Look for sneak previews of our upcoming novel THE PAPER ROSE CLUB, which will be released bits at a time through a blog! The awesome thing about this novel is that it’s absolutely free, and we’ll be getting reader feedback as we go. For the first time, you, the reader, will have a say in the plot and character development. Admittedly, this project is a little scary because we will be writing the novel as we go. That means no editor and no chance to fix mistakes. (YIKES!) Why are we doing this? There’s nothing that brings us greater satisfaction than discussing our books with readers, but we always have to do so “after-the-fact.” Now, the reader can be involved from the get-go. We’ll also be creating a virtual town that goes along with the novel. We want people to experience what it is like to live in the quaint town of Honeycomb, Alabama where life is anything but tranquil and the characters speak to our hearts because there’s a little southern in all of us…regardless of where we’re from. THE PAPER ROSE CLUB is only a few clicks away…coming in November!
THE SECRET SONG OF THE DITCH LILIES
“Every lily has a song,” Mama used to say, “even the ditch lilies. But theirs is a secret song, and you have to get quiet enough to listen. Shh…listen to the song of the lilies that’s playing against the beating of your heart. It’s been there all along.”
What if the one thing you wanted most was the one thing you could never have? What if you’d done something so terrible that you could never go back?
Delia Reynolds is not trailer trash, and she has spent a lifetime trying to prove it. She has it all—money, status, a husband who loves her; then why is she so miserable? Why is she haunted by a past that won’t let her forget? And why can’t her daughter learn to appreciate the debutant life that Delia has so painstakingly carved out for her?
Sybil Prescott has never quite fit into her mother’s “high society world,” although it hasn’t been for lack of trying. No effort on her part seems good enough to suit the likes of her mother or her uptight husband. When the unthinkable happens, Sybil flees all that she has ever known, going to the one place that her mother has spent all of her life trying to escape. But Sybil’s troubles are far from over—and she soon learns that there are devastating secrets and deceit lurking just below the surface of this tranquil, little town.
THE SECRET SONG OF THE DITCH LILIES is a journey into the darkest corners of the human heart and how the road to redemption can only be found when we face who we are. It’s about a mother who can’t forgive herself and a daughter who’s trying to find the courage to be herself. And it all comes together in a snake-handling, Alabama town where an explosive battle is raging over an incoming chemical company.