Meet Darren Watson, a freelance writer in his early 30s. Beginning to write a novel called The Raven Effect – a novel which finds him coping with feeling of love and loss from his family and the one girl that got away – he now finds himself stuck in a love parallelogram. He begins to develop feelings for a girl named Emily, who the two had a “friends with benefits” arrangement; he also has an unrequited crush on Sally, a single mom in her early 40s with a questionable reputation, and then along comes Julia – a woman who he had an off-chance encounter in a bar in Edmonton, and all signs point to them being kindred spirits. If only he wasn’t seemingly competing for her heart with a British musician Liam.
Women aren’t Darren’s only problems. Living in Willowbend Apartments with his roommate Phil Brookes – a combination of smarmy and charming at the same time Straight-Edged filmmaker and confidant, the two of them aspire to open a book/video store in their home town of Vegreville once any of their big projects pays off. A bit of a recluse and misanthrope because of his past, Darren is also pestered by another friend named Rocco – a total musclehead training for mixed martial arts combat and womanizing cad – to live life to the fullest. And if that isn’t enough, Darren is plagued by surreal dreams involving his pet rabbit Mozart – who can talk in this subconscious state of mind and puts on elaborate musical numbers involving people from Darren’s past and present.
So, how will this all play out? Will Darren finally settle down and find true love? Or will he allow his past to drag him down? What roles will Phil and Rocco play in this tale? How many more characters will be profiled? And what other wacky shenanigans will occur? Only way to know for sure is to read Willowbend Tales – a possibly not-so original take on relationships and love in the modern world…
… with a talking rabbit.
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