Where Hope Starts

In a city full of dreams, Karen Marino’s life is a nightmare. The New York City restaurant manager is a professional success, but her marriage is in shambles. When her husband, Barry, shows up drunk at her restaurant, she loses both her marriage and her career. She flees The Big Apple and returns to her Midwestern home to sort through her options. Instead of answers, she finds an old boyfriend ready to rekindle romance, a family full of secrets, and an angry brother bent on revenge. Back in New York, Barry fights his own demons. He knows he messed up but is powerless to stop his rage and addictions. A fight lands him in jail and forces him to face the possibility of serious time behind bars.

As Karen searches for answers to her inner turmoil, she uncovers a family secret that threatens to tear them all apart. Can she find her way back to the place Where Hope Starts?