Sheri Langer

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Book Synopses

Take a sneak peek into Sheri Langer's world of storytelling, where captivating characters and compelling plots come to life.

The Space Between Secrets

In her forties and desperately yearning to be a mother, Rachel Sutton is devastated each month by a negative pregnancy test. Her marriage is on the rocks, but she believes a child will fill the hole in her heart. Life seems bitterly unfair until Rachel is presented with an opportunity to adopt a baby overseas.

Though her husband balks at the idea, Rachel is determined. When he goes away on business, she decides to head to London on her own to get the child. However, the adoption falls through, and Rachel extends her trip to avoid going home. After making friends with Rena, a young British woman, Rachel impulsively offers to have Rena and her baby stay at her home back in the States for a few months.

When tragedy strikes, Rachel makes a decision that will have far-reaching consequences. As she works to avoid being discovered, she realizes that everyone she knows is hiding something. Rachel must unravel the truth and forge a new path to a future she never imagined.

Love-Lines

Single mom Fordham Price is juggling her job at a small publisher, her precocious ten-year-old daughter, and her feisty mother. She wants to find time for men, but after a series of dating disasters, her relationship status is still stuck at single.

As if her macchiato lite wasn’t already overflowing, a co-worker gets pregnant, and Fordham is expected to step in and deliver the company’s latest reality read from the Flowers from the Heart series. She must now supplement her own romantic misadventures with tales of cynical cat-ladies, identical-twin husbands, spunky monks, and countless other web-crawlers.
As she wades through the submissions, she finds one from a widower whose story gives her tingles in all the places she forgot existed. His words draw her in until she finds herself daydreaming about him more than she’d care to admit.

Could she have a love like that, or will her romantic fate be forever bound to her philandering ex-husband?

DEX

Dex Rossi is a gawky, lovesick middle-school entrepreneur and amateur chef who runs a gourmet lunch stand from his front lawn. In love with a girl who likes jocks, he hopes to earn enough money to buy a gym system that will help him bulk up and win her heart. But while he serves up his locally famous food, his profits come to serve another purpose. He discovers that his grandmother's restaurant is in financial ruin, and to save it, he must cook up a quick plan!

With the help of Alicia, his filmmaking older sister, and a host of great friends, Dex kicks his business into high gear. As word of his talent spreads like peanut butter, an unlikely windfall comes his way. Dex lands his own TV cooking show on the famous Eatz network! But just when he thinks he's got his problems licked, Dex finds himself going head to head with a scheming, hard-boiled associate with a secret he has kept closely guarded. Dex learns that when your dreams are on the chopping block, finding the right ingredients is the best recipe for success.

Script Synopses

Enter Sheri Langer's universe of screenwriting, where each script unfolds a world of rich characters and unforgettable stories.

Christmas at Chez Holiday

Logline:

A rising chef is deflated when an influential critic blasts her new bistro, but love is served when the tables are turned in unpredictable ways.

Short Synopsis:

When Gracie Goodwin is awarded a test restaurant after winning a culinary contest, the young chef believes she is happily on her way to culinary stardom. Trying to build a following, Gracie does a podcast, sharing her thoughts about food and adventures in cooking.

What she isn’t counting on, is a dreadful review from a renowned, anonymous restaurant critic who, unbeknownst to her, shows up at her bistro on a night that yields one disaster after another. To make matters worse, she was stuck on the road and wasn’t even there to mitigate the damages. Given his influence, Gracie fears her professional dreams may be over.

To add to her dejection, she and her fiancé break up. Though she realizes Cole isn’t right for her, it’s still another disappointment to add to her growing list. With little fueling her Christmas spirit, Gracie finds herself drawn to Dolph the handsome, enigmatic stranger who helps her the fateful night her car gets stuck in the snow. As the two get closer, Gracie realizes Dolph is not like anyone she has ever met before. He allows her to simply be herself and that level of comfort enables her to thrive. The two share stories about their childhoods and future dreams, and it becomes evident that they bring out the best in each other.

Gracie is feeling hopeful again despite the review and she wonders if Dolph, a professed food broker, is the lid to her pot. Things heat up, but as a holiday benefit reveals an unimaginable truth, Gracie questions whether she has ever known Dolph at all. With encouragement from her best friend and the magic of Christmas offering a fresh start, Gracie realizes that love is the main ingredient in anything worth serving

A Noteworthy Christmas

Logline:

Love is in the cards when a graphic artist mistakes the new mailman for her photoshoot Santa, but as romance blossoms, a big mix-up threatens their happily ever after.

Synopsis:

Merri Holiday, graphic artist and owner of the stationary shop Noteworthy, focuses all her attention on work. Christmas is the most important time of the year for her shop and if she musters the courage to submit her artwork, she could win a prestigious card design contest which could help expand her business and really put her on the map.