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If you step across the threshold of Betty Grafton’s house, you can be sure of two things: she’ll feed you until you’re ready to bust and she’ll love you before you even realize you’re worthy of it. She’s spent her life building a family that finally feels complete. But as sad news forces her to relive the darkest moments of her life, she decides to share the story with those she loves. Revealing the hard truth about growing up in the South during the 1960’s is difficult but necessary. She tells the tale of how an unlikely friendship shaped her into the woman she is today. Exposing her mistakes, her fears, and her impossibly difficult heart break, Betty strives to teach them all what it means to truly love.
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Writing is a way to make a lot of different people do exactly what you want them to do. When I can’t get my toddler to listen to me, I turn to my characters. They always cooperate! I currently live in Charlotte, North Carolina with my husband and seven year old son. I have perfected the ability to write in a noisy house and create story lines while folding laundry. Ten Things to know about me:
- I have a fear of whales. All whales. The noise they make. The sight of them (even on tv). I don't think this phobia has a name and I've never met anyone else who feels this way. I blame it on the 3D movie when I was 7 at the Boston Museum of Science. (Thanks Dad.)
- When I get hungry it brings out the worst in me. My friends and family know to keep me well fed. They pack snacks now.
- I can cook but not bake. Not even a little. Not even a box of brownies.
- If there is a song I like it is normal to hear me listening to it a hundred times (give or take) in a row.
- I do not, under any circumstances, read directions. Who has time for that? Making mac & cheese by the seat of my pants for the last 25 years.
- Like a black-out drunk, I have lost hours of my life mysteriously to Pinterest. If you haven't tried it yet... don't. Save your self.
- Before I became a mother, lots of things grossed me out. Now nothing does.
- My favorite food is food... my least favorite food is no food. I love food. (apply the same rule to wine)
- I do not have a green thumb. I have the kind of thumb that kills any type of plant ever given to me. Whatever kind of thumb that is... I have it.
- Writing has changed my life. Not just the career it's created but the way I feel when I write. If you have something you love to do I hope you get the opportunity to do it. Piper Anderson Series: Book 1: Chasing Justice (FREE) Book 2: Cutting Ties Book 3: Changing Fate Book 4: Finding Freedom Book 5: Settling Scores Book 6: Battling Destiny Book 7: Chris & Sydney Collection (Choosing Christmas & Saving Love) Betty's Journal - Bonus Material (suggested to be read after Book 4 to avoid spoilers) The Edenville Series: Book 1: Flowers in the Snow (FREE!) Book 2: Kiss in the Wind Book 3: Stars in a Bottle Book 4: Fire in the Heart (pre-order) The Clover Series: (Book 1 & 2) Half My Heart & Change My Heart (FREE) (Book 3) All My Heart (Book 4) Facing Home The Rough Waters Series: Book 1: The Goodbye Storm(FREE) Book 2: The Runaway Storm Book 3: The Rising Storm The Barrington Billionaire Series Book 1: Fierce Love (Free) Book 2: Wild Eyes Book 3: Crazy nights Book 4: Loyal Hearts The Piper Anderson Legacy Mystery Book 1: Three Seconds to Rush (Free) Book 2: Just for a Heartbeat Book 3: Not just an Echo Stand Alones: Yours for the Taking Sweet Rendezvous Running from Shadows