And Now for the Dreaded Blurb

If you've been here before, you probably know how I feel about writing blurbs. I'd much rather write the 130K novel than try to reduce it to three paragraphs. Add in the need to make those paragraphs say just enough to tempt a potential reader, and I'm looking around for anything to save me from the task--take out the garbage, mow the yard, clean out the litter box. In fact, a root canal sounds like fun compared to writing blurbs.
Every writer feels that way, I'm sure. Blurbs, like so much of the stuff we do to get the attention of readers, are a necessary evil. They do, however, challenge us as writers to the ultimate in "less is more," which is not a bad thing at all.
So, after hours of writing, rewriting, and groaning over the keyboard, here's what I've come up with for Katie Lost and Found. There will very likely be more revisions before it's released next month, but you gotta start somewhere!
Feel free to tell me what you think.
 

Peter Kosten is starting over. Leaving behind a successful career and a failed marriage, his vision for the future is colored by disappointment. During his time at Walnut Lodge, he hopes to reinvent himself, to recover the ideals and dreams he shared with the one real love of his life, the girl who vanished without a trace sixteen years earlier.

Walnut Lodge is Tess Weldon’s life. The grand old house is her business, her home and her safe haven, its staff her friends and family. Her secrets are safe within its walls. Guided by the vision she shared with her late husband, her future finally seems secure, until her past checks into the Lodge. 

Fate may have brought Peter and Tess full circle, but lost love found doesn’t necessarily lead to a second chance.