Review: On Folly Beach by Karen White

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Title: On Folly Beach Author: Karen White Genre/Pages: Fiction/ 416 Publisher: NAL Trade; May 4, 2010 Rating: 3 Bookmarks Source: personal purchase Nat’s One-Sentence Synopsis:  A recent military widow, Emmy Hamilton relocates from Indiana to a barrier island in South Carolina with barely a glimmer of hope for herself or her future as the new [...]

Review: The Book of Peach by Penelope J. Stokes

Title: The Book  of Peach Author: Penelope J. Stokes Genre/Pages: Fiction/ 304 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group; August 3, 2010 Rating: 1.5 Bookmarks Source: Publisher Nat’s One-Sentence Synopsis:  Though Stokes’s writing is serviceable and her characters dynamic and well-developed, this southern fiction novel about coming home again didn’t reach out and grab me. Priscilla Bell Posner Rondell, Peach to her friends, [...]

Review and Giveaway: The Queen of Palmyra by Minrose Gwin

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Title: The Queen of Palmyra Author: Minrose Gwin Genre/Pages: Fiction/416 Publication: Harper Perennial; April 27, 2010 Rating: 4 Bookmarks Source: Review copy courtesy of Harper Perennial Nat’s 1-Sentence Synopsis: Set in 1963 deep in the heart of the South, The Queen of Palmyra is the story of a young girl who bears witness to segregation, [...]

Review: Miss Julia Renews Her Vows by Ann B. Ross

Title: Miss Julia Renews Her Vows Author: Ann B. Ross Genre/Pages: Fiction, Mystery /352 Publication: Viking, April 6, 2010 Rating: 2  Bookmarks* Source: Review copy courtesy of Viking Books The 11th installment in this charming Southern mystery series, Miss Julia proves her mettle once again as an amateur sleuth, proper Southern lady, wife, and friend. [...]