyllic life becomes too interesting.
While one aunt hustles into managing the household, another tiptoes onto social media, and another flirts with Allison’s crusty neighbor, whose weighty secrets might not be confined to the past. When the inquisitive owner of the island’s grocery market decides to make Allison’s resulting problems his, she defends what she’s always valued most—her self-reliance. But by guarding a treasure she may no longer need, is she missing out on one far more desirable?
A charming island and a pod of endangered whales provide the backdrop for this heartwarming story about second chances, spontaneous family, and steadfast love.
Interesting Enough is available as an e-book and paperback through Amazon and elsewhere. In support of indie bookstores, the author has made the book available through Ingram Book Company. A discussion guide is included, and the author welcomes invitations to join local book club discussions.
A native of the Pacific Northwest, Laura Joy Lloyd has always been intrigued by the relationship between real life experiences and fiction. Through an innovative style she calls interactive serialized fiction, Lloyd invites readers to influence many of her projects in real time as she writes.
About how readers influenced Interesting Enough, Lloyd said, “Readers asked for lots of friendship. They wanted to see relationships between people who truly cared about each other—even if mistakes were made between them … Readers also asked for whales to be part of the story. One reader summed up the general sentiment by saying orcas would be the one Pacific Northwestern detail she couldn’t bear Wren Island to be without.”
To celebrate the book’s launch, Lloyd will be selling signed copies at the Anacortes Arts Festival, along with other local authors from the Skagit Valley Writers League.
For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact the author.
