Happy Sunday everyone! Today we welcome author Lauren Clark here to talk a bit with us about the deep South a sweet setting for visiting and story telling. And since I am from the deep south this one hits home! Ms. Clark is offering a fabulous giveaway of a $25 Gift card winner’s choice of Amazon or Barnes and Noble signed copy of STAY TUNED. To enter just follow the how-to's on the rafflecopter just below.
Happy reading and Good luck!
Happy reading and Good luck!
Welcome Ms. Clark!
Author: Lauren Clark
Genre: Southern Fiction/Chick Lit/Light Romance
Genre: Southern Fiction/Chick Lit/Light Romance
Publisher: Monterey Press
Release Date: May 21, 2012
Pages: 280
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Back of the Book
Travel writer Julia Sullivan lives life in fast-forward. She jet sets to Europe and the Caribbean with barely a moment to blink or sleep. But too many mishaps and missed deadlines have Julia on the verge of being fired.
With a stern warning, and unemployment looming, she's offered one last chance to rescue her career. Julia embarks on an unlikely journey to the ‘Heart of Dixie’—Eufaula, Alabama—home to magnificent mansions, sweet tea, and the annual Pilgrimage.
Julia arrives, soon charmed by the lovely city and her handsome host, but her stay is marred by a shocking discovery. Can Julia's story save her career, Eufaula, and the annual Pilgrimage?
While I adore the budding Magnolia trees, blooming pink
azaleas, and fragrant Honeysuckle blossoms of the Deep South, life here is even
more sweet because of the region's amazing history and historic landmarks.
Dancing Naked in Dixie
highlights just one of those locations -- a city full of gorgeous antebellum
mansions, friendly people, and delicious home-cooked food. Below the Mason
Dixon line, here are my Top Ten Places to Visit in the South and why:
1. Selma/Montgomery, Alabama - Birthplace of the Civil
Rights Movement
2. Oxford, Mississippi - Home of 'Square Books' (awesome
indie bookstore) and Ole Miss (University of Mississippi), and the former home
of Authors John Grisham and Willie Morris (My
Dog Skip).
3. Macon, Georgia - Setting of Lauren Clark's Stay Tuned and home of the Georgia Music
Hall of Fame, featuring The Allman
Brothers Band, Otis Redding,
Little Richard, Mike Mills and Bill Berry of R.E.M., as well as country music's Jason Aldean.
4. Savannah, Georgia - Walk the squares of Savannah, Georgia
and admire the exquisite architecture of the grand mansions. Setting
for Midnight in the Garden of Good and
Evil.
5. Charleston, South Carolina - Lowcountry mansions,
plantations, gardens, & Fort Sumter
6. Birmingham/Tuscaloosa - Sixteenth
Street Baptist Church - a major staging ground for the freedom marches of
April-May 1963 and site of the September 15, 1963 bombing that killed four
little girls.
7. Monroeville, Alabama - Home of Truman Capote, Mark
Childress, Harper Lee and To Kill a
Mockingbird.
8. Atlanta, Georgia - Stone Mountain, Underground Atlanta,
Margaret Mitchell House (Gone With the Wind author's home), and the Jimmy
Carter Presidential Library and Museum.
9. (Two-way tie) The French
Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana and The Light Houses of the Outer Banks in
North Carolina.
10. Eufaula, Alabama - Home of the annual Pilgrimage,
Christmas Tour of Homes, and the setting for Lauren Clark's Dancing Naked in Dixie
Of course, there are
many lovely and special places to visit in the Deep South! How about sharing
your favorite Southern locations to visit and why?
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About the Author
Lauren Clark writes contemporary novels set in the Deep South; stories sprinkled with sunshine, suspense, and secrets.
A former TV news anchor, Lauren adores flavored coffee, local book stores, and anywhere she can stick her toes in the sand. Her big loves are her family, paying it forward, and true-blue friends.
Check out her website at:
Michelle - We're in New Orleans right now!! It's a fabulous city with so much to see and the food is fabulous! Be sure to drive through the Garden District and visit the shops on Magazine Street! :) Lauren
ReplyDeleteTalina - Thank you so much for featuring Dancing Naked in Dixie!!!!
ReplyDeleteLoved reading your bio! Will have to check out your cookbook :) And ... Living in PV, Mexico ... Wow! That sounds like quite an experience. You'll *also* make everyone jealous with this one: Who Is My Husband: 007's replacement ;-)
xx, Lauren
It was my pleasure, Lauren! I'd love to have you stop in again so please come back any time. :) lol My Dh loves my assessment of him too! :p
ReplyDeleteThanks Mary! Hope you get a chance to visit some of the cities of the South ... lots of fun :)
ReplyDeletexx, Lauren
I would think so!!! Would love to stop back soon :) xx, Lauren
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