Luncheon with Deborah Goodrich Royce: Best Boy

Join Books on Third and Ridgway Bar & Grill for an intimate luncheon with bestselling author Deborah Goodrich Royce in celebration of her newest novel, Best Boy, a gripping psychological thriller exploring memory, identity, and the dangerous power of forgetting.

This special midday event includes lunch, a copy of Best Boy, and a salon-style conversation with the author. A cash bar will be available.

A gripping psychological thriller, Best Boy teeters on the knife-edge of memory and identity when the arrival of a shocking letter threatens the carefully constructed life of a woman desperate to outrun her past.

Viveca Stevenson appears to have it all—a successful husband, a ten-year-old son, a beautiful coastal home in Greenwich, Connecticut, and the glow of a former film career. But when a threatening letter arrives from a man she doesn’t remember, her carefully curated life begins to unravel.

The letter forces Viveca to confront a shattering Halloween night from her high school years—when she had a different name, a different face, and a different voice. Who is the man reaching out now? Was he really the best boy on her most famous film, Misty? And why can’t she remember him—or that night at all?

Taut, suspenseful, and psychologically rich, Best Boy explores identity, memory, and what happens when the past refuses to stay buried.

Deborah Goodrich Royce is the author of literary thrillers that examine puzzles of identity and memory. Her novel Reef Road was a Publishers Weekly Bestseller, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2023, an Indie Next Pick, and a Good Morning America Top 15 Book of January 2023. Her earlier novels include Ruby Falls (winner of the Zibby Award for Best Plot Twist) and Finding Mrs. Ford, named to multiple “best of” lists by Forbes, Book Riot, and Good Morning America. Best Boy will be published on February 24, 2026.

Deborah is also the host of the Ocean House Author Series in Watch Hill, RI, bringing together world-class authors and readers for salon-style conversations. A former actress and film executive, she worked as a story editor at Miramax Films and has overseen major cultural and preservation projects, including the restoration of the historic Avon Theatre in Stamford, CT.

📅 Date: March 3
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM
📍 Location: Books on Third
🎟 Ticket Price: $60 without book | $88 with book
✔ Includes lunch and a copy of Best Boy
🍸 Cash bar available

Space is limited. Advance registration is required.

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Ridgway Bar & Grill, 1300 3rd Street South, Naples, United States

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